01 A working-class girl clashes with, then falls for, the wealthiest and cruelest boy at her elite school.
10 Best Japanese Drama Series
By Vlad Zakh · July 30, 2026
Shogun’s recent adaptation reintroduced Japanese-set prestige drama to a mass audience, while Midnight Diner and Terrace House show the country’s TV at its smallest and most intimate. Tokyo Vice splits the difference with an English-language crime drama.
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02 A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite decades later, told across two intertwined timelines.
03 A photographer and her circle navigate ambition and fame in the age of social media in Tokyo.
04 A man gains the ability to travel back in time moments before tragedy strikes, and tries to stop a childhood murder.
05 An American journalist covering the crime beat in Tokyo, based on Jake Adelstein's real memoir.
06 A Tokyo detective traveling to London to find his missing brother, tangled in the yakuza underworld.
07 Aimless young people trapped in a deserted Tokyo, forced to play deadly games to survive.
08 A reality show following strangers living together, filmed with an unusually gentle, unscripted tone.
09 A late-night Tokyo diner and the regulars whose quiet stories unfold over simple, comforting meals.
10 An English navigator caught in a brutal political power struggle in feudal Japan, adapted from James Clavell's novel.