Under One Roof (1993 TV series)

Under One Roof
Also known as	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
Language(s)	Japanese
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	12+12
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Broadcast
Original run	April 12, 1993 – June 30, 1997

Under One Roof/ Under The Same Roof/ Our House (Japanese: ひとつ屋根の下 "Hitotsu Yane no Shita") is a Japanese television series. It had a first season in 1993 and a second 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.

Plot

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. He opened a small laundry shop after retire 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 edldest daughter Koyuki, are apathetic towards his suggestion. They also are having very different lives, including the heir of a big hospital, 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 prospectus...

Characters

• Yosuke Eguchi portrays Tatsuya Kashiwagi, the eldest son. He used to be a professional Marathon runner. Later due to leg injury he retired and opened a laundry shop. He is the guardian of the family. Despite constantly nagging around his siblings, he is actually an upright, frank and caring brother. He gave up his own marriage to better take care of his siblings.
• Fukuyama Masaharu portrays Masaya Kashiwagi, the second son. After his parents' accident, he was adopted by a wealthy doctor Kiuchi Yuuzo. He studied hard to meet the expectations of his foster family, and his foster father later decided to let him inherit his private hospital in the future. In contrast with Tatsuya, Masaya has a calm and mature disposition.
• Noriko Sakai portrays Koyuki Kashiwagi, the adopted daughter of Kashiwagi family. After the accident, she was adopted by relatives and later moved out to live alone after her foster parents divorced. She had an affair with her manager at workplace. After Tatsuya's wedding was called off, she resigned and moved in to the Kashiwagi family to take care of her siblings. She is also a good assistant to Tatsuya's laundry shop.
• Issei Ishida portrays Kazuya Kashiwagi, the third son. He dropped out of high school, and was a delinquent once gone though juvenile detention center. After returning to the Kashiwagi family, he started to turn a new leaf and worked hard. His character is similar to that of Tatsuya's. Being headstrong, he often quarrels with Tatsuya. Although being normally talkative, he is shy in front of girls.
• Megumi Ōji portrays Koume Kashiwagi, the fifth child and the younger daughter. After being adopted by her relatives, she was not on good terms with the relative's daughter and was often bullied. Nevertheless, she is a strong girl who overcame all the difficulties. She is an industrious student with good grades and dreams becoming a diplomat.
• Koji Yamamoto portrays Fumiya Kashiwagi, the youngest son. His legs were handicapped in an accident. Subsequently he was sent into a nursing home by his foster family and became autistic. Tatsuya took him home. Back home he overcame his sense of inferiority and started showing his talents on painting. He is a tender and resilient boy.
• Yuki Uchida portrays Rina Hiyoshi, a famous theater actress. She was hospitalized due to heart attack, and became friends with Masaya. She later did not heed Masaya's advice and died on the stage.

Episode Titles and Viewership

Season 1 -

No.	Japanese title	English translation	Date	Viewership
1	苦い再会	The painful reunion	1993/04/12	19.5%
2	弟を舍てるのか！	Give up your brother!	1993/04/19	20.6%
3	兄チャンと妹の涙	Tears of brother and sister	1993/04/26	23.1%
4	チィ兄ちゃん帰る	Return of the second brother	1993/05/03	22.0%
5	车椅子の弟へ	The wheelchair bound brother	1993/05/10	29.3%
6	结婚宣言	Announcement of wedding	1993/05/17	26.8%
7	裏切られた纯情	Betrayed Innocence	1993/05/24	29.6%
8	长女の悲しい家出	The elder daughter leaves home	1993/05/31	26.5%
9	そこには爱がある	Love is here	1993/06/07	33.5%
10	弟よ、梦を抱け!	Brother, embrace your dream!	1993/06/14	33.2%
11	引き裂かれた绊	Brotherhood fracture	1993/06/21	37.8%
12	上を向いて歩こう	Advance bravely	1993/06/28	35.9%

Season 2 -

No.	Japanese title	English translation	Date	Viewership
1	さよならチィ兄ちゃん	Goodbye second brother	1997/04/14	26.3%
2	下宿人は美少女?	Renter is a pretty girl?	1997/04/21	23.0%
3	心の贫しき者へ	One whose heart is poor	1997/04/28	27.0%
4	腐った时代の青春	Youth in the decaying age	1997/05/05	26.3%
5	车椅子の悲しき恋	Tragic love on the wheelchair	1997/05/12	24.4%
6	车椅子の弟へ	Brother on the wheelchair	1997/05/19	22.6%
7	心にはダムがある	Dam in the heart	1997/05/26	23.8%
8	雅也よ、帰れ	Masaya, come back	1997/06/02	26.3%
9	爱する兄の帰国	The second brother returns	1997/06/09	28.3%
10	小雪の命、雅也の爱、达也の叫び	Koyuki's life, Masaya's love, Tatsuya's cry	1997/06/16	30.0%
11	地球より重き爱情-兄弟の绊	The most important love on earth - sibling bonds	1997/06/23	28.1%
12	さよなら柏木兄弟-6月の花嫁	Goodbye the Kashiwagi's - June wedding	1997/06/30	34.1%

External links

• Under One Roof at the Internet Movie Database