Oshima Goro, a janitor of an elementary school, becomes a gifted teacher who teaches children that have fallen behind even though he has no licence. Single mother Akasaka Chiaki opposes formal education in schools during the war and sees the potential in a school to give coaching for a free, well-rounded education. The two of them become a couple both at work and at home, and create new history in the industry in this story depicting a family’s 50 years, set against the backdrop of the Showa to Heisei era.

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Cast

Aya Omasa

Oshima Ran

Hinako Sakurai

Oshima Nanami

Issey Takahashi

Oshima Goro

Mei Kurokawa

Oshima Fukiko

Jun Fubuki

Akasaka Yoriko

Asuka Kudo

Ueda Ichiro

Hiromi Nagasaku

Oshima Chiaki