Series

Family: Absence of the Wife, Existence of the Husband

2006 · 1 season · Family · Drama

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.

Yuriko Ishida

Tetsuya Watari

Shūsei Nakamura

Yutaka Takenouchi

Mari Hoshino

• Nobuyuki TakahashiDirector
• Akihiro KarakiDirector
• Hiroshi IkezoeDirector
• Shimizu YuukiWriter
• Fumio IgarashiProducer

First aired

October 20, 2006

Last aired

December 8, 2006

Status

Ended

Original language

Japanese

Episodes

8

Genres

Family, Drama

• Season 18 episodes · 2006