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Family: Absence of the Wife, Existence of the Husband

20061 seasonAkihiro Karaki,Hiroshi Ikezoe,Nobuyuki Takahashi

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Kamikawa Ryohei is a 35-year-old man who works in a foreign company and lives a happy family life with his wife and son. On the day he decides to switch careers and submit his resignation, his wife runs away from home, leaving his hands full taking care of the home and bringing up their son. Saeki Shinichiro is a 61-year-old man who decides to live alone when he loses his wife to illness not long after he reached the mandatory retirement age.

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What is Family: Absence of the Wife, Existence of the Husband (2006) about?

Kamikawa Ryohei is a 35-year-old man who works in a foreign company and lives a happy family life with his wife and son. On the day he decides to switch careers and submit his resignation, his wife runs away from home, leaving his hands full taking care of the home and bringing up their son. Saeki Shinichiro is a 61-year-old man who decides to live alone when he loses his wife to illness not long…

Who stars in Family: Absence of the Wife, Existence of the Husband?

Family: Absence of the Wife, Existence of the Husband stars Yuriko Ishida, Tetsuya Watari, Shūsei Nakamura, Yutaka Takenouchi, Mari Hoshino. The series was created by Akihiro Karaki.

How many seasons does Family: Absence of the Wife, Existence of the Husband have?

Family: Absence of the Wife, Existence of the Husband has 1 seasons. There are 8 episodes in total.

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