Housekeeper the Peeper

Mar 2, 2014

1h 56m

★ 7.0

Overview

Nobuko Sawaguchi is a surly, unattractive housekeeper in her mid-thirties. However, in actuality, she is a beautiful woman, but she hides this fact using her makeup because of a traumatic past experience. One day Nobuko is sent to housekeep for the Uehara family, known for its tremendous wealth. In the Uehara family, there is a massive quarrel over each member’s future succession and inheritance. In the middle of this hectic situation, Nobuko is asked by the daughter called Akemi to protect her.

Genres

Family

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

TV Asahi

THE WORKS

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Cast

Nobuko Sawaguchi

Ryoko Yonekura

Akemi Nakamura

Kie Kitano

Michiko Uehara

Yuki Matsushita

Natsuo Uehara