Bride, Bought and Paid for - Recommendations

• Music Video (1 ep)
• 2013

• Movie (1 ep)
• 2017

As a group of teens go out for a night on the town, a sophomore known only as "The Girl with Black Hair” experiences a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife… all the while unaware of the romantic longings of Senpai, a fellow student who has been creating increasingly fantastic and contrived reasons to run into her, in an effort to win her heart.

• TV (8 eps)
• 2020

Mio Sudou is an office lady who has not had a boyfriend in five years and has forgotten what it is like to be in love. Shuji Majima is an overseas insurance consultant who has not had a girlfriend in seven years despite being highly eligible. Mio meets Shuji at a matchmaking party, but finds him revolting as he states, "I'm not into women." However, a provocative comment by Mio takes things in an unexpected direction.

• TV (12 eps)
• 2017

A woman reunites with her first love at a class reunion. She discovers that Kujou has taken over his family's temple as a priest. The woman thought that priests did not have romantic relationships, but a passion ignites between the two. She wonders if what she and the priest do is really right.

• TV

The second season of My Happy Marriage.

• Music Video (1 ep)
• 2004

• TV (13 eps)
• 2016

When a small-time crook is released from prison, he is determined to turn his life around by apprenticing himself to the great rakugo master Yakumo VIII, inspired by his performance of "Shinigami" during his incarceration. Surprisingly, the old man agrees to train him and brings his new apprentice to his own house to live, giving him the name "Yotaro", a classical word used in rakugo meaning "fool". Yakumo has much to teach about the art of rakugo, but both he and his ward Konatsu- a hot-headed young woman whose father was also a famous storyteller- are difficult people with a shared dark past. Yakumo refuses to train her, claiming that the world of rakugo is no place for women, and Konatsu has vowed to kill him, claiming that Yakumo murdered her father!

• DVD Special (1 ep)
• 2008

It's summer vacation, and the delighted Chiaki, Nodame, Mine and Masumi are on their way to the Nagano Music Festival. When the irritable Chiaki falls asleep in the car, the rest of the gang decide to take a quick detour and head to the beach, much to the sleeping conductor's distress once he awakens. Now, as Nodame and the others begin to enjoy themselves and make the most of the sun, sea and sand, Chiaki attempts to hide his intense fear of the ocean and put on a brave face, no matter what it takes...

• TV (11 eps)
• 2008

Chiaki and Nodame have both made it to Paris in pursuit of their futures as musicians. Chiaki begins his training as a world-class conductor and, in typical fashion, is quite successful; yet on the other hand, Nodame struggles as she starts to seriously learn about music for the first time. However, even though the two have worked tirelessly to meet the demands of their newfound musical lives, their relationship continues to progress slowly and frustratingly. Can Nodame and Chiaki balance both their new careers, and each other?

• TV (11 eps)
• 2010

Chiaki and Nodame are still in Paris, ready to take their music-making to the next level. Nodame especially begins to display an unprecedented motivation for the piano, but she learns that with newfound progress comes newfound obstacles. Continuing to taste both frustration and triumph, she slowly realizes that the road to pianistic stardom seems more arduous and distant now than ever before. Everything is rising to a feverish pitch -- will her maturing relationship with Chiaki help or hurt her?