Complete [J-Drama] Karei naru Ichizoku

Title: 華麗なる一族

Title (romaji): Karei naru Ichizoku

Title (English): The Grand Family (TBS)

Format: Renzoku

Genre: Human drama, finance, romance

Episodes: 10

Broadcast network: TBS

Broadcast period: 2007-Jan-14 to 2007-Mar-18

Air time: Sunday 21:00

Theme songs:

Main theme: Main Theme, performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra and conducted by Hattori Takayuki

Insert theme: Desperado by the Eagles

Synopsis

Karei naru Ichizoku depicts the conflicts within the Manpyo family, famous in Kansai's financial circles, amidst the tumultuous reorganization of the financial industry of the late 1960s. Unlike the book, the eldest son, Teppei, and not the father, Daisuke, is the central character of the drama.

This drama is set in the late 1960s decade of Japan and depicts the rivalry between Manpyo Daisuke (Kitaoji Kinya), a powerful banker, and his eldest son, Manpyo Teppei (Kimura Takuya), the executive managing director of a steel firm. For reasons not yet entirely clear, Daisuke seems to dislike his own son and when Teppei finds out why, the Manpyo family is turned upside down.

Cast

Kimura Takuya as Manpyo Teppei (34)

Suzuki Kyoka as Takasu Aiko (39)

Hasegawa Kyoko as Manpyo Sanae (30)

Yamamoto Koji as Manpyo Ginpei (31)

Yamada Yu as Yasuda Makiko (24)

Aibu Saki as Manpyo Tsugiko (22)

Fukiishi Kazue as Mima Ichiko (29)

Nakamura Toru as Mima Ataru (44)

Inamori Izumi as Tsuruta Fusako (32)

Takigawa Yumi as Tsuruta Shino (59)

Narimiya Hiroki as Ichinose Yoshihiko (26)

Hiraizumi Sei as Ichinose Koujoucho (58)

Nishimura Masahiko as Executive Director Zenidaka (52)

Shoufukutei Tsurube as Watanuki Sentaro (58)

Yajima Kenichi as Wajima (Chief of Teikoku Seitetsu) (51)

Kobayashi Takashi as Executive Director Akutagawa (54)

Nishida Toshiyuki as Okawa Ichiro (60)

Takeda Tetsuya as Ogame Senma (60)

Tsugawa Masahiko as Minister of Finance Nagata (63)

Yanagiba Toshiro as Mikumo Shoichi (50)

Harada Mieko as Manpyo Yasuko (54)

Kitaoji Kinya as Manpyo Daisuke (60)