The old Bizan family. Samon, the head of the family, his older brother Tamio, his wife Fumiko, and his younger brother Takuichi, who was adopted by his relative the Koga family, and his wife Yuko. Freelance writer Sumie was hired to write Samon's biography. Samon, who had fallen in love with her before he knew it, proposed to her out of desperation...
Mariko Kawana
Bizan Sumie
Motoko Sasaki
Fumiko Biyama
Kyôko Kazama
Yuko Koga
Kinichi Kusumi
Bizan Samon
Seiji Nakamitsu
Tamio Bizan
Tôshi Yanagi
Takuichi Koga
Naohiro Hirakawa
Kouji Aoki
The old Bizan family. Samon, the head of the family, his older brother Tamio, his wife Fumiko, and his younger brother Takuichi, who was adopted by his relative the Koga family, and his wife Yuko. Freelance writer Sumie was hired to write Samon's biography. Samon, who had fallen in love with her before he knew it, proposed to her out of desperation...
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