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Nogi Yusuke is the chief of Marubishi Corporation's Energy Development Division 2 and visited the Balka Republic to recover the extra $90 million that had been transferred to GFL, a company with whom he has been working on an infrastructure project. The money however, has been transferred to over 10 subcontractors and Yusuke decides to go to Aman Constuction, but was betrayed by the cab driver. Yusuke has no choice but was left in the middle of a desert and has to find ways to resolve all his problems.

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Sanada Maru *Masato Sakai

Sanada Nobushige (Later known as Sanada Yukimura) was born to a lord who owned a small piece of land in Shinsu (present day Nagano Pref). He survived using his wisdom, courage and continuous effort during the Sengoku period. Eventually, he later matured to a very respectful samurai warrior. During The Siege of Osaka, Nobushige constructed the small fortress "Sanada-maru" on the periphery of Osaka Castle. His fortress successfully repelled the much larger invading forces of 38,000 warriors of the great Tokugawa Ieyasu (Later the first Shogun of Edo Period).

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The Wonderful World of Capt. Kuhio *Masato Sakai EN Sub

Wonderful World of Capt. Kuhio or Kuhio Taisa in Japanese is a story based on a real life event that happened in Japan. A man claiming to be a colonel and a pilot in US navy's 6th fleet defrauds several women pretending that he will marry them. He is supposedly related to the royal family of England and monarchy of Hawaii - thus his last name is Kuhio (as in prince Jonah Kuhio). It turns out that nothing he says he is true. He's actually a native Japanese, but goes around in a soldier's uniform when he meets his women. How women fall for such an obvious lie seems to be the point of this movie, and somewhat comical aspect of the story. There are three women he goes out in this movie, but only two of them are really falling for him. The other girl who works at a bar is an even match for him. Very strange story even for a movie, but is based on the actual event that happened around the time of '92 Gulf War. Masato Sakai plays the intriguing character of Capt. Kuhio. Interesting movie that's hard to classify as a comedy or a horror drama. Scary part is the way Kuhio works his women. His lies are so smooth, and no one thinks (except one) that anyone would go to this extent to con a person. We all like to believe in the goodness and honesty of others, but this movie gives a revealing look at a person who lives on the other side of the society.

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Doctor Rintaro *Masato Sakai

The first drama after one and a half years since Legal High 2. The drama will be written by Miho Nakazono (Doctor X, Hanako to Anne) and directed by by Nobuo Mizuta (“Maiko haaaan!!!”/”The Apology King”). As Nakazono is a big fan of Sakai, she is looking forward to their first collaboration. Rintaro Hino/Masato Sakai is a 41-year-old psychiatrist, working at an university hospital. He is an excellent doctor with keen insight and intuition. He even sees the Chief Cabinet Secretary of the Japanese Parliament as a patient. Dr. Rintaro has written books and appears as a guest on TV programs. Some patients even wait more than 2 months to be seen. One day, a woman appears in front of Dr. Rintaro and his life changes because of her.

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LEGAL HIGH ~2014.11.22 Special

LEGAL HIGH ~2014.11.22 Special no EN sub. Attorneys Kensuke/Masato Sakai and Machiko/Yui Aragaki receive a request from a general hospital. They go up against veteran attorney Kazuma Kuzyo who is trying to extract money from the general hospital by a medical malpractice lawsuit.

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LEGAL HIGH ~Pre Special 2014

LEGAL HIGH ~Pre Special 2014 -42 mins (Special to be aired November 22) no EN sub.

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Hanzawa Naoki *Masato Sakai & Aya Ueto Re-posted 6/29

Hanzawa Naoki (半沢直樹) was a 2013 Japanese television series by Japanese broadcaster TBS. It follows the story of Hanzawa Naoki, a banker working for the largest bank in Japan, Tokyo Chuo Bank. He faces numerous obstacles from upper management as he climbs his way up the ranks.

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One year later, Hanzawa is placed in charge of investigating Iseshima Hotel which borrowed 20 billion yen from Tokyo Chuo Bank. The hotel suffered a loss of 12 billion yen and with an FSA (Financial Services Agency) inspection coming up, the bank may potentially have to provide a loan loss provision of 150 billion yen should Iseshima Hotel be labelled bankrupt. Hanzawa discovers that Director Ohwada (Teruyuki Kagawa) was at the forefront of providing the loan to Iseshima Hotel even though there was substantial evidence showing that the hotel was not in a good financial position. Kondo (Kenichi Takito), a friend of Hanzawa who works at Tamiya Electric discovers that Ohwada was also behind an indirect loan to Laffite, a fashion company owned by Ohwada's wife. Hanzawa puts this evidence against Ohwada in front of a board of directors meeting leading to the demise of Director Ohwada. Hanzawa orders Ohwada to kneel down before him and apologize for his actions in front of all the board members. During the final scene, Chairman Nakanowatari is seen giving Ohwada a small demotion to board member while Hanzawa is transferred out to Tokyo Central Securities because of his behavior during the meeting which the chairman deemed inappropriate. (info taken from Wikipedia)

The show received consistently high ratings: the final episode reached 42.2% in the Kanto area, the highest figure for a drama in the Heisei Era. Following its huge success as the most-watched series in Japan with a 42.2 share of the audience, the TV serial Hanzawa Naoki, is all set to make its entry overseas starting with Taiwan and Hong Kong.

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Legal High 2/Streaming

New series of Legal High, part 2 aired in Japan yesterday (2013.10.09 Japan date).

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Synopsis: Haruki Hanyu (Masaki Okada), who worked as a prosecutor, changes sides and becomes an attorney. He opens his law office "NEXUS". In court, pursues solutions where the plaintiff and defendant can come to a mutual understanding. This differs completely from Kensuke Komikado (Masato Sakai), who believes only the winner is right. At work, Haruki Hanyu has confrontation a with Machiko Mayuzumi (Yui Aragaki), but still holds personal feelings for.

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