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Ring – Das Original

In japanischen Schülerkreisen kursiert die Legende von einem geheimnisvollen Videoband, dessen Genuss genau eine Woche später zum unvermeidlichen Ableben des Betrachters führt. Nach dem von rätselhaften Umständen begleiteten Tod ihrer schulpflichtigen Cousine beschließt Zeitungsreporterin Keiko im Angesicht neuer Gerüchte, die Angelegenheit zum Gegenstand einer Story zu machen. Als sie dabei selbst in Besitz des Tapes gerät, beginnt auch für sie die Uhr zu ticken. Gemeinsam mit Ex-Mann ...

Natsuzora

Okuhara Natsu (Hirose Suzu) was born in Tokyo in 1937. In 1945, she loses both parents to war and becomes an orphan, but her father’s comrade, Shibata Takeo (Fujiki Naohito), takes her in and moves to Tokachi in Hokkaido. In an unfamiliar land surrounded by unfamiliar people, Natsu feels lost at first, but surrounded by Tokachi’s vast nature and its strong, yet compassionate people, she grows up to be a strong girl. When Natsu enters elementary school, she meets Yamada Tenyo (Yoshizawa Ryo) ...

Toshiie and Matsu

The 41st NHK Taiga Drama is Toshiie to Matsu. During the turbulent Warring States Era, one man's life and career intertwined with the three great generals of Japanese history-Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu. With political savvy and the support of his fiercely loyal wife, Maeda Toshiie rose to second in power in the shogunate and built up a fiefdom that encompassed Echizen, Noto and Kaga.

Jungle Emperor: Courage Changes the Future

Because of non-stop environmental destruction, the United Nations commission a private company, "Eternal Earth", to create an artificial jungle to be a nature preserve and to protect animals. Leo, son of Panja, is born in this artificial world. The story starts when Leo and Kenichi, the son of the Eternal Earth company's CEO, meet. Kenichi has the ability to understand and talk to the animals.

The Crimes That Bind

Michiko Oshitani, who lived in Shiga Prefecture, is found dead at an apartment in Tokyo. She was strangled to death. Mutsuo Koshikawa is the owner of the apartment and he goes missing. Detectives including Yuhei Matsumiya who is a cousin of Detective Kyoichiro Kaga , have difficulties in solving the case. They can't find a connection between Michiko Oshitani and Mutsuo Koshikawa. They soon learn that Michiko Oshitani came to Tokyo to visit Hiromi Asai . They graduated from the same school, ...

Erinnerungen an Marnie

Eine atmosphärische Geistergeschichte, die die Wahrheit über Freundschaft, Familie und Einsamkeit erzählt. Anna lebt bei ihren Pflegeeltern, sie ist ein Außenseiter ohne Freunde, ständig außerhalb des Geschehens. Eines Tages wird sie zu einem älteren Paar, Herr und Frau Pegg, nach Norfolk geschickt. Sie bleibt bei ihnen und verbringt ihren Tag meist mit wildem Umherlaufen in den Sanddünen und am Wasser. Dort findet sie ein Haus, das Haus der Marshs, was ihre Gefühle erkennt und bald darauf ...

Shield of Straw

Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru (Tatsuya Fujiwara). Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never apprehend the suspect in the prior killing.

Ringu

A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.