Ryōko Itakura returns as the tough-as-nails government taxing agent. This time she must figure out a way to expose a fanatical religious cult lead by a corrupt sociopath.

Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the brutal murder she witnessed. Under the watch of two dedicated cops, Biwako struggles to maintain her career, her public image, and her personal life as she prepares for her new role on the witness stand.

『3番テーブルの客』（さんばんテーブルのきゃく）は、フジテレビ・共同テレビ製作の1996年に放送された深夜ドラマ。
「古畑任三郎」や「王様のレストラン」で知られる脚本家の三谷幸喜による書き下ろしの脚本を、毎回違ったスタッフキャストで制作するという番組。
冒頭の「台本が同じなら同じ作品が出来上がると思うならあなたはドラマを知らない」のナレーション通り、演出によって作品の雰囲気が変わるということがよく解る作品となっており、演出家を目指す者には打って付けのドラマである。実際、話の筋は全て同じなので退屈な物に思えそうだが、キャスティング、小道具など、どの回も様々な演出家の個性が溢れており、飽きさせない作りになっている。
第1回は三谷作品をもっとも多く演出している河野圭太が担当、以後「世にも奇妙な物語」や「笑の大学」で知られる星護や「マルサの女」の伊丹十三、とんねるずの木梨憲武などが参加した。
また、放送前に2回にわたり「監督とは?」概論編、実践編が放送され1997年1月4日には「3番テーブルのもう1人の客」というスペシャル番組も放送された。
現在、横浜市にある放送ライブラリーで視聴できる。

Jūzō Itami's debut short film, concerning a group of unique young people in the high economic growth period who are into games with rubber band pistols.

A successful Japanese movie director in his sixties becomes increasingly ill while working on his latest film. Though his family, friends, and doctor try to keep the secret of his terminal cancer from him, Buhei gradually comes to realize the truth of his condition, leading him on a journey of despair, anger, and – ultimately – acceptance.

Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets from the Japanese authorities. Itakura and Gondo soon find themselves engaged in a complicated, satirical battle of wits.

The film stars two of Itami's regular actors, Nobuko Miyamoto as a geisha who brings luck to the men with whom she sleeps, and Masahiko Tsugawa as her unfaithful, sometimes partner. As well as showing her relationships with the man she loves and the men who employ her, it satirizes corruption and the influence of money in Japanese politics.

An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so they can get a contract for a meeting of important foreign officials.

When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three days in their home.

In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making". Interspersed are satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.

雨宫家老父亲（奥村公延 饰）因病去世，正在外地拍广告的女儿千鹤子（宫本信子 饰）和女婿井上佗助（山崎努 饰）带着两个儿子连忙赶回老家奔丧。虽然有葬礼负责人海老原（江户家猫八 饰）的帮助，但佗助夫妇仍需临时抱佛脚，学习葬礼礼仪。三天的葬礼，品味生死百态，万般不舍与依恋，俱化作火葬场上空的一缕轻烟……
本片荣获1984年日本学院奖最优秀作品、最佳导演、最佳男主角、最佳剧本和最佳女配角多项大奖，及1985年蓝丝带最佳导演和最佳男主角奖。

A struggling Japanese neighborhood supermarket manager chances upon an old classmate, who has plenty of ideas for revitalizing his business.

A melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Australia on a business trip.