The Family

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Title: The Family / The Grand Family
Romaji: Karei naru Ichizoku
Japanese: 華麗なる一族
Director: Katsuo Fukuzawa, Daisuke Yamamuro
Writer: Toyoko Yamasaki (novel), Hiroshi Hashimoto
Network: TBS
Episode: 10
Release Date: January 14 - March 18, 2007
Runtime: Sunday 21:00～21:54
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

“The Family”, the program commemorating the 55th anniversary of the launch of the TBS TV station, is a social drama depicting the inside story between bureaucrats, politicians and big businesses over a bank merger revolving around the family discord between Daisuke Manpyou, the owner and president of Hanshin Bank, and his eldest son, Teppei. A program that was a big hit, “The Family” recorded average audience ratings of 23.9% in the Kanto region and 30.4% in the Kansai region.

Notes

Based on novel "Karei Naru Ichizoku" by Toyoko Yamasaki (published from March, 1970 to October, 1972 in Japanese weekly news magazine Shukan Shincho).
Related titles:
1. The Grand Family | Karei Naru Ichizoku (WOWOW / 2021)

Cast

Takuya Kimura - Teppei Manpyo
Kyoka Suzuki - Aiko Takasu
Kazue Fukiishi - Kazuko Uruwashi
Kinya Kitaoji - Daisuke Manpyo
Kyoko Hasegawa - Sanae Manpyo
Toru Nakamura - Manaka Uruwashi
Hiroki Narimiya - Yoshihiko Ichinose
Toshiyuki Nishida - Ichiro Okawa
Masahiko Nishimura - Zenitaka
Tetsuya Takeda - Okame
Yu Yamada - Makiko Yasuda
Kohji Yamamoto - Gimpei Manpyo
Toshiro Yanagiba - Shoichi Mikumo
Saki Aibu - Tsugiko Manpyo
Izumi Inamori - Fusako Tsuruta
Kotaro - Eiji Hayami
Yumi Takigawa - Shino Tsuruta
Sei Hiraizumi - Koujoucho Ichinose
Mieko Harada - Daisuke Manpyo
Masayuki Ito - Matsuo Tanaka
Isao Takeno
Naomasa Musaka
Tsurube Shofukutei
Kenichi Yajima
Takashi Kobayashi
Hatsuo Yamaya
Ryuzo Tanaka
Takashi Tsumura - ep.1
Shinya Owada - ep.2,4
Toru Minegishi - ep.4
Manabu Ino - ep.5,7
Gin Maeda - ep.10
Hajime Aoki - ep.10
Chieko Baisho - narrator

Awards

- "Special Award" (staff) - 2008 Elan D’or Award - February 6, 2008

Comments

Issa Jun 28 2022 12:56 pm Wow! This is a treasure! I've not been so intoxicated with a drama esp Jap drama. I have been a kdrama watcher until I got bored waiting for a good one when hardly any after Liberation, Bravo, The Blues, Stranger could fill in the satisfaction of drama bingeing. Then Youtube led me to Kimura's Beautiful Life which captivated & ignited my thirst for more so of Kimura's great works. He's such a talented actor, looks aside! Went theu all his dramas & tried this. OMG! Every moment after Intro 1 was so intense, so rich in showing me what I had no clues of- Jap industrialization & banking politics. Still @ ep4. This is a MUST watch!

Asra Dec 08 2018 2:21 pm Woah... This drama is great! I wonder why it doesn't have any comment in it? The story was impressive. The scene with sky was beautifully shoot and correlated with the MC feeling. The setting was done quite well. And the acting was top notch (they actually get 3 award for best actor, best supporting actor, and best supporting actress). This type of drama will remain timeless.

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