Details
Title: 女系家族
Title (romaji): Nyokei Kazoku
Also known as: Matrilineal Family
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Mystery, Suspense
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 13.85%
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2005-Jul-07 to 2005-Sep-15
Air time: Thursday 22:00
Theme song: Ai No Shi (Love Song) by Imai Miki
Synopsis
Bitter is the appropriate adjective for all the characters in Nyokei Kazoku. The story is lead by 35-year Yajima Fujiyo, the eldest daughter of a wealthy matrilineal family. Due to a short-term illness, Yoshizo passed away, leaving behind three daughters who all dislike each other, and a multi-billion yen estate. During the review of the will, a mistress named Fumino is revealed, who the family didn't know about. Fumino has an ally within the Yajima corporation - business associate Ono Uichi. Uichi is handling the estate but definitely does not deserve such trust, being involved in all sorts of backroom financial shenanigans. Hovering in the background is Yoshizaburo Umemura, the head of a Japanese traditional dance school. Umemura is covering his financial bets by going after both Fujiyo and Fumino. --- re-written by groink
Cast
Yonekura Ryoko as Hamada Fumino
Takashima Reiko as Yajima Fujiyo
Seto Asaka as Yajima Chizu
Kashii Yu as Yajima Hinako
Sawamura Ikki as Yajima Ryokichi
Morimoto Leo as Yajima Yoshizo
Asada Miyoko Yajima Yoshiko
Tamaru Maki as Kimura Kaori
Isayama Hiroko as Kobayashi Kimie
Takahashi Katsunori as Umemura Yoshizaburo
Hashizume Isao as Ono Uichi
Yamashita Yorie
Asaka Mayumi
Sakata Mizuho (ep10)
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Shimizu Akemi
Original writing: Yamazaki Toyoko
Producer: Kijima Seiichiro (貴島誠一郎)
Director: Sakai Masahiro (酒井聖博) (ep1), Takemura Kentaro (竹村謙太郎), Ito Toshihiro (伊藤寿浩)
Episode Titles
Ep 01: Confrontation!
Ep 02: Disharmony
Ep 03: Heartless
Ep 04: The New Reality
Ep 05: Miscarriage
Ep 06: Scene of Carnage
Ep 07: Filthy
Ep 08: Underhanded Dealings
Ep 09: The Reverse Faces of Men
Nyokei Kazoku
