Set during the Meiji Restoration period of Edo era Japan, Naoyuki belongs to the 8th generation of the Inoyama family, a wealthy family known for finance & accounting. He is also a gifted mathematician and uses the abacus with extreme skills. Naoyuki works under the declining Kaga domain. Because of this, Naoyuki and his wife Koma suffer hardships as their stature and wealth dissipates.
Masato Sakai
Naoyuki Inoshiyama
Yukie Nakama
Koma Inoshiyama
Keiko Matsuzaka
Tsune Inoshiyama
Masahiko Nishimura
Yosohachi Nishihisashi
Mitsuko Kusabue
Obabasama
Yuki Ito
Shigeyuki Inoshiyama
Mina Fujii
Sei Inoshiyama
Kaito Oyagi
Naokichi Inoshiyama
Masatoshi Nakamura
Nobuyuki Inoshiyama
Set during the Meiji Restoration period of Edo era Japan, Naoyuki belongs to the 8th generation of the Inoyama family, a wealthy family known for finance & accounting. He is also a gifted mathematician and uses the abacus with extreme skills. Naoyuki works under the declining Kaga domain. Because of this, Naoyuki and his wife Koma suffer hardships as their stature and wealth dissipates.
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