A young female police officer struggling with dismissive subordinates and a cryptic, 55-year-old transfer detective must overcome her self-doubt after a botched murder investigation—where a suspect escapes due to her error—as their uneasy partnership unravels hidden skills and life-changing truths about trust and leadership.

Ginbayashi Yoko is a top-class chef at a high-end Italian restaurant, but her life is turned upside down when the owner runs away with all the earnings, forcing the restaurant to close. With two children to support, she takes a job at a local men’s prison as a nutritionist, where her main duties involve planning monthly menus. Encouraged by the warden, she resolves to pursue rehabilitation through food, questioning whether people can truly change and what she herself can achieve. Thus begins her new challenge—aiming for “three-star prison cuisine.”

Welcome to Kowloon Walled City: a dystopian townscape where the people are brimming with nostalgia, and where the past, present, and future converge. Amid the hidden emotions and extraordinary daily lives of the men and women working in its confines, a tale of romance begins to unfold for real estate agent Reiko Kujirai―one that feels as familiar as Kowloon itself…

Ranmaru is a 450-year-old vampire who works in a bathhouse. As a vampire he is particularly picky about his blood choices, his main goal being to drink the blood of an 18-year-old virgin. To do so, he has been watching 15-year-old Rihito, the son of the bathhouse owner who saved him from near death. Rihito must not lose his virginity before he turns 18 and Ranmaru does everything he can to prevent that. However, when Rihito starts to show interest in a classmate, Ranmaru's desperate fight to preserve the boys virginity begins.

In Tokyo, police officer Mari Kouda and Chinese interpreter Ryo Arikino solve cases while bonding over meals from different cultures, forming an unexpected connection through their shared experiences.

Japanese television drama

SABU監督、佐野玲於主演の「BLUE BIRD」はドジな兄と陽気な弟のかけがえのない絆を描く物語で、醍醐虎汰朗が共演。新城毅彦監督作「真夜中のひとりたち」には関口メンディー、阿部純子、村上淳が出演し、大切な人を喪失した男女が歩く東京の一夜が映し出される。山下敦弘の「言えない二人」では幼なじみに思いを伝えられない男のもどかしさにフォーカスし、白濱亜嵐、門脇麦、坂井真紀が出演した。森義隆が監督を務め、中務裕太、山田真歩、筒井真理子が共演した「怪談満月蛤坂」は美しい女の幽霊に愛された料理人が体験する怪異の物語に。真利子哲也がコロナ禍で急変する世界を描いた「COYOTE」は片寄涼太、ステファニー・パーク、藤井武美、板倉武志がキャストに名を連ねる。久保茂昭による「水のない海」では他人との関わりを避けてきた青年と中国人留学生の出会いがつづられ、小森隼、ルナ、聡太郎が参加した。