Masaya Ozaki (Writer)
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Works
Ōoku supesharu ~ mō hitotsu no monogatari ~
Release Date2006-12-29
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Randebû!
Meguru, a young woman, comes to the big city in pursuit of her acting dreams. On her way to an audition, she stumbles on a ringing cell phone lying in the street. She picks up the phone. There's a young man in the other end.
Release Date2010-05-15
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Kumokiri Nizaemon
During the Kyoho period in the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, there is a gang of thieves active not just in Edo but also the Tokaido and the Nakasendo, and all across the Kansai region, stealing large sums of money with skillful techniques. They only target the very wealthy and never kill or injure people. They appear with the clouds and disappear like the mist. On the night that the beautiful Ochiyo is to become the bride of a dry goods dealer, a large amount of money hidden inside the shop is stolen. The gang disappears without injuring anyone. It was a two-year plan to marry Ochiyo off so that she could bring them in. The leader of this gang is Kumokiri Nizaemon, the greatest bandit of all time. He keeps a rein on his highly-skilled and notorious followers Nanabake no Ochiyo, Kinezumi no Kichigoro, Subashiri no Kumagoro, Ingakozo Rokunosuke and others.
Release Date2013-04-10
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count3
Vote Count6
Umechan Sensei
Umechan Sensei is a Japanese television drama series. It debuted on April 2, 2012. It is about a girl named Umeko Shimomura who, despite being overshadowed by her talented older brother and sister, and despite being thought of as a clumsy child, decides to follow in her father's footsteps and become a doctor. It is the 86th NHK Asadora.
Release Date2012-04-02
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count156
Vote Count3
He Who Can't Marry
Kekkon dekinai otoko, known in English as He Who Can't Marry, is a 2006 Japanese drama broadcast by Fuji TV. The theme song is "Swimmy" by Every Little Thing. The drama was produced by Kansai Telecasting Corporation and Media Mix Japan.
Release Date2006-07-04
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count22
Vote Count29
g@me.
A young ad executive's life has been turned upside down when a vicious client ruins his three billion yen project. Through his chance meeting with the disgruntled daughter of his enemy, he plans a vengeance scheme. The young woman agrees to play the victim of his bogus kidnapping. The movie is based on the novel Geimu No Na Wa Yuukai ('The name of the game is kidnapping') by popular mystery novelist Keigo Higashino.
Release Date2003-11-08
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count22
Why is He Still Single?
A quirky yet kind-hearted man, firmly against marriage, sparks humor and reflection as he navigates life. Despite his eccentricity, he finally meets the woman of his dreams and must decide how to win her heart, proving there's no man who won't marry, just one who hasn't found the right match yet.
Release Date2025-11-16
DepartmentWriting
JobOriginal Series Creator
Episode Count16
Vote Count4
Love Generation
Love Generation revolves around the relationship of the two leading protagonists, Katagiri Teppei and Uesugi Riko, who begin their relationship as squabbling colleagues before falling in love.
Release Date1997-10-13
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count11
Vote Count10
Ultraman Max
Ultraman Max was an Ultraman TV series which started airing on 7 July 2005, and produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd.. The show tried to return to the true formula of new monsters every week and being a fast paced show like previous series with the exception of Ultraman Nexus. The show is full of homages to past series by having three of the original cast members from the first Ultraman series being featured in an episode, updated versions of classic monsters like Red King, Eleking and Pigmon among others. One unusual episode revolves around the filming of the 1964 program Ultra Q which was the predecessor to the first Ultraman show in 1966. Two actors from that show appear as themselves.
Release Date2005-07-02
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count8
New Thursday Ghost Stories Ghost Club: Seven Wonders of School Edition 2
Japanese horror movie from 1998.
Release Date1998-12-02
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Thursday Ghost Stories Ghost Club: Seven Wonders of School Edition 1
Japanese horror movie from 1998.
