Inu Wo Kau To Iu Koto

(9EPISODE, 2DVD)

Title: Inu wo Kau to Iu Koto
Also Known As: 犬を飼うということ / Inu wo Kau to Iu Koto ~Sky to Wagaya no 180 Nichi~ / Inu o Kau to Iu Koto
Genre: Drama, Family
Network: TV Asahi
Episodes: 9
Release Date: 2011-Apr-15 start
Air time (JST): Fridays 23:15
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English

Synopsis
Yuji Hongo (Ryo Nishikido) has a wife and two kids. The family lives near the Tokyo Sky Tree tower. He once dreamed of becoming a musician in his college days, but eventually settled into a job as the manager of a human resource department for a mid-sized manufacturing company. His job is to tell other employees that they have been laid off. It is now Yuji Hongo turns to become informed he has been laid off.

Meanwhile, his wife Sachiko (Asami Mizukawa), who had taken the opportunity of her first pregnancy to marry Yuji Hongo, struggles under the load of working several part-time jobs to try to support their family of four. As their family seems to be fraying at the edges, their daughter Mako, one day, brings home a small puppy they name "Sky Tree." The dog helps to brings the family together once again...

Cast
Nishikido Ryo as Hongo Yuji
Mizukawa Asami as Hongo Sachiko
Kuge Kokoro (久家心) as Hongo Mako
Yamasaki Ryutaro (山崎竜太郎) as Hongo Masaru
Taguchi Junnosuke as Hotta Katsuhiko
Takeda Kohei as Kawashima Hideki
Shikanuma Yuki (鹿沼憂妃) as Azumi Yukiko
Kazami Shingo as Nakao Keisuke
Fukikoshi Mitsuru as Nozaki Seigo
Sugimoto Tetta as Narahashi Soichi
Izumiya Shigeru as Kubota Matsuo
Moriwaki Eriko Hatakeyama Yoshiko
Ihara Ryoka (庵原涼香) as Shizuka