Details
Title: 華麗なる一族
Title (romaji): Karei naru Ichizoku
Title (English): The Grand Family (TBS)
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Human drama, finance, romance
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 23.9
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2007-Jan-14 to 2007-Mar-18
Air time: Sunday 21:00
Theme songs:
Main theme: Main Theme, performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra and conducted by Hattori Takayuki
Insert theme: Desperado by the Eagles
Synopsis
Originally a novel by Yamazaki Toyoko, and later a 1974 movie, Karei naru Ichizoku depicts the conflicts within the Manpyo family, famous in Kansai's financial circles, amidst the tumultuous reorganization of the financial industry of the late 1960s. Unlike the book, the eldest son, Teppei, and not the father, Daisuke, is the central character of the drama.
This drama is set in the late 1960s decade of Japan and depicts the rivalry between Manpyo Daisuke (Kitaoji Kinya), a powerful banker, and his eldest son, Manpyo Teppei (Kimura Takuya), the executive managing director of a steel firm. For reasons not yet entirely clear, Daisuke seems to dislike his own son and when Teppei finds out why, the Manpyo family is turned upside down.
Cast
Kimura Takuya as Manpyo Teppei (34)
Suzuki Kyoka as Takasu Aiko (39)
Hasegawa Kyoko as Manpyo Sanae (30)
Yamamoto Koji as Manpyo Ginpei (31)
Yamada Yu as Yasuda Makiko (24)
Aibu Saki as Manpyo Tsugiko (22)
Fukiishi Kazue as Mima Ichiko (29)
Nakamura Toru as Mima Ataru (44)
Inamori Izumi as Tsuruta Fusako (32)
Takigawa Yumi as Tsuruta Shino (59)
Narimiya Hiroki as Ichinose Yoshihiko (26)
Hiraizumi Sei as Ichinose Koujoucho (58)
Nishimura Masahiko as Executive Director Zenidaka (52)
Shoufukutei Tsurube as Watanuki Sentaro (58)
Yajima Kenichi as Wajima (Chief of Teikoku Seitetsu) (51)
Kobayashi Takashi as Executive Director Akutagawa (54)
Nishida Toshiyuki as Okawa Ichiro (60)
Takeda Tetsuya as Ogame Senma (60)
Tsugawa Masahiko as Minister of Finance Nagata (63)
Yanagiba Toshiro as Mikumo Shoichi (50)
Harada Mieko as Manpyo Yasuko (54)
Kitaoji Kinya as Manpyo Daisuke (60)
Production Credits
Original writing: Yamazaki Toyoko
Screenwriter: Hashimoto Hiroshi
Planning: Setoguchi Katsuaki, Ueda Hiroki
Producers: Fukuzawa Katsuo, Ishimaru Akihiko
Directors: Fukuzawa Katsuo (ep1-10), Yamamuro Daisuke (ep5,7,9)
Music: Hattori Takayuki
Narrator: Baisho Chieko
Karei naru Ichizoku