Release Date1998-12-02
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
New Thursday Ghost Stories Ghost Club: Seven Wonders of School Edition 3
Japanese horror movie from 1998.
Release Date1998-12-02
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Signal
Two detectives communicate through a walkie-talkie to solve a cold case. One detective exists in the present day, and the other detective exists 15 years in the past.
Release Date2018-04-10
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count10
Vote Count10
Kunoichi Financial Road
Sacho the financial ninja saves the common folk from corporate villains with the use of her "financial ninjutsu."
Release Date1999-07-21
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Justice is Blind: The Moving Tale of a Vision-Impaired Lawyer
Based on the writings of a true life, vision-impaired lawyer comes a story about a blind man who manages to pass the extremely difficult bar exam and earn his lawyer’s license. Long desiring to help the weak, Kensuke Okochi gets a job at an attorney’s office while he and his wife, also blind, look forward to their first child. When a plaintiff in a divorce case decides to withdraw from litigation, Kensuke worries at first that it has to do with his own perceived inadequacies as a lawyer, but a few days later, he is visited by the female plaintiff, Satomi, showing injuries to her body. While it appears an open and shut case of domestic violence with an audio recording as proof, Kensuke detects a “certain scent” coming from the plaintiff which gives him pause as to her real intentions.
Release Date2014-12-01
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Black President
Mitamura Yukio is the founder and president of a rapidly growing apparel company. However, it is actually a company that exploits its employees. Mitamura places priority on the company’s profits and has been overworking his employees but he sees nothing wrong. Instead he believes that hard work is necessary to achieve results. Therefore, demanding work is justified. He does not think his beloved company exploits its employees. Mitamura has delegated work to his subordinates and has time to enroll in a university to study company management from the basics. This is where he meets a new lecturer Akiyama Kyoko. Although he feels attracted to the intellectual Kyoko, the complete differences in their environment and way of thinking results in frequent clashes. Then there are the young people called the “pressure-free generation”. Mitamura looks down on this bunch who would never get a job with his own company. But in an unexpected turn of events, he has interactions with these university students, and because of that, he gets inspired and learns a lot of things. On the other hand, the attempt to oust Mitamura is gathering strength within his company. Mitamura himself soon realises that his company exploits its employees and a power struggle begins inside.
Release Date2014-04-08
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count11
Vote Count2
大川と小川の時短捜査
The president of an IT company is found dead. The cause of death is believed to be an overdose of medication for a chronic illness, but the possibility of murder emerges since potassium and other substances were found in the body. Ogawa, unfamiliar with the investigation, asks for help from Okawa, a former detective who now works for the police department. The "large-and-small duo", who are uneven in appearance and personality, take on the challenge of getting to the bottom of a difficult case.
Release Date2022-09-12
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Mr. Tadano's Secret Mission: From Japan With Love
Tadano is assigned by the chairman Kurokawa to protect and check the personal affairs of a young idol, Sylvia , who is the main character at the "Flower Earth Festival 2008" organized by Denodo. Sylvia has been threatened by someone to resign from the main character role. Tadano starts investigating while supporting Yamanishi, the event organizer. However, Tadano is struck down by a mysterious giant of a man. Yamanishi, who has obtained important information, is murdered, and Sylvia is kidnapped. Tadano realizes that Anzai, Yamanishi's right-hand man who has been eyeing the chairmanship, is the mastermind behind this. Tadano rescues Sylvia and brings her to the event venue.
Release Date2008-12-06
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count2
Marriage
Urumi Kenji is a scoundrel who tricks women with his handsome looks and charm into a marriage yarn and swindles them out of their money. He is not a one-man show however. He works with Sengoku Ruriko. They use plotting, scheming, tricking, engagement rings, gourmet and sex to succeed.
Release Date2017-06-24
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Memories of Mom
After years of trying, Kyoko and her husband Takehiro are finally pregnant. But their joy at the prospect of becoming parents ends suddenly when they learn Kyoko has stage four cancer. They now must face agonizing decisions that force them to choose between the life of Kyoko or the health of their baby. Adapted from a true story.
