Official Website
www.nhk.or.jp/drama/otousan
Broadcast
Saturdays, 11.15 – 11.45 p.m. from 1 June 2013
Station
NHK BS Premium
Story
20-year-old Osawa Maiko’s father Toshio suddenly dies while on a business trip to Hokkaido. However, she has little to no memories of her father who was hardly at home so much so that it feels like it is about a distant relative when she hears the news of his death. Toshio had been the head of a major confectionary company’s sales department, and the company holds a funeral for him. Maiko visits the funeral hall with her mother Yukie and younger brother Takashi. This is where she learns about the existence of Muto Takafumi a subordinate of her father who loathes him. Then, two detectives arrive from Hokkaido, and the family is told that the police suspect his death to be a murder and not an accident. Moreover, Toshio has a debt of 5 million yen which the family is ignorant of.
Characters
Minamisawa Nao as Osawa Maiko
A daughter who is not saddened by her father’s death. She hears about her father from his colleagues and learns his true face.
Aso Yumi as Osawa Yukie
The sudden death of her husband Toshio makes her discover a side of him that was unknown to her.
Endo Kenichi as Osawa Toshio
A father who neglected the family and lived only for work. He dies while on a business trip to Hokkaido. It is suspected that his death was a murder and not an accident.
Masaki Reiya as Osawa Takashi
Osawa Maiko’s younger brother. Like his sister, he accepts his father’s death matter-of-factly.
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