Bitter is the appropriate adjective for all the characters in Nyokei Kazoku. 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
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Genre:
Drama
Language(s):
Japanese
Subtitle(s):
Traditional Chinese
, Simplified Chinese
, Malay
, English
Subtitle(s):
Traditional Chinese
, Simplified Chinese
, Malay
, English
Region Code:
Also Known As:Nyokei Kazoku, Matrilineal Family
Sound format(s):
Dolby Digital
Full Summary:Bitter is the appropriate adjective for all the characters in Nyokei Kazoku. 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.