Akira Isoyama (Producer)
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Works
The Lady Shogun and Her Men
In the year 1716 a mysterious epidemic stickens men in the country of Japan, dropping the population of men to 1/4th of its prior state. With the drastic reduction of men, the gender roles have become reversed in Japan. Woman become the dominant members of society and males are sought out for the ability to produce children. A young man named Unoshin Mizuno hopes to marry childhood sweetheart Onobu, but due to class differences realizes this is almost impossible. To raise his social status and also save his poor family, Unoshin Mizuno enters the Ohoku (inner chambers of the Shugun's castle) and attempts to vie among 3,000 other men for the affection of the female shogun. What Unoshin Mizuno quickly learns about the Ohoku is that the men there are all beautiful, but highly ambitious and conniving. In this environment, the 7th shogun Tokugawa passes away and the new shogun Yoshimune Tokugawa takes the thrown and enters the Ohoku.
Release Date2010-10-01
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count16
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Living in Ikebukuro — an area infamous for juvenile crime, 21-year-old Makoto Majima becomes associated with a youth gang called the G-Boys. A troubleshooter known for his cool headedness and ability to get things done, Makoto diffuses tense situations around Ikebukuro to keep his friends and others out of harm's way. However, the mysterious death of his girlfriend and an escalating gang turf war threaten to be more than Makoto can handle.
Release Date2000-04-14
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count11
Vote Count27
The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special
Mikuri and Hiramasa both work and share housework duties. They have peaceful days together. One day, Mikuri learns that she is pregnant. They decide to marry, but they soon face problems. Mikuri suffers from pregnancy sickness and Hiramasa decides to take a paternity leave before an important project is finished. The couple experience unfamiliar situations involving childbirth and rearing. They go through difficult times.
Release Date2021-01-02
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count12
Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series
When Bussan learns he has less than a year to live, he decides to continue his life as usual. He spends his time with his friends, a band called Kisarazu Cat's Eye. Their funny adventures range from playing gigs to solving a mystery surrounding counterfeit money, but Bussan's impending death is never far away.
Release Date2003-11-01
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count7
Extremely Inappropriate!
Ichiro is a PE teacher in 1986 feared by his students for a "tough love" approach, harsh tongue and frequently “inappropriate” behavior. He’s also a dad trying to raise a rebellious daughter after having lost his wife to illness. When he gets transported in time to 2024, he encounters modern sensibilities that teach him about empathy but also gives people of today a reason to rethink their own political correctness in this time traversing comedy about change.
Release Date2024-01-26
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count10
Vote Count15
Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series
After terminally ill Bussan finally passes away he misses hanging out with his still living friends and decides to return to Kisarazu. In his ghost form however only his most trusted friends can see him, and his meddling in the lives of the living results in the return of Ozzy and a long dead team of American baseball players who drowned off the shores of Kisarazu. It's down to Bussan and the Cats to save the day and restore the town to order, but can Bussan bring himself to say bye-bye once and for all?
Release Date2006-10-28
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count5
Ikebukuro West Gate Park SP
This special takes place three years after the end of the original series. Makoto is homeless as a result of his mom selling out their shop and soon becomes involved in a ‘bone smasher’ case, in which someone puts homeless people to sleep and breaks their bones.
Release Date2003-03-28
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count1
Saving My Stupid Youth
Heisuke teaches at his alma mater, an all-boy’s Buddhist high school and leads a very ordinary life, except for the fact that he is still tortured by the memory of an unfortunate incident that took place there involving him and his school 14 years ago. In hopes of closure, he strikes upon a plan to jointly hold this year’s Culture Festival with a nearby girl’s school, with which there are chilly relations. Determined at all costs to make the event a success, Heisuke finds himself dealing with a constant stream of problems along the way.
Release Date2014-10-12
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count10
Vote Count24
Extremely Inappropriate! New Years Special
Snarky 1980s PE teacher, Ogawa Ichiro, is back — crashing through the wall of Café Scandal! This time, he's brought along the café "master" and 83-year-old inventor, Inoue, embarking on a new, time warping adventure. After sending Kiyoshi into the past to prevent Yuzuru's fated encounter with daughter, Junko, Ichiro travels to the night of the Great Hanshin Earthquake (1995) and greets a surprise visitor, while learning of an incident coming in 2036.
Release Date2026-01-04
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Ties of Shooting Stars
Based on a novel by mystery writer Keigo Higashino, Ryūsei no Kizuna tells the story of three orphans, whose parents were murdered long ago. Together, the three vowed on a shooting star to one day avenge their parents. After many years, the two brothers have found the murderers, and are set to carry out their plan for vengeance when they realize they've made a serious miscalculation; you see, their sister...
