The Grand Family

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Drama: The Grand Family (literal title)
Romaji: Karei Naru Ichizoku
Japanese: 華麗なる一族
Director: Masaki Nishiura
Writer: Toyoko Yamasaki (novel), Youichi Maekawa
Network: WOWOW
Episodes: 12
Release Date: April 18 - July 4, 2021
Runtime: Sunday 22:00-23:00
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Daisuke Manpyo (Kiichi Nakai) is an owner and also president of Hanshin Bank, which ranks 10th in the nation in terms of bank deposits. Besides Hanshin Bank, Daisuke Manpyo owns several others companies and real estate. He hears from his first son-in-law about a move to reorganize the commercial banks. His son-in-law works as b bureaucrat for the Ministry of the Treasury. Daisuke Manpyo attempts to block his bank from being merged with another bank. He faces difficult times.

Notes

"The Grand Family" takes over WOWOW's Sunday 22:00 time slot previously occupied by "Tokkai" and followed by "Mikkoku wa Utau" on August 22, 2021.
Based on novel "Karei Naru Ichizoku" by Toyoko Yamasaki (published from March, 1970 to October, 1972 in Japanese weekly news magazine Shukan Shincho).

Cast



Kiichi Nakai	Osamu Mukai	Yuki Uchida	Taisuke Fujigaya	Yumi Asou
Daisuke Manpyo	Teppei Manpyo	Aiko Takasu	Ginpei Manpyo	Yasuko Manpyo



Riho Yoshioka	Honoka Matsumoto	Jun Kaname	Rie Mimura	Rena Sasamoto
Makiko Yasuda	Tsugiko Manpyo	Ataru Mima	Ichiko Mima	Sanae Manpyo



Riko Fukumoto	Koji Ishizaka	Masanobu Takashima	Ken Ishiguro	Rena Tanaka
Mitsuko Manpyo	Satoru Nagata	Hideyuki Akutagawa	Shoichi Migumo	Fusako



Masaya Kato	Asuka Kudo	Hisako Manda	Yua Shinkawa	Toshiya Miyata
Kiyoshi Ichinose	Yoshihiko Ichinose	Tsuruko	Akiko Komori	Kazuya Hosokawa



Seiji Rokkaku	Masahiro Komoto	Yoichi Nukumizu	Keisuke Horibe	Hajime Inoue
Sentaro Watanuki	Magoroku Zenidaka	Matsuo Tanaka	Shibuno	Ogame



Yoshihiko Hosoda	Toshiyuki Nagashima	Kisuke Iida	Hatsunori Hasegawa	Ikuji Nakamura
Eiji Hayami	Ichiro Okawa	Haruta	Masaharu Ishikawa	Tajaemon Yasuda



Hisahiro Ogura	Akira Onodera	Kazuyuki Aijima	Masato Ibu	Morooka Moro
Ichita Ogaki	Enja Tabuchi	Kakuta	Sahashi	Hyodo



Magi	Takuma Otoo
Hokke	Soga

Additional Cast Members:

Tomoya Oku - Teppei Manpyo (young)
Daichi Asai - Minami (ep.5-6)

Comments

Grandmalee Aug 11 2021 11:46 am This dramatization of Toyoko Yamasaki's novel stands on its own as another excellent attempt at TV adaptation that is inevitably, but can be proudly, compared to its 2007 predecessor starring Tokuya Kimura. Kiichi Nakai does not have the natural looks of Kinya Kitaoji to convey the deeply ambitious and contorted intent of the living patriarch but can more than make up for them with his fine acting. Osamu Mukai brings an aptly fresh and eager naivete to the character he plays. Yumi Asou is superb as the wounded and intimidated wife. Seiji Rokkaku plays a bad guy so realistically that I wish I could punch him in his face. The rest of the cast also renders competent performances. A remake is often closely scrutinized, and this one, in my view, emerges triumphant.

Musetti Jun 08 2021 10:36 am Good quality

YOU Oct 31 2020 1:49 am The focus is on Manpyo Daisuke because that's how it is in the novel. The only reason the 2007 drama focused on Manpyo Teppei is because the character was played by KimuTaku.

Kou Oct 27 2020 5:54 am Whoa, a remake? I watched the 2007 drama, and it was an excellent drama with top notch actors. Let's see how this one turns out.

KD Mar 27 2020 8:50 am Looks like another adaption of Karei Naru Ichizoku, a novel by Yamasaki Toyoko of which there was a drama adaption back in 2007 starring Kimura Takuya. I'm not sure how faithful that adaption was to the book as I haven't read the novel, but it was one of the best Jdramas I've watched over the years. Cast and music was suberb too (I still listen to the main theme from time to time - so epic).

From the synopsis given here, it seems to suggest that the focus is on Manpyo Daisuke? I guess, we'll have to wait and see. I quite like Nakai Kiichi, so I can't wait to check it out. :) Hope we get a really good cast like in the 2007 version.

Saori Mar 14 2020 10:14 am Are they going to recycle Kimura Takuya's 2007 "Karei Naru Ichizoku"? Why would they repeat the same story again?

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