Details
Title: 夫婦道
Title (romaji): Fufudo
Also known as: The Perfect Path for Two
Format: Renzoku, across two seasons
Genre: Family drama
Broadcast network: TBS
Season 1
Episodes: 11
Viewership rating: 13.6 (Kanto)
Broadcast period: 2007-Apr-12 to 2007-Jun-21
Air time: Thursday 21:00
Theme song: Soushunfu by Kaientai
Synopsis
The weddings of the three daughters of the Takanabe family engaged in tea growing and processing, the succession of the Takanabe tea business that has been passed down over generations, conflicts between the couple regarding these issues, and so on… This is a sitcom depicting the human drama of the family full of laughter and tears. --TBS
Cast
Takeda Tetsuya as Takanabe Kensuke
Takahata Atsuko as Takanabe Satoko
Yamasaki Shizuyo as Takanabe Natsumo
Takuma Seiko as Takanabe Yaeko
Motokariya Yuika as Takanabe Wakaba
Suzuki Yuto (鈴木悠人) as Takanabe Shigeru
Hashizume Isao as Nakamori Shuuzou
Sato Ginpei (佐藤銀平) as Nakamori Kenta
Ishikura Saburo as Yamazaki Masahiro
Guests
Aoki Kazuyo (青木和代) as the regular customer to Tanakabe-en
Ishiguro Ken as Natsumo's arranged husband (ep1)
Arikawa Hiroshi (有川博) as the father of the arranged husband (ep1)
Tateishi Ryouko (立石凉子) as the mother of the arranged husband (ep1)
Shishido Masaru (宍戸勝) as Matsuyama (ep2)
Yamasato Ryouta as the customer (ep2)
Yamaga Kazuhiro (山賀教弘) as the local news reporter (ep3)
Ishii Teruyuki as the local news cameraman (ep3)
Kamimura Yoriko (上村依子) as a tea harvester (ep4)
Mayama Kei (真山惠衣) as a tea harvester (ep4)
Kurata Eiji (倉田英二) as Tazawa Kiyohiko (ep4)
Maeda Gin as Kiyohiko's father (ep4)
Sakai Mari (酒井麻吏) as Kiyohiko's mother (ep4)
Kikuchi Kinya as Shigeru's teacher (ep4)
Mihara Junko as Sayama Kaori (ep5)
Iwasa Mayuko as Midorikawa Reiko (ep7)
Tokui Yuu as head of the union (ep7)
Hagio Midori as Yamashita Hiroko (ep8)
Shiba Toshio as Sawaguchi Shougo (ep8)
Yonekura Masakane as Sugimoto Shinji (ep9)
Kino Hana (木野花) as Principal Itabashi (ep10)
Yamazaki Ginnojou as Fuyushima Juntarou (ep10-11)
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Shimizu Yuki (清水有生)
Producer: Yanai Mitsuru (柳井満)
Director: Kiyohiro Makoto, Oka Susumu (大岡進)
Music: Jonouchi Misa (城之内ミサ)
