Details
Title: 家族
Title (romaji): Kazoku
Title (English): Family
Tagline: ~妻の不在・夫の存在~
Tagline (romaji): ~Tsuma no Fuzai, Oto no Sonzai~
Tagline (English): ~Absence of the Wife, Existence of the Husband~
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Family, human drama
Episodes: 8
Viewership rating: 11.8 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast period: 2006-Oct-20 to 2006-Dec-08
Air time: Friday 21:00
Theme song: "Everything" by EXILE
Synopsis
Kamikawa Ryohei is a 35-year-old man who works in a foreign company and lives a happy family life with his wife and son. On the day he decides to switch careers and submit his resignation, his wife runs away from home, leaving his hands full taking care of the home and bringing up their son. Saeki Shinichiro is a 61-year-old man who decides to live alone when he loses his wife to illness not long after he reached the mandatory retirement age.
Cast
Takenouchi Yutaka as Kamikawa Ryohei
Watari Tetsuya as Saeki Shinichiro
Uto Shuusei as Kamikawa Yuto
Ishida Yuriko as Kamikawa Satomi
Gekidan Hitori as Tsukuno Hitoshi
Sakura as Kinoshita Miho
Kaneko Noboru as Yadomoto Kazunori
Ishii Tomoya as Ishizawa Katsuhiko
Shimizu Yuki as Asano Yumiko
Nakada Yoshiko as Saeki Kanako
Kimura Tae as Koba Shiori
Kanahashi Yoshiki as Sabu-chan
Umezawa Masayo as Tamiko
Hoshino Mari (ep6-8)
Natsuyagi Isao
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Shimizu Yuki (清水有生)
Producers: Igarashi Fumio, Nakagome Takuya (中込卓也), Fukazawa Yoshihiro (深沢義啓)
Director: Karaki Akihiro
Music: Watanabe Toshiyuki
