S01E01 Episode 1
Shiho (Tabe Mikako) is a full-time housewife who lives with her kind and cheerful husband, Tora (Ichinose Wataru), who works late every day as the manager of an izakaya , and her cute daughter, Ichigo...
Who Does Housework Anymore?
S01E06: Episode 6
Shiho (Tabe) receives a letter saying, "A full-time housewife like you is a burden." Reiko (Noriko Eguchi) accidentally opens the letter, but for Shiho's sake, she decides to keep the matter to herself. Shiho is taken by Nakatani (Dean Fujioka) to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare for a hearing on the "Work Comeback Project," which supports women in balancing work with marriage, childbirth, and caregiving, and returning to work. When an employee who promotes dual-income households tells Shiho, "It's a waste not to return to work when you have a skill," she begins to wonder if she should return to work in order to contribute to society.
Overview
Shiho Murakami is a housewife who struggles to raise her 2-year-old daughter and complete her housework. She happens to meet and interact with various people such as a working mother, an elite bureaucrat, who all have similar problems related to housework.
Episodes
S01E02 Episode 2
Shiho (Tabe Mikako) comforts Reiko (Eguchi Noriko) , who is overwhelmed by the struggle to balance housework and work, and the two moms become friends who can talk about their worries, despite being in different...
S01E03 Episode 3
When Reiko's (Eguchi Noriko) daughter, Hoshina (Yoshitama Hohka) , catches the mumps, Shiho (Tabe Mikako) takes care of Hoshina at her request, as she cannot take time off work. Shiho spends a day feeling happy...
S01E04 Episode 4
When Ichigo (Nagai Kana) falls ill, Shiho (Tabe Mikako) visits her doctor, Tsutamura Clinic. Dr. Waka's wife Akiko (Tanabe Momoko) , who greets her at the reception desk, is a former nursery school teacher who...
S01E05 Episode 5
Nakatani (Dean Fujioka), who is eager to get Karen (Igarashi Mio) to take up extracurricular activities, invites Shiho (Tabe) and Ichigo (Nagai Kana) to a trial English class. Although Shiho is reluctant, saying "It's too...
S01E06 Episode 6
Shiho (Tabe) receives a letter saying, "A full-time housewife like you is a burden." Reiko (Noriko Eguchi) accidentally opens the letter, but for Shiho's sake, she decides to keep the matter to herself. Shiho is...
S01E07 Episode 7
Shiho (Tabe), who visited Sakagami (Tanaka Misako)'s house as usual, was surprised to see many bottles of soy sauce lined up on the seasoning shelf. Shiho felt something was off when Sakagami said he accidentally...
S01E08 Episode 8
Shiho (Tabe Mikako) feels that she and Torarou (Ichinose Wataru) are not just a couple, but have become a family. Nakatani (Dean Fujioka) also has mixed feelings about Juri (Shimabukuro Hiroko) who is intimate with...
S01E09 Episode 9
When Torarou (Wataru Ichinose) suspects her relationship with Nakatani (Dean Fujioka), Shiho (Mikako Tabe) declares that she will take "paid leave as a housewife"! Meanwhile, Nakatani runs into the woman who sent her the threatening...
S01E10 Episode 10
Shiho (Mikako Tabe) decides to go and see her father, Junya (Naoto Ogata), who she believes is also trapped in the times. Housework brings the family together... I chose this path in life, crying and...
Cast
Mikako Tabe
Shiho Murakami
Noriko Eguchi
Reiko Nagano
Dean Fujioka
Tatsuya Nakatani
Wataru Ichinose
Torao Murakami
Nagai Kana
Ichigo Murakami
Hiroko Shimabukuro
Juri Nakatani
Momoko Tanabe
Shoko Tsutamura
Matsumoto Leo
Naoki Imai
Kawanishi Kenshiro
Ryohei Nagano
Tomo Nakai
Mizuki Sarashina
Mamoru Hagiwara
Akira Yoshina
Nagisa Nishino
Waka Ishihara
