Official Website
www.nhk.or.jp/nagoya/rikon
Broadcast
Tuesdays, 10.00 – 10.48 p.m. from 6 January 2015
Station
NHK
Story
45-year-old Takeuchi Miharu specialises in corporate law at a law firm in Nagoya. One day, she is pressed by Mizuno Toyohiko, the head of the firm, to take charge of a divorce case of a client company. Gohara Naoki, the president of the company, wants to divorce his wife Nobue who left their 5-year-old son and moved out. However, Nobue cries that she will never hand over their son. In fact, Miharu has had experience with divorce too. She was deprived of custody because of her own negligence and has not seen her daughter Kanae in 10 years. She reluctantly starts to tackle this case but gradually gets absorbed in it. While she is the husband’s attorney, she ends up presenting a solution that reflects Nobue’s feelings. This offends the client company and the law firm’s advisory contract is terminated. Mizuno, who likes Miharu, desperately dissuades her from resigning. But she takes responsibility and quits the firm. That night, a dejected Miharu drowns her sorrows in drink at ‘Ankake Tetsu’ which is located directly beneath her residence. She finds herself grumbling to the affable owner Mitsuya Tetsu. “In the end, I lost both my job and man at the same time … …” Then Nobue arrives with twin sisters who are distressed by their parents’ impending divorce. She believes the junior high school girls can count on Miharu who identified with her own divorce issues. Miharu does all in her power to try to pull the twins’ broken family together. Seeing Miharu like this, Tetsu and Nobue encourage her to start a divorce counselling centre. Miharu sets up ‘Takeuchi Harumi Divorce Counselling Centre’ and solves all sorts of marital difficulties including domestic violence and workplace bullying with her passion, legal knowledge and experiences. She also faces her emotional scars due to her own divorce and starts to renew her ties with her daughter, Kanae.
Characters
Maya Miki as Takeuchi Miharu
A former corporate lawyer who sets up a divorce counselling centre. Drawing on her legal knowledge and experiences, she solves all sorts of marital difficulties with legwork and twice as much passion as others.
Tachi Hiroshi as Mizuno Toyohiko
The head of the law firm, Mizuno. Because his association with Takeuchi Miharu goes back 20 years, he understands her very well, but also loves her strongly.
Kamiji Yusuke as Mitsuya Tetsu
The owner of ‘Ankake Tetsu’, the ankake spaghetti shop. He is gradually attracted to Takeuchi Miharu who tackles divorce counselling as if her life depends on it.
Taketomi Seika as Inagaki Kanae
Takeuchi Miharu’s daughter. Her parents divorced over some incident when she was 10 years old. She has not seen her mother in 10 years.
Seki Megumi as Sugiura Chikako
A lawyer in charge of divorce cases at Mizuno Toyohiko’s law firm. She feels a sense of rivalry with Takeuchi Miharu not just as a lawyer but also as a female.
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