Release Date2008-10-17
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count10
Vote Count16
Kisarazu Cat's Eye
When 21-year-old Kohei learns he has six months to live, he recruits his friends to form a group of cat burglars who steal for the good of the community.
Release Date2002-01-18
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count9
Vote Count10
Let's Get Divorced
A mediatised married couple who no longer love each other is highly optimistic about getting a divorce. However, external circumstances will get in their way and they will have no other choice but to work hand in hand to reach their ultimate goal: getting a divorce.
Release Date2023-06-22
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count9
Vote Count18
Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times?
When childhood friends Yui and Naoki are by chance reunited as adults, they begin to feel they were destined for each other. However, just as Naoki prepares to propose to Yui, he becomes embroiled in a mysterious incident and dies. Now Naoki's soul wanders the world unable to express his true feelings for Yui. Yuzuru, a detective and the only person who can see Naoki, goes in pursuit of the truth behind Naoki’s death. At Naoki tries to use Yuzuru to talk to Yui, but will he be able to convey his message of love?
Release Date2023-01-13
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count10
Vote Count10
Tanaka Express 3
Release Date2007-04-13
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count11
A Little Princess
Shōkōjo Seira is a 2009 Japanese drama television series based on the children's novel A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Mirai Shida stars as Seira, the daughter of a rich boss of a mining company. Due to her father's sudden death in a mining accident, Seira has overcomes many ordeals at the Millenius Seminary boarding school because she is unable to pay her school fees. Shōkōjo Seira aired on Saturdays from 7:56pm on the Tokyo Broadcasting System between 17 October 2009 and 19 December 2009.
Release Date2009-10-17
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count10
Vote Count3
Forbidden Fruit
Mayako, a married woman, finds her life of comfort and casual affairs thrown into disarray when she unexpectedly falls in love with a younger man. Here is a modern fable of the moral dilemmas facing today's women, in a time where the expectations of love, marriage, and divorce from earlier generations no longer seem true.
Release Date1997-10-09
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count11
Kekkon Shiyouyo!
Keitaro is a divorcee who needs to re-marry quickly or be faced with losing custody of his son to his ex-wife. Keitaro then meets Miwa who needs to find a new home for herself and her younger sister, since losing theirs to a flood. Keitaro and Miwa decide to strike a deal to help each other out.
Release Date1996-04-11
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer's Assistant
Episode Count12
Sweet Home
When the Inoue family just moves into their new residence, they are shocked to see everyone there so anxious about getting their children into good schools. In order not to be the one left out, they also join in the crowd and train their child hard to score well in the primary school entrance exam. Interestingly, their next door neighbor has a kid same age as theirs and always likes to compete with them. This makes the whole exam process more exciting and stressful, of course.
Release Date1994-01-09
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer's Assistant
Episode Count12
Vote Count3
You and I on the G-String
Every woman's dream is to be able to resign from work after finding a man who can support her. Office lady Yaeko does exactly that. Except between the time of her resignation and the chiming of the wedding bells her (future) husband finds a prettier woman and dumps her. With extra time on her hands she registers for a violin class where she meets a university student. She is head over heels for the young man and wants him.
Release Date2019-10-15
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count10
Vote Count3
Papa to Nat-chan
Papa to Nat-chan is a drama about a young girl who matures from a high school student into a wife. Goro Shimura lost his wife nine years ago. Since then, he has lived with Natsumi. This comedy depicts Goro's struggles and Natsumi's journey to marriage.
Release Date1991-04-19
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer's Assistant
Episode Count10
Kamisan no Waruguchi
The middle-aged couple at the center of this drama somehow seems to pull through despite constant quarreling. The critical husband has clearly found his match in an equally combative wife, with one hilarious encounter after another revealing the love/hate relationship which typically underlies modern marriages.
Release Date1993-10-17
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer's Assistant
Episode Count11
Vote Count1
Why I borrowed money from her
Kunihiko Yamanobe, played by Hiroyuki Sanada, owes money to Yuki Tachibana, played by Kyoko Koizumi, because of his wife's credit card bankruptcy. This is the love story of two men and a woman who are brought together by a strange bond of debt!
Release Date1994-10-14
DepartmentProduction
JobProduction Assistant
Episode Count11
愛するということ
Release Date1993-01-08
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer's Assistant
Episode Count11
Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?
Gen Takasegawa, the first Japanese actor to play the lead role at London's Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, has been unable to return to Japan for some time. After two years, he finally makes his way back home, only to find out that he is suddenly and completely forgotten by the entire world.
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count1