Release Date2014-07-05
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Triangle
A tense standoff between a wealthy young widow with a collection of world-famous art, a swindler with an eye on her collection, and a strange woman who blackmails him into including her in the con.
Release Date2009-11-19
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
Broken Heart
Eight love stories start and end in an amusement park.
Release Date1995-01-21
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Cheers From Heaven
When bento shop owner Hikaru Oshiro learns that a group of high school students have no place to practice music, he takes it upon himself to build a studio beneath his store. The only stipulations he placed upon the students were that they be respectful to others, do well in school, and be empathetic towards others. Based on the true story of Hikaru Naskasone who supported students up until his death from cancer in November, 2009.
Release Date2011-10-01
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count6
Her Sketchbook
Mami rarely leaves home since she dropped out from middle school. She has been escaping reality by immersing herself in copying her favorite manga and illustrations in her room full of books and comics. Her father, Eisuke, worries a lot about her ever since he divorced with her mother, Mika.
Release Date2017-07-15
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count5
The Day Kouhaku Was Born
This drama focuses on the story of how NHK's famous New Year's Eve program "Kohaku Uta Gassen" came about in 1945, when the country was under General Headquarters.
Release Date2015-03-21
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Seven Female Lawyers
Release Date2006-04-13
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count5
Vote Count2
大川と小川の休日捜査
Release Date2024-09-30
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count1
Tokyo Marble Chocolate
Chizuru loves Yuudai; Yuudai loves Chizuru. Yet neither of them can say it clearly because each is uncertain about the other’s feelings and is afraid of being hurt. Trapped by their insecurities in a relationship that’s going nowhere, they drift further and further apart. While Chizuru thinks this is the end of the road, Yuudai struggles desperately to overcome his cowardly nature before he loses what is most important to him. There are two stories to every relationship, but can love survive if they don’t meet halfway?
Release Date2007-12-19
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count8
Goodbye Ghosts!
Madoka Tsutsumi is a university student. He rarely expresses his feelings and he has never done an impulsive act in his life. One night, he sees an old man and a pink rabbit struggling physically. The pink rabbit seems surprised and asks Madoka if he can see them. The pink rabbit then introduces itself as the Angel of Death and says the old man is a ghost who died yesterday.
Release Date2016-04-23
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count9
Vote Count2
Shadow of the Wraith
Two brothers are plunged into the realm of psychic horror, one tormented by a stalker, and the other involved with a girl whose home is the site of eerie occurrences.
Release Date2001-06-23
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count8
Dream Stadium
Release Date1997-06-21
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
吉原裏同心～新春吉原の大火～
Release Date2016-01-03
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Ooku ~ Hana no Ran ~
Tells the story of the women surrounding Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, the fifth shogun.
Release Date2005-10-13
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count11
Tokyo Chiken no Otoko
Ohashi Taeko, the owner of a real estate company, is stabbed to death. Yamaoka Seiji who rents property from Taeko and runs a restaurant, is sent as a suspect to Higashimaru Shinsuke (Sawamura Ikki), a prosecutor working for the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office. Yamaoka’s restaurant business has been on the decline and he confessed to the police that he killed Taeko after getting into an argument with her over the rent that he has been behind on. Higashimaru’s motto is to face suspects without having any preconceived notions. He and his assistant Kirino Keita start questioning Ishimori Yoshio, a security company executive who said that he saw Yamaoka flee...
Release Date2021-03-24
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Flaming Cinderella
Anzai Mitsuho (Tanaka Mei) is an actress who was involved in a scandal during the filming of her first starring movie, which caused a huge uproar and ended her successful career, banishing her from the public eye. Tashiro Ryoichi (Iijima Hiroki), who was filming the making of the movie she starred in, had always wanted to make a movie with Mitsuho as the lead, but that dream has now vanished. A year later, the two meet again by chance, and Tashiro takes this opportunity to talk about his dream. However, Mitsuho has been banished from the entertainment world, meaning there is zero chance of it coming true. Then someone interrupts...
