Drama Series Production

Our drama series shoot service in Japan covers period jidaigeki, modern urban thrillers, prestige tight series, and global co-productions for TV networks and streamers. Partners include NHK, TBS, Fuji TV, Netflix, and Amazon.

We build steady teams — 1st ADs, production designers, costume leads, locations managers — who hold quality across an 8 to 12-week shoot. Period work draws on castle grounds in Himeji and Matsumoto. It also uses Edo townscapes kept in Kanazawa and Kawagoe, and Meiji-era Western-style estates around Yokohama and Nagasaki. Modern series shoot freely across Shinjuku, Shibuya, and Osaka's neon-lit districts.

Casting partners in Tokyo and Osaka deliver leads, supporting cast, and day players matched to the script's tone. We line up costume houses and prop pros who know samurai, Showa-era, and modern wardrobe builds. Continuity teams hold the look across an 8 to 12-week run, so each episode reads steady from first block to wrap.

Stage work books controlled builds at Toho Studios and Toei Kyoto Studios, with Shochiku and Nikkatsu options for specific looks. Period sets gain real depth on the Toei Kyoto Studios backlot. Commission specs come straight from NHK, TBS, and Fuji TV story teams, and Netflix Japan briefs the streaming originals. Our line producers translate each note for the floor. Bilingual coordination keeps foreign showrunners and Japanese department heads fully aligned across the season.

Episode schedules block by location, not story order, to cut company moves across a long shoot. We plan around Golden Week and Obon, when crew and venue access tightens. Camera packages center on the RED V-Raptor, with HMI, LED, and Steadicam support for studio and night-exterior work. Post runs through Imagica and Sony PCL, with grading in DaVinci Resolve to Rec.709, HDR, or Dolby Vision. Storage and proxy chains feed parallel editorial fast. Each episode ships to the platform's exact broadcast spec, billed in JPY at 10 percent consumption tax.