Nyokei Kazoku
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Details
- Title: 女系家族 / Nyokei Kazoku
- Also known as: Matriarchal Family
- Episodes: 11
- Genre: Mystery, Suspense
- Viewership ratings: 13.85%
- Broadcast network: TBS
- Broadcast period: 2005-07-07 to 2005-09-15
- Air time: Thursday 10:00pm
- Theme song: Ai No Shi by Imai Miki
Synopsis
Bitter is the appropriate adjective for all the characters in Nyokei Kazoku (Thursdays, 10 p.m., TBS network). Reiko Takashima plays the 35-year old eldest daughter of a wealthy company president. He has passed away leaving behind three daughters who all dislike each other, a mistress (Ryoko Yonekura) and a best friend and business associate, Ono, played by the great character actor Isao Hashizume. Ono is handling the estate but definitely does not deserve such trust, being involved in all sorts of backroom financial shenanigans.
Hovering in the background is the head of a Japanese traditional dance school (Katsunori Takahashi) who is covering his financial bets by going after both the eldest sister and the mistress. Takashima and Yonekura make believable rivals. In fact, there has been some wide show chatter insinuating that they were rivals on the set of this drama too.
The acting of all the characters is good, and those who are fascinated by the clever manipulations of a grand inheritance battle will probably enjoy this series.
JDorama.com
Cast
- Yonekura Ryoko
- Takashima Reiko
- Seto Asaka
- Kashii Yu
- Sawamura Ikki
- Morimoto Leo
- Asada Miyoko
- Tamaru Maki as Kimura Kaori
- Isayama Hiroko as Kobayashi Kimie
- Takahashi Katsunori
- Hashizume Isao
Production Credits
- Producer: 貴島誠一郎
- Director: 酒井聖博, 竹�?�謙太郎, 伊藤寿浩
- Screenwriter: 清水曙美
Episode Titles
- Ep 01: 「激突！愛人と三姉妹骨肉の遺産相続争い！目的は遺産より復讐」gekitotsu! koibito to san shimai kotsuniku no isansouzoku tatakai! mokuteki wa isan yori fukukshuu / confrontation! the inheritance battle of a lover and 3 flesh and blood sisters! the objective is vengeance rather than the inheritance.
- Ep 02: 「確執」kakushitsu / disharmony
- Ep 03: 「非情」hijou / heartless
- Ep 04: 「新事実」shin jijitsu / the new reality
- Ep 05: miscarriage
- Ep 06: scene of carnage
- Ep 07: filthy
- Ep 08: underhanded dealings
- Ep 09: the reverse faces of men
Episode Ratings
- Ep 01: 18.1%
- Ep 02: 15.4%
- Ep 03: 12.0%
- Ep 04: 12.1%
- Ep 05: 11.3%
- Ep 06: 12.1%
- Ep 07: 13.2%
- Ep 08: 12.7%
- Ep 09: 12.4%
- Ep 10: 16.4%
- Ep 11: 16.5%
Review
n/a.
Related News
Yonekura Ryoko and Takashima Reiko's birthdays, On the set of Nyokei Kazoku
Yonekura Ryoko and Takashima Reiko celebrated their 30th and 41st birthday respectively on the set of Nyokei Kazoku on 27 July at TBS Midoriyama Studio. On this day, they had just finished filming a funeral scene before the surprise celebration.
Yonekura turns 30 on 1 Aug while Takashima turns 41 on 25 Aug and the celebration also saw fellow cast members, Seto Asaka, Kashii Yu, Sawamura Ikki and Asada Miyoko offering their well wishes.
Yonekura said that she had intended to get married by 29 but that is no longer possible. Upon hearing that Takashima got married at 34, she decides to make that age as the aim to get married by. She says that she is concentrating on work and feels that it is hard to balance work and marriage. However, Takashima says that being married for 7 years, she feels that she has tried to balance marriage and work for so long and offers advice to Yonekura to think it over. (Jul 28 2005, Dorama World)