Release Date2022-11-04
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Lady Girls
Lady Girls is a poignant romantic comedy portrays the lives of three single, 40-year-old women as they search for happiness and love while longing to stay always-a-girl-at-heart regardless their age.
Release Date2015-10-15
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count10
With Love
It all started when Takashi (Takenouchi), a talented composer who could not write a love song ever since his girlfriend Rina left him suddenly, accidentally sent an uncompleted piece of his latest work to Amane (Tanaka) via email. Deeply touched by his music, Amane wrote back to him, without getting a reply. Amane continued writing to him, pouring out her thoughts. Only when she signed as "Teru Teru Bozu", did Takashi responded with a mail saying "WHO ARE YOU?", because what Rina left him as a farewell gift was a teru teru bozu!
Release Date1998-04-14
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count12
Vote Count4
White Spring
Former yakuza Haruo is finally released from prison after completing his sentence. With nine years worth of prison gratuities in hand, he stops at a restaurant to enjoy a good meal, but all of his money ends up being stolen. With nothing left, he spends the night at a net cafe, and he manages to look up his old friend from his yakuza days. When Haruo visits the next day, he learns that his old girlfriend Mariko was living with another man, but later died of illness. Haruo, who had committed murder 9 years earlier to earn the money for Mariko's medical treatment, is shocked and angered. He decides to track down that other man, who runs a bakery with his wife and daughter Sachi. Haruo later runs into Sachi at the park, but he has yet to find out the truth about her.
Release Date2009-04-14
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count11
Vote Count3
Hanamura Daisuke
A comical look at the Japanese legal system. Big corporate law firm seeking to increase their profit margin notices that a lot of the partners spend a lot of their time on cases which don't bring in a lot of revenue. They decide they need to hire an average lawyer, at a minimal salary, that will take care of these small cases and not complain. That's why the law firm hires Hanamura Daisuke (Yusuke Santamaria)...to handle these minor cases. Daisuke's approach to the law is very unique and the way he handles each case is very entertaining
Release Date2000-07-04
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count13
Natsuko no Sake
Natsuko, who was a copywriter, starts to cultivate rice called Tatsunishiki, which is a phantom kind and it is very difficult to grow. She does it to make her dead brother's dream come true. His dream was to make the...
Release Date1994-01-12
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count11
Vote Count1
Cold Moon
Kiyoka, a doctor, will stop at nothing to exact revenge on the woman she thinks brought destruction to her marriage and life. Misaki, a working interpreter, wife and mother-to-be, will do anything to protect the people she loves. Meanwhile, both women are forced to reconcile the love for their husbands with other men in their lives who seem to understand their very essence.
Release Date1998-01-12
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count3
Vote Count1
Chanpon Tabetaka
In early 1965, a child violinist who was expected to be a prodigy, came up to Tokyo from Nagasaki and lived in lodgings. In the 1970s, the violinist (Suda Masaki) faced a setback during the uproar over the US-Japan security treaty. Even so, he did not cut off music. By the time he realised it, he had started singing as Grape. This is a story centred around his high school and university days surrounded by different people including friends, teachers as well as older men at his part-time job.
Release Date2015-05-30
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count9
Ohitorisama
33-year-old Akiyama Satomi is a history teacher at the prestigious all-girls high school she once attended. She has earned the nickname "ohitorisama" (meaning "one person") for her perfectionism and capability to handle any work by herself. At the same time, the name also refers to her lack of romance. One day, a young man named Shinichi arrives at the school as a temporary instructor. He's ten years younger than Satomi, has only worked part-time jobs, and has neither money nor status. Although the other female teachers and students find him cute, he is completely not Satomi's type... or is he? Will love blossom between this unlikely pair?
Release Date2009-10-16
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count5
Vote Count2
Mr. Straightforward
Matsushima Kenichiro is basically a straight guy because he hates dishonesty. He is an employee at a medium-sized building firm and works in design. However, he is inept when it comes to love. Kenichiro's destiny changes after he meets Kurita Narumi, an audacious, self-centred impish female. He becomes serious about leading her back to the right path which she finds interesting. While getting pushed around by Narumi, who is the exact opposite of him, Kenichiro learns about her way of doing things and way of life. He is stimulated by her and gradually gets attracted to her... Before long, he starts to look at a new self and at the things he had believed were correct, maturing into a more upright man.
Release Date2010-01-12
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count2
Love 2000
Yuri Maroev is a secret agent and assassin from the Ural Republic sent along with his brother on a mission to Japan. Once in Japan, he meets systems analyst Mashiro Rieru and uses her high-level security access to get top-secret information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His pretense of romance turns into genuine feelings of love, as Rieru falls deeper into the intricacies of Yuri's fateful covert operations.
Release Date2000-01-10
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count11
Vote Count1
Living Alone
Kyoko, an elite career woman working at a major bank, lives a high stress life surrounded by male colleagues and clients that discriminate against her, and a mother who constantly obsesses over Kyoko's lifestyle. As Kyoko is starting to buckle under the pressures of her high profile life, she is approached by a man who inquires if she is interested in working at an escort service. Kyoko refuses the offer at first, but he senses a hidden side to her and persuades her to give it a try. She soon finds herself living a double life: one as a businesswoman and one as a call girl. Her life begins to spin out of control, but a newfound friend may be able to help her escape from her situation.
Release Date1999-07-09
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count12
Yoshiwara Ura Doshin
Release Date2014-06-26
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count12
Vote Count6
Transparent
A young, good-hearted doctor Kenichi suffers from a rare syndrome whereby his feelings cannot be hidden such people are known as "satorare" and their well-being come under special government protection. As all the young doctor's thoughts/feelings are always heard by hospital colleagues, this creates much inconvenience to them and they try to drive him away. In steps a beautiful female doctor who tries to shield him from the cruel reality of his uniqueness.
Release Date2002-07-04
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count10
Vote Count2
Rookie!
Makoto Aida, 23, is a first year detective...a rookie. The only thing the rookie detective has going for him is the fact that he is a nice guy. Thinking that he can beat the recession by becoming a civil servant, Makoto takes all kinds of employment exams. The only one he passes though is to become a police officer. After becoming a policeman, Makoto gets assigned to work as a cop in rural, Okutama, and begins to look forward to the easy life. He somehow winds up helping out in the apprehension of a suspect of a brutal crime, and gets awarded a letter of recommendation, which incidentally is to become a detective. Being that Makoto doesn't like to get involved in other people's quarrels, he is relieved to find out that he will be assigned to work public safety issues instead of criminal investigations. -- Fuji TV
Release Date2001-04-10
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count12
Vote Count2
Sisam
A history drama portraying the confrontation between the indigenous Ainu people living on Japan’s northernmost main island—then called “Ezo” and now known as “Hokkaido”—and the “sisam”, the Ainu word for ethnic Japanese.
Release Date2024-09-13
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count5
Warera ga Paradise
At Seven Star Town, a high-class facility where Asako works as the head nurse, wealthy elderly people are elegantly living the last chapters of their lives. For Asako, who was living a humble life and taking care of her mother, it was a world far from herself. Satsuki, who works in Seven Star Town, also takes care of her parents who live with her, and her colleague Kuniko also has problems in the family over caring for her father. Asako has problems finding a facility for her mother. Both Satsuki and Kuniko face headwinds in their lives every day. Asako and her friends put into action a bold plan to break the status quo, and the drama of the people gathered in Seven Star Town begins to come alive. Will they be able to find paradise on earth?
Release Date2023-01-08
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count10
オトコの子育て
Release Date2007-10-26
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count8
僕が笑うと
Release Date2019-03-26
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector