is a 1973 novel by
Toyoko Yamasaki
was a Japanese novelist.
A native of Osaka, Yamasaki worked as a journalist for the Mainichi Shimbun from 1945 to 1959 after graduating from Kyoto Women's University in Japanese literature. She published her first story, ''Noren'' (1957), a st ...
. It has been adapted into a film in 1974
and then three times as a television series in 1974, 2007, and 2021.
Plot
Set in the post-
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
climate of the 1960s in
Kobe
Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, whic ...
, the show explores the struggle for power within the powerful Manpyo family. The cornerstone of their empire is , controlled by the father of the clan, . Eldest son is the managing director of . The ambitious Teppei seeks to expand operations of his company, and goes to his father to see if he can secure a loan. But the Minister of Finance seeks the merger of smaller Japanese banks to fend off foreign competition. Daisuke must decide whether to protect his son's interest in manufacturing or to ensure the survival of the bank that he controls.
The series mostly revolves on the hidden secrets within the Manpyo family. A running theme throughout the show is Teppei's constant hunger for his father's approval. However, instead of being seen as a son, he is often seen as a threat by his own father. Throughout most of the series, they are competing as Daisuke refuses to help in Teppei's struggles.
At the end, we are shown why the characters act as they did. Teppei's mother was supposedly raped by his grandfather, therefore, making Daisuke unsure if Teppei was actually his, or Keisuke's (his father). Teppei's uncanny resemblance to Keisuke, and his blood type proves to Daisuke that he was, indeed, his half-brother. This causes the heartache that surrounds the Manpyo family.
Teppei's company is not saved. As he finds out that he was not actually who he thought he was, he goes to the mountains where his family hunts. He makes a final call to his wife. The next morning, Teppei leaves a suicide note and shoots himself.
When the Manpyo family learns about Teppei's death, his mother is distraught. His father however, seems placid and cold. A man then comes in and asks the parents to sign Teppei's death certificate. Daisuke notices that they had made a mistake in the certificate, he states that they had Teppei's blood type wrong. The man informs them that the
blood test
A blood test is a laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample that is usually extracted from a vein in the arm using a hypodermic needle, or via fingerprick. Multiple tests for specific blood components, such as a glucose test or a cholester ...
was wrong. This revelation drives Teppei's mother into a fit. Daisuke is weakened. The man he thought to be a product of his father's horrible actions, was in fact, his own son. He is even more remorseful when he reads Teppei's suicide letter. Finally, Teppei is given the acceptance that he so long craved for.
Television production 1974
Cast
*
So Yamamura
was a Japanese actor and film director. He was also known by the name Satoshi Yamamura, while his actual birth name is Koga Hirosada. Yamamura graduated from University of Tokyo. In 1942, Yamamura and Isao Yamagata formed the ''Bunkaza Theatre ...
– Daisuke Manpyo
*
Mayumi Ogawa
is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 3rd Japan Academy Prize and at the 4th Hochi Film Award for '' Vengeance Is Mine'' and '' The Three Undelivered Letters''.
In 2008, Ogawa got ordained as a Shingon Bud ...
– Aiko Takasu / Narrator
*
Yoko Shimada
was a Japanese actress, best known to Western audiences for her portrayal of Mariko in the 1980 miniseries ''Shōgun''.
''Shogun'' miniseries
Shimada was the only female member of ''Shōgun''s massive cast of Japanese actors shown speaking En ...
– Tsugiko Manpyo
*
Yūzō Kayama
is a Japanese popular musician, singer-songwriter and actor.
Life and career
Son of mid-twentieth century film star Ken Uehara,and actress Yoko Kozakura, ( ja) Kayama graduated from Keio University. Yuzo Kayama signed with Toho and made hi ...
– Teppei Manpyo
*
Yoshiko Kuga
is a Japanese people, Japanese actress.
Biography and personal life
Kuga was born in Tokyo, Japan. Her father, , was a marquis and a member of the House of Peers (Japan), House of Peers.
In 1946, while still attending Gakushuin Junior High Sc ...
– Yasuko Manpyo
*Ryūzō Hayashi – Ginpei Manpyo
*Masako Izumi – Fusako
*
Yukiko Kashiwagi
is a Japanese actress and was the wife of Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto from 1971 until his death in 1985. In the 1970s, Kashiwagi retired from her career as an actress and instead presented a series of welfare performances with her husband in chi ...
– Sanae Manpyo
*
Izumi Yamaguchi – Makiko Yasuda
*
Kei Satō
was a Japanese character actor and narrator. He is known for his work with Japanese New Wave director Nagisa Oshima, and for several films with Kaneto Shindo, such as '' Onibaba'' and ''Kuroneko''. He won the best actor award from ''Kinema Junpo ...
– Ataru Mima
*Utako Mitsuya – Ichiko Mima
*
Shinya Owada
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He is represented with Horipro Booking Agency. He rusticated from Waseda University First Literature Department.
Biography
Owada is the youngest son of three children. (he has an older brother an ...
– Yoshihiko Ichinose
*
Ryō Ikebe
was a Japanese actor. He graduated from Rikkyō University and originally wanted to be a director, but ended up debuting as an actor at Tōhō in 1941. He did not achieve popularity until starring in a series of youth films in the late 1940s. H ...
– Shoichi Mikumo
*
Shiho Fujimura
Shiho Fujimura (藤村 志保 ''Fujimura Shiho'', born 3 January 1939 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actress. She was given a Special Prize for her career at the 2008 Yokohama Film Festival.
Filmography
Films
*''Shino ...
– Shiho Mikumo
*Meichō Soganoya – Sentaro Watanuki
*
Ken Nishida
is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is noted for his roles in ''Return of Ultraman'',西田健
at JMDB (Retrieved on May ...
– Kazuya Hosokawa
*Kōji Kawamura – Ichiro Okawa
*
Masao Shimizu
was a Japanese actor. His wife was actress Yumi Takano. His first starring role in the film was in ''Momoiro no Yuwaku'' in 1931. In 1947, he formed the Mingei Theatre Company. Shimizu often work with Akira Kurosawa. He appeared in more than 2 ...
as Miyamoto
*Kazuya Oguri – the factory head Ichinose
*Kenji Sugawara – Hideyuki Akutagawa
*Kyōsuke Maki – Zenitaka
*Hideaki Nagai – Ōkame
*Akihiko Hirata – Haruta
*Kōichi Itō – the prime minister Sahashi
*
Isao Yamagata
was a Japanese film actor. In 1942, Yamagata and So Yamamura formed the ''Bunkaza Theatre Company''. In 1949 he made his film debut with ''Kirareya Senta''. Yamagata became famous for his role in 1953 film '' Gate of Hell''. He became a charac ...
– the finance minister Nagata
Film
Karei-naru Ichizoku was released theatrically in Japan on 26 January 1974 where it was distributed by
Toho
is a Japanese film, theatre production and distribution company. It has its headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Osaka-based Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. Outside of Japan, it is best known as the producer an ...
.
[ The film was commercially great successful.][
]
Cast
*Shin Saburi
was a Japanese film actor noted for his leading roles in a number of films by the director Yasujirō Ozu including ''Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family'' (1941), '' Tea Over Rice'' (1952), ''Equinox Flower'' (1958) and '' Late Autumn'' (196 ...
as Daisuke Manpyō
*Tatsuya Nakadai
is a Japanese film actor.
He was featured in 11 films directed by Masaki Kobayashi, including ''The Human Condition'' trilogy, wherein he starred as the lead character Kaji, plus ''Harakiri'', ''Samurai Rebellion'' and ''Kwaidan''.
Nakadai wor ...
as Teppei Manpyō / Keisuke Manpyō
*Yumeji Tsukioka
was a Japanese film actress. She appeared in more than 150 films between 1940 and 1994. She starred in the film ''The Temptress and the Monk'', which was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival. Her husband was the director Umets ...
as Yasuko Manpyō
* Yūki Meguro as Ginpei Manpyō
*Kyōko Kagawa
is a Japanese actress. During her 70 years spanning career, she has worked with directors like Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujirō Ozu and Mikio Naruse, appearing in films such as ''Tokyo Story'', '' Sansho the Bailiff'', ''The Bad Sleep W ...
as Ichiko Mima
*Yoko Yamamoto
is a Japanese actress represented by Kabushikigaisha Sanyō Kikaku.
Filmography
Films
TV dramas
NHK
Tokyo Broadcasting System
Nippon TV
Fuji Television
TV Asahi
TV Tokyo
Stage
References
External linksProfile at Yahoo! Japan
...
as Sanae Manpyō
*Wakako Sakai
Wakako (わかこ, ワカコ) is a feminine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
*わかこ (in hiragana)
*ワカコ (in katakana)
*和佳子 "Japanese/peace, excellent, child"
*和歌子 "traditional Japanese poetry, child"
*若子 "young child ...
as Tsugiko Manpyō
*Kin'ya Kitaōji
is a Japanese actor.
Biography
Early life
He was born in Kyoto, son of ''jidaigeki'' film star Ichikawa Utaemon, and graduated from Waseda University School of Letters, Arts and Sciences II in Tokyo.
Acting career
Kin'ya made his debut with ...
as Yoshihiko Ichinose
*Hideaki Nitani
was a Japanese actor.
Career
Born in Kyoto Prefecture, Nitani attended Doshisha University but quit before graduating. He first worked as an announcer at Nagasaki Broadcasting Company, but in 1956 made his debut as an actor at Nikkatsu. Gaining ...
as Shōichi Mikumo
*Eitaro Ozawa
, also credited as Sakae Ozawa (小沢栄), was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1935 and 1988, directed by notable filmmakers such as Kenji Mizoguchi, Mikio Naruse, Keisuke Kinoshita and Kaneto Shindō.
Selected fi ...
as the finance minister Nagata
* Akiji Kobayashi as Kojima
*Mizuho Suzuki
(born October 23, 1927) is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Manchukuo. He is a drop-out of Kyoto University.
Filmography Film
*'' Yogiri yo Kon'yamo Arigatō'' (1967)
*''Zatoichi the Outlaw'' (1967)
*''The Snow Woman'' (1968)
*''The Sands o ...
as Kuraishi
*Akihiko Hirata
(December 16, 1927 – July 25, 1984), born , was a Japanese film actor. While Hirata starred in many movies (including Hiroshi Inagaki's ''Samurai'' trilogy), he is most well known for his work in the ''kaiju'' genre, including such films as '' ...
as Haruta
*Shigeru Kōyama
was a Japanese actor.
Career
Born in Kure, Hiroshima, Kōyama joined the Bungakuza theatre troupe in 1952, first as a directorial assistant and then as an actor. He made his film debut in 1953 in Tadashi Imai's ''An Inlet of Muddy Water''. He ...
as Wajima
*Tappei Shimokawa
was a Japanese actor.
He attended Musashino Art University, but withdrew before completing his degree. In 1964, he joined Bungakuza Theatre Company but left in 1977.
He is well known for his role as Chōsan (Detective Tarō Nozaki) in the dete ...
as Head of the Teikoku Seitetsu
*Yoshio Inaba
was a Japanese actor best known for his role as Gorobei in Akira Kurosawa's '' Seven Samurai''. In addition to his career in film, Inaba was also a prolific theater actor and a member of the prestigious Haiyuza Theatre Company. He died of a heart ...
as the factory head Ichinose
*Toshio Takahara
was a Japanese actor.
Notable film appearances were '' Seven Samurai'' and ''Twenty-Four Eyes''. He is also known for his role as Commander Gonpachi Edogawa in the tokusatsu superhero series ''Himitsu Sentai Gorenger''.
He started his acting ...
as Tsunoda
*Hideji Ōtaki
was a Japanese actor.
He has served as President of the Mingei Theatre Company.
Career
After serving in World War II, he became interested in the theater and helped found the Gekidan Mingei troupe in 1950. He gained fame for his television work ...
as Arao
*Nobuo Nakamura
was a Japanese actor, who made notable appearances in the films of Akira Kurosawa and Yasujirō Ozu in the 1950s and 1960s. Perhaps his most famous roles in the West were those of the callous deputy mayor in Kurosawa's ''Ikiru'' (1952), and the h ...
as Matsudaira
*Osamu Takizawa
was a Japanese actor. He was born in Ushigome, Shinjuku, Tokyo. Starting at the Tsukiji Little Theater, Takizawa participated in a number of theatrical troupes before forming Gekidan Mingei with Jūkichi Uno. His was praised for his performan ...
as Miyamoto
*Kō Nishimura
was a Japanese actor who appeared in supporting roles in such films as Akira Kurosawa's ''The Bad Sleep Well'' and '' Yojimbo'', Kihachi Okamoto's ''Sword of Doom'', Yoshitaro Nomura's ''Zero Focus'', and Kon Ichikawa's '' The Burmese Harp'' ( ...
as Watanuki
*Takashi Shimura
was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1934 and 1981. He appeared in 21 of Akira Kurosawa's 30 films (more than any other actor), including as a lead actor in ''Drunken Angel'' (1948), ''Rashomon'' (1950), ''Ikiru'' (1952) an ...
as Tahei Yasuda
*Jirō Tamiya as Ataru Mima
*Machiko Kyō
was a Japanese actress who was active primarily in the 1950s.
Early life and education
Kyō, an only child, was born in Osaka in 1924. Her father left when she was five years old, and she was raised by her mother and grandmother. She adopted ...
as Aiko Takasu
Honors
* Mainichi Film Award for Best Art Direction award
*Mainichi Film Award for Best Cinematography award[
*In ]Kinema Junpo
, commonly called , is Japan's oldest film magazine and began publication in July 1919. It was first published three times a month, using the Japanese ''Jun'' (旬) system of dividing months into three parts, but the postwar ''Kinema Junpō'' ha ...
magazine's list of the 10 best Japanese films of the year, ''Karei-naru Ichizoku'' reached #3 in 1974.
Television production 2007
Cast
*Takuya Kimura
is a Japanese actor, singer, and radio personality. He is regarded as a Japanese icon after achieving success as an actor. He was also a popular member of SMAP, one of the best-selling boy bands in Asia.
A 1996 television drama series, ''Long ...
– Teppei Manpyo
*Kin'ya Kitaōji
is a Japanese actor.
Biography
Early life
He was born in Kyoto, son of ''jidaigeki'' film star Ichikawa Utaemon, and graduated from Waseda University School of Letters, Arts and Sciences II in Tokyo.
Acting career
Kin'ya made his debut with ...
– Daisuke Manpyo
*Kyōka Suzuki
is a Japanese actress.
Life and career
Suzuki appeared in Shinji Aoyama's '' Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name'' and Yōichi Sai's ''Blood and Bones''.
She won the Best Actress award at the 1998 Yokohama Film Festival for her role in ''Wel ...
– Aiko Takasu
*Kazue Fukiishi
is a Japanese actress and former gravure idol. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival for ''What the Snow Brings'', ''Tegami'', and ''Memories of Tomorrow''.
Career
Fukiishi starred in Takuji Suzuki's '' ...
– Ichiko Mima
*Kyōko Hasegawa
is a Japanese model and actress. She is previously married to Haruichi Shindō, one of the members of the Japanese rock band Porno Graffitti.
On May 30, 2009 she gave birth to a boy. On January 25, 2012 she gave birth to a girl.
Appearances TV ...
– Sanae Manpyo
* Toru Nakamura – Ataru Mima
*Hiroki Narimiya
(born September 14, 1982), better known as , is a former Japanese actor.
Early life
He was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. His parents are from Okinawa Prefecture. His parents divorced when he was young, and in his third year of junior high sch ...
– Yoshihiko Ichinose
*Toshiyuki Nishida
is a Japanese actor. He has won two Japanese Academy Awards for best actor, for ''The Silk Road'' (1988) and ''Tsuribaka Nisshi 6'' (1993). He has also won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor for '' Get Up!'' and '' Tsuribaka Nisshi 14'' (2003) ...
– Ichiro Okawa
*Masahiko Nishimura
is a Japanese theatre and film actor. He is best known for his comedic portrayals.
Biography
Nishimura was born on December 12, 1960 in Toyama, Toyama, Japan. While he attended Toyo University to study photography he met Kōki Mitani, a script ...
– Zenitaka
*Tetsuya Takeda
Tetsuya Takeda (), born April 11, 1949, is a Japanese folk singer and actor. Takeda is perhaps most known in Japan for his starring role in the Tokyo Broadcasting System's (TBS) long-running, highly rated television drama '' Sannen B Gumi Kinpa ...
– Ōkame
*Yu Yamada
is a Japanese model, actress and singer best known from her modeling work with ''CanCam'' magazine.
Personal life
On March 14, 2012, Yamada married Japanese actor Shun Oguri, and is a mother of three children, as of April 2020, according to r ...
– Makiko Yasuda
* Koji Yamamoto – Ginpei Manpyo
*Toshirō Yanagiba
is a Japanese actor.
Career
Yanagiba has appeared in films such as the ''Bayside Shakedown'' series, ''Chinese Dinner'', and ''Space Battleship Yamato''.
Filmography
Film
* '' Run Towards the South On the Road of Sea'' (1986)
* ''Young Girls ...
– Shoichi Mikumo
*Saki Aibu
is a Japanese actress. She is represented by Box Corporation.
Personal life
Aibu was born in Hyōgo prefecture. On May 3, 2016, she announced her marriage through her office.
Filmography
Drama
*'' Water Boys'' (Fuji TV, 2003) as Atsumi Haya ...
– Tsugiko Manpyo
*Izumi Inamori
is a Japanese actress signed to Burning Production.
Biography
Izumi Inamori was born and grew up in Kagoshima Prefecture. After finished from the local high school, Inamori went to University of Texas at Arlington to study English abroad. Af ...
– Fusako Tsuruta
*Yumi Takigawa
is a Japanese actress and singer. She has appeared in more than 50 films since 1974.
Selected filmography Film
Television
Awards
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Takigawa, Yumi
1951 births
Living people
Singers from Tok ...
– Shino Tsuruta
*Sei Hiraizumi
is a Japanese actor. In 1964, Hiraizumi joined Daiei Film company and started his acting career.
In the 1970s to early 1980s, he appeared in a lot of jidaigeki and detective television dramas as a guest villain actor.
Hiraizumi starred as Koichi ...
– the factory head Ichinose
*Masayuki Ito
Masayuki Ito (born January 19, 1991) is a Japanese boxing promoter and former professional boxer who held the WBO super-featherweight title from 2018 to 2019.
Professional career
Ito vs. Diaz
Ito turned professional in 2009 and amassed a rec ...
– Matsuo Tanaka
*Shōfukutei Tsurube II
, born , is a Japanese rakugo comedian and actor.
Filmography Film
*''Tokyo Heaven'' (1990)
*'' Moving'' (1993)
*'' Wait and See'' (1998)
*'' Kabei: Our Mother'' (2008) - Senkichi
*'' Dear Doctor'' (2009) - Dr. Osamu Ino
*'' About Her Brothe ...
– Sentaro Watanuki
*Masahiko Tsugawa
, born Masahiko Katō (加藤 雅彦 ''Katō Masahiko''; January 2, 1940 – August 4, 2018) was a Japanese actor and director.
Career
Tsugawa was born January 2, 1940, in Kyoto, Japan. After acting as a child, he made his major debut at the age o ...
– the finance minister Nagata
*Mieko Harada
is a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She has played various roles in many motion pictures, television shows and television dramas since her debut in 1974.
Career
Harada most notably portrayed Lady Kaede in Akira Kurosawa's 1985 film ''Ran'', and ...
– Yasuko Manpyo
Ratings
The series attracted high ratings. Over the course of its run, the series averaged 23.9% in the Kanto region (TBS) and 30.4% in the Kansai region (MBS). The second half of the series' two-part "Finale" attained a rating of 30.4%, the highest rating achieved by a Japanese drama episode in 2007.
Hawaii broadcast
''Karei-naru Ichizoku'' aired on KIKU-TV in Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...
on September 23, 2007 to November 25, 2007 under the name ''The Grand Family''. The broadcast included complete English subtitles.
Television production 2021
Cast
*Kiichi Nakai
is a Japanese actor. His name was given by Yasujirō Ozu. His father, Keiji Sada, also a movie actor, died when Nakai was only two years old. Nakai started his acting career while he was still in university and was awarded the Rookie of the Ye ...
– Daisuke Manpyo
*Osamu Mukai
is a Japanese actor. He was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from Meiji University.
Early life
He was born in Isogo-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture and went to Hama Junior high school (浜中学校) and Hitorizawa High scho ...
– Teppei Manpyo
*Yuki Uchida
(born November 16, 1975) is a Japanese actress, and a popular 1990s idol, model and singer.
Biography
Uchida was born in Tokyo. She practiced fencing in high school, and ranked 3rd in a tournament in Tokyo in 1991.
She began her career as a mod ...
– Aiko Takasu
*Yumi Asō
, better known by the stage name , is a Japanese actress. She is a niece of singer Chiyo Okumura. She married actor in March 2004, and they had one child. The couple separated less than two years later, and officially divorced in 2008.
Biography ...
– Yasuko Manpyo
* Taisuke Fujigaya – Ginpei Manpyo
*Riho Yoshioka
is a Japanese actress. She first attracted attention after landing a role in a television series, '' Here Comes Asa'' on NHK in 2016. She received the Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year in 2018.
She won the Newcomer of the Year Award at ...
– Makiko Yasuda
*Jun Kaname
is a Japanese actor and tarento. He was born in Mitoyo, Kagawa and made his drama debut as an actor in 2001 in the Tokusatsu Series "Kamen Rider Agito". He appears not only in TV dramas but also in movies, commercial messages, variety TV program ...
– Ataru Mima
* Rie Mimura – Ichiko Mima
*Honoka Matsumoto – Tsugiko Manpyo
*Asuka Kudoh
is a Japanese actor. He graduated from Tokyo Gakkan High School and Tokyo University of Agriculture. He is represented by Papado.
Biography
Kudo's father is professional baseball player and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks coach Kimiyasu Kudo, and his ...
– Yoshihiko Ichinose
*Rena Sasamoto – Sanae Manpyō
*Riko Fukumoto – Mitsuko Manpyo
*Toshiya Miyata – Kazuya Hosokawa
*Ken Ishiguro
is a Japanese film, television and voice actor. He has appeared in more than 80 films since 1979.
He is the son of Osamu Ishiguro
was a tennis player from Japan.
Career
He played his first tournament in 1959 at the Asian Championships ...
– Shoichi Mikumo
*Seiji Rokkaku
is a Japanese actor from Hyōgo Prefecture.
He was born in Himeji and raised in Takasago. Rokkaku is the vocalist of Rokkaku Seiji Band. He dropped out of Gakushuin University.
Rokkaku became famous in Japan for his role as Mamoru Yonezawa in ...
– Sentaro Watanuki
*Toshiyuki Nagashima
is a Japanese actor. He won the award for Best Newcomer at the 3rd Hochi Film Awards for '' Kaerazaru hibi'' and for Best Actor at the 6th Hochi Film Awards for '' Enrai''.
Selected filmography Film
*'' Kaerazaru hibi'' (1978)
*''Third Base'' ...
– Ichiro Okawa
*Masaya Kato
is a Japanese actor from Nara in the Kansai region.
Life and career
He is currently attached to Burning Production. He stands at 183 centimeters. He practices martial arts and performs his own stunts in movies.
Filmography
Films
*1988: ''Shiro ...
– the factory head Ichinose
*Masanobu Takashima
is a Japanese film and television actor.
Career
He has appeared in over 20 television productions and ten films in Japan and other countries as well.
Takashima appeared as Daisuke Matoba in the 2008 film '' L: Change the World'' (also known a ...
– Hideyuki Akutagawa
*Masahiro Kōmoto – Zenitaka
*Hajime Inoue – Ōkame
*Yoichi Nukumizu Please don't delete this article because this actor or actress is new and will play/is playing a lead, supporting or breakthrough role in the tokusatsu series "Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger" and will continue their career an ...
– Matsuo Tanaka
* Hisako Manda – Tsuruko
*Rena Tanaka
is a Japanese actress and TV personality. In 1999, she won the Japanese Academy Award for "Best Newcomer" for her performance in ''Give It All''; in 2001, she received a "Best Actress" nomination for ''First Love''.
Selected filmography
Film ...
– Fusako
*Masatō Ibu
is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is sometimes credited as Masato Eve.
Filmography
Films
* ''Love Hotel'' (1985)
*''Maison Ikkoku'' (1986)
*''Empire of the Sun'' (1987) – Sgt. Nagata
*'' Sukeban Deka'' (1987)
*'' Toki o Kakeru Shōj ...
– the prime minister Sahashi
*Kōji Ishizaka
is a Japanese actor.
Ishizaka graduated from Keio University with a B.L. degree. He serves as a special advisor for the Japan Plamodel Industry Association, and on 23 February 2009, he founded Rowguanes, a plastic model enthusiast group for th ...
(special appearance) – the finance minister Nagata
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Karei-Naru Ichizoku
Japanese novels
Toho films
Films directed by Satsuo Yamamoto
Films scored by Masaru Sato
1970s Japanese films
1974 Japanese television series debuts
1975 Japanese television series endings
2007 in Japanese television
2007 Japanese television series debuts
2007 Japanese television series endings
2021 Japanese television series debuts
2021 Japanese television series endings
Japanese drama television series
Nichiyō Gekijō
Television shows based on Japanese novels
Television series set in the 1960s