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Family: Absence of the Wife, Existence of the Husband

Name: Family: Absence of the Wife, Existence of the Husband
Genre: Family, Drama
Cast: Yuriko Ishida, Tetsuya Watari, Shūsei Nakamura, Yutaka Takenouchi, Mari Hoshino

2006, Japanese, on tv asahi.

Kamikawa Ryohei is a 35-year-old man who works in a foreign company and lives a happy family life with his wife and son. On the day he decides to switch careers and submit his resignation, his wife runs away from home, leaving his hands full taking care of the home and bringing up their son. Saeki Shinichiro is a 61-year-old man who decides to live alone when he loses his wife to illness not long after he reached the mandatory retirement age.

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Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
Episode length: 60 min
Status: Ended in 2006

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First aired: 20 October 2006
Last aired: 8 December 2006
Network: tv asahi
Original title: 家族〜妻の不在・夫の存在〜
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Type: Miniseries

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