Kareinaru Ichizoku DVD Box

[Machine Translation] There is no end to desire. Commemorating the 30th anniversary of WOWOW. Toyoko Yamazaki's masterpiece novel "The Brilliant Family", which depicts human ambition and love-hate over wealth and power across the political and financial worlds, is dramatized with Kiichi Nakai in the lead role. --The story is set in Japan during a period of rapid economic growth. Daisuke Mantawara (Nakai Kiichi), the owner and president of Hanshin Bank, ranked 10th in terms of deposits, is the general manager of the Mantawara Corporation, which is involved in many businesses in addition to the bank. Daisuke hears about the restructuring of city banks from Mima (Kaname Jun), an elite bureaucrat at the Ministry of Finance and the husband of his eldest daughter, Kazuko (Mimura Satoe), and plots to merge with a major bank in order to survive. Meanwhile, Daisuke's wife, Neiko ( Yumi Aso ), the eldest son, Teppei ( Osamu Mukai ), the senior managing director of Hanshin Special Steel, one of the pillars supporting the Mantawara family, as well as Hanshin Bank, the second son, Ginpei ( Taisuke Fujigaya ), the second daughter, Futako ( Honoka Matsumoto ), the third daughter, Miko ( Riko Fukumoto ), who works at Hanshin Bank, and the long-time mistress of Daisuke who lives with them. Daisuke's mistress, Aiko ( Yuki Uchida ), has been living with him for a long time. Teppei and his family felt uneasy about the presence of Aiko, who had great power in the household and was pushing for the creation of a bedroom faction in the Mantawara family. Furthermore, Teppei is at odds with Daisuke over a loan for the construction of a blast furnace, a long-cherished dream of Teppei's, and the two grow increasingly feuding. Contains 12 episodes. Booklet (8 pages) enclosed.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: mini-guide, TV spots, and more

欲望に、終わりはない。 WOWOW開局30周年記念。政財界をまたぎ、富と権力をめぐる人間の野望と愛憎を描いた山崎豊子の傑作小説『華麗なる一族』を、中井貴一主演でドラマ化。――高度経済成長期の日本。預金高10位にランクされる阪神銀行のオーナー頭取、万俵大介(中井貴一)は、銀行のほかにも多くの事業を手掛ける万俵コンツェルンの総帥だった。大介は長女・一子(美村里江)の夫である大蔵省のエリート官僚の美馬(要潤)から、都市銀行再編の動きを聞きつけ、生き残りを目指して大手銀行を吸収合併しようと画策する。その一方で、万俵家には、大介の妻・寧子(麻生祐未)と、阪神銀行と同じく万俵コンツェルンを支える柱の一つである阪神特殊製鋼の専務取締役の長男・鉄平(向井理)、阪神銀行に勤める次男・銀平(藤ヶ谷太輔)、次女・二子(松本穂香)、三女・三子(福本莉子)のほかに、長く同居する大介の愛人・相子(内田有紀)の存在があった。家庭内で大きな力を持ち、万俵家の閨閥づくりを推し進める相子の存在を鉄平たちは疎ましく思っていた。さらに鉄平は、悲願としていた高炉建設の融資をめぐって大介と対立し、2人は確執を深めていく。全12話収録。ブックレット(8P)封入。

特典映像62分: 原作 山崎豊子「連続ドラマW 華麗なる一族」徹底ガイド ・ミニガイド、スポット集