Under One Roof (1993 TV series)

Hitotsu Yane no Shita
Written by	Shinji Nojima
Directed by	Kozo Nagayama
Starring	Yosuke Eguchi Masaharu Fukuyama Noriko Sakai Issei Ishida
Country of origin	Japan
Original language(s)	Japanese
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	12+12
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Release
Original release	April 12, 1993 – June 30, 1997

Hitotsu Yane no Shita (ひとつ屋根の下^?, lit.: "Under One Roof") is a Japanese television series. It had a first season in 1993 and a second season, titled Hitotsu Yane no Shita 2, in 1997. It was very popular in Japan, with its highest rating being a remarkable 34 percent and it was also exported to other regions in East Asia. It features Yosuke Eguchi, Noriko Sakai and Masaharu Fukuyama as its leading characters.

Seven years ago the Kashiwagi couple were killed in a car accident. They left behind six children, who were forced to live in different families of relatives and adopters. Tatsuya Kashiwagi, the eldest son, was a Marathon runner. After retiring injured from running, He opened a small laundry shop and was ready to marry his coach's daughter. However, his biggest wish is to find his five separated siblings and form a family together. However, throughout these years, the six brothers and sisters lead their own lives without communication to each other. While Tatsuya is very eager in uniting the family, his siblings, with the exception of the eldest daughter Koyuki, are apathetic towards his suggestion. They also have very different lives, one son is the heir to a big hospital - owned by his foster father, another is a juvenile delinquent, etc. The youngest brother was also handicapped in an accident. Confronted with all the difficulties, Tatsuya still decides to reunite the family so that they can live "under one roof". To accomplish this wish, he overcame various difficulties, and even sacrificed his own marriage prospects...

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