Story of My House

Starting as a comedy with touchs of drama in a very dramatic situation then telling almost every character story through an excellent writting with plot twists and revelations in every episode to an unexpectedly funny AND heartbreaking end (how can they make us cry and laugh at the same time?), an amazing work. The incredible Toshiyuki Nishida (the father) again delivering an extraordinary performance again by the side of the almost unrecognisable Tomoya Nagase, they worked together in "Tiger & Dragon" and "Unubore deka" (imo, a handsome man some years ago, here with an almost different face, plus an also purposefully unflattering haircu :); all in favor of his character of course). A great performance by Noriko Eguchi (Mai, the daughter/sister) and Kenta Kiritani (Jugemu, another son/brother) who also was in Tiger & Dragon and a hilarious appeareance by Sadao Abe (the lead on the great "Extremelly inappropriate!") from Tiger & Dragon aswell.

The father being a noh master is a perfect excuse to let us learn a little bit about that art form and mirror some of its ancient stories in the current plot, a resource also used, though more evident, in Tiger & Dragon.

An extremelly fun and touching work.