Title: Otousan
Also known as: Father / Life with Dad
Genre: Family drama
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 16.4
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2002-Oct-13 to 2002-Dec-22
Air time: Sunday 21:00
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English (Hardsub)
Synopsis
Following the death of his dear wife, a man was left to raise their four daughters on his own. It hasn't been easy and his daughters always seem unsatisfied and arguments are an everyday occurrence. All of them have a secret they can't bring themselves to tell him. The oldest Yu has decided to leave her husband and child and return home. The responsible second daughter, Akira has decided to have another go at her dreams and is planning to leave home. The third daughter, Makoto is a nurse who lacks self-confidence and is secretly renting an apartment so she can live with a dullard. The youngest daughter, Kei has played piano since she was a child but thinks she has gone as far as she can and wants to quit music school. Then one day, he announces he is remarrying. The daughters aren't happy and as they set about trying to stop their father they begin to examine their own lives and personal philosophies in the heart-warming drama.
Cast
Tamura Masakazu as Shindo Shiro
Iijima Naoko as Masuda Yu
Nakatani Miki as Shindo Akira
Hirosue Ryoko as Shindo Makoto
Fukada Kyoko as Shindo Kei
Moriyama Ryoko as Anzai Tamako
Tanihara Shosuke as Tamaki Shinji
Kokubun Taichi as Yamaguchi Jiro
Tsukamoto Takashi as Hide-chan
Ishizuka Hidehiko as Ohbaka/Ohba Kazuo
Okamoto Rei as Obachan, their neighbor
Fukae Takuji as Masuda Takamichi
Tatehara Isamu as Masuda Satoshi
Nakamaru Shinsho
Horiuchi Keiko
General
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Duration : 59mn 35s
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