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The story is about Yuichiro (Nagase) who is a cool singer-songwriter who is in kahoots with Sakura. Sakura lives a traditional Japanese life who wants to be a Japanese wife and take care of the family. Her current family is her father and three other sisters who are all complete opposites. One is the older sister, one is a businesswoman who is a mother and has a problem with men, the other is a radio station director who struggles with herself is she wants to live with her family or not. Although of different worlds, Yuichiro and Sakura are in love but the sisters don't want their younger sister to be with a man and get married. How will Yuichiro get the older sisters to accept him? MUKODONO 2003 [FUJI TV SYNOPSIS]: [BIG NOTE: The second series is not a continuation but more like a parallel story-Think Tenchi Muyou parallel]. Spring, 2003: Yuichiro is recording a song that's soon to be released. At the same time, he's also shooting a commercial with a young actress by the name of Hikari Aikawa. One night, after they have been dating for a couple of months, Yuichiro gives Minami a ride home on his motorcycle. It's midnight, and everybody is asleep... they thought. All of a sudden, the light on the porch comes on. "Minami, we've all been waiting for you!" Minami's sisters come pouring out of the house. Toko is the eldest, followed by Nishie, Kitae, and Akira. They've been eagerly waiting to see Minami's "young boyfriend." Reluctantly, Yuichiro steps into their house. The eldest sister Toko is a cop. The second oldest sister in the family is Minami. The third is Nishie, a doctor. The fourth Kitae, is a flight attendant, and the youngest Akira goes to a well-known private high school. Every one of the Ishihara sisters has both brains, beauty, and a no-nonsense attitude. They just blatantly stare at Yuichiro, and thoroughly check him out. Eavesdropping behind the door is their father Mamoru, a gynecologist. He's the only male in the family, and always seems to lose to his daughters. He cares a lot about his daughters, and is proud of them. But none has gotten married yet. The girls just keep on chattering, and continue bombarding Yuichiro with questions, until finally, Mamoru yells. "What are your intentions for my daughter?" With all eyes glued on Yuichiro, he stammers, "Well... that's a difficult subject." Now everybody's talking at the same time, about different topics, and it's total chaos. Yuichiro feels pressed, and answers, "Of course, to eventually get married." Amidst the confusion, Yuichiro suddenly proposes. Nobody is more surprised than Minami herself. Somebody says, "He looks familiar." Yuichiro can feel his sweat trickling down. Finally the time has come for Yuichiro to reveal himself in front of the Ishihara's, including Minami. She can't believe that her boyfriend is the famous Yuichiro Sakuraba. After a lot of ups and downs, and coping with many issues occurring all at once, Yuichiro and Minami get married. What's more surprising, Yuichiro marries into the family of his bride. Will Yuichiro be able to maintain a balance between being a star and being a son-in-law? Starring: SERIES 1: Nagase Tomoya, Takeuchi Yuko, Suzuki Anju, Shinohara Ryoko, Akiyoshi Kumiko, Aiba Masaki, Kamiki Ryunosuke, Naito Yoko, Koyuki, Utsui Ken, Akiyoshi Kumiko, Komine Takuro, Yahagi Miki, Okayama Hajime, Nomura Hironobu, Tsunku and more. SERIES
2: Nagase Tomoya, Sakai Noriko, Shinohara Ryoko, Hoshino
Mari, Miura Rieko, Suenaga Haruka, Okayama Hajime, Ono Mayumi,
Suzuki Ryoji, Kamiji Yusuke, Kurosawa Toshio, Tsunku and
more. Comments of the first series: [From Rick Frankum] I liked the series, but the ending was a bit heavy-handed... (1 1/2 star) I found "Mukudono" to be very entertaining. To tell you the truth, I actually enjoyed it immensely. I loved it so much that I couldn't stop watching it. First, I have to say that this drama is not to be taken seriously. Those who come in watching for a serious love story may be turned off. The story is about a singer named Sakuraba Yuichiro who lived a lonely life after the death of his mother (his father ran off when he was very young) and was raised by his manager/friend Komine (played by Tsunku). His desire was to have his own family, to feel the warmth of a family and not be alone. His singer side is cool and the girls love him. But outside of his professional life, he's a happy and goofy individual. He manages to find the love of his life, Arai Sakura (Takeuchi Yuko). The two want to be together forever and the two want to marry but the Arai family is a bit standoffish and Yuichiro has to win their trust. But at the same time, having to keep his love life a secret or his career and his fans who worship as a single idol may be over. The family is played by talented individuals such as the stern father, Arai Masumi (Utsui Ken) and the sisters: the bubbly older sister Takeyama Kaede (Akiyoshi Kumiko), the single mother Arai Azusa (Suzuki Anju), the independent business woman Arai Satsuki (Shinohara Ryoko) and the two nephews. Also, a good performance from Sakuraba's manager, Hakozaki (Danta Yasunori). Although Sakuraba's life outside of stardom may be over the top and some may find it annoying, it's sometimes very humorous because his character is just plain crazy and different from his starside. The character of Sakura is perfect and with each story of Sakuraba winning the trust of the Arai family is very touching but once you get to the 8th episode, things get very serious from there and from that point, you will really enjoy this drama. Although I don't place this drama as high as my favorite "Long Vacation", I due place it among my top 20. Possibly in the top 10. That's how much I enjoyed this drama. It has the strength to make you laugh and cry and I can only give this drama a thumbs up. Highly recommended! - KNDY Copyright © 1993-2003
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