JAPANESE DRAMA DATABASE: Oyaji

A family drama. Pretty much a comedy drama about parenting, expecting to much from your kids and expecting them to follow in the parents footsteps when they don't want too. An interesting disfunctional family featuring a lot of talented people.

Starring: Tamura Masakazu, Hirosue Ryoko, Oikawa Mitsuhiro, Okada Junichi, Kuroki Hitomi, Nakamura Toru, Mizuno Miki and more.
THEME SONG: "Sayounara daisuki na hito" by Hana*Hana
DURATION: October 2000 through December 2000. The first episode that was shown on October 8th, features the SPECIAL of "Oyaji" and then afterwards, the first episode.
STATION: TBS
REVIEWS:

A very good family drama (wow! That's two in one drama season-"Namida wo Fuite" and "Oyaji~". Anyway, the drama features a father who is concerned about his family. Hirosue Ryoko plays a daughter who wants to get married because her friends are getting married, so father steps in. Another daughter who is pregnant. A son who for some reason starts hanging around a yamanba girl and so much more. Also, the son doesn't want to follow the father's footsteps into medical school and rather become a photographer. Family struggles. Very entertaining and most older people will highly recommend it. I'll give this a 3.5 out of 4 rating. A little above average.