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あした家族になあれ

あした家族になあれ poster
Genre
drama television series
Country
Japan

How it feels

A 28-year-old mother of two young children becomes homeless after her husband embezzles company money and disappears. She moves in with her sister and brother-in-law, but soon her sister dies suddenly. The show follows the blended household of a widow and a separated mother as they learn to live together.

melancholicslow-burnbittersweetdomesticintimateearnestsubtleheartfelt

What happens

『あした家族になあれ』(あしたかぞくになあれ)は、1995年6月5日 - 7月21日にTBS「花王 愛の劇場」枠にて放送された日本の昼ドラマである。全35話。 28歳の奈津子は5歳と7歳の子供がいる平凡な主婦だったが、夫が会社の金を横領して失踪。社宅を出なければならず、姉の佳代子・良平夫婦の家に居候する事に。 しかし、そんな折、佳代子が急死してしまう。こうして夫・父がいない奈津子、母子と妻・母を失った良平とその子供の1つ屋根の下での生活が始まった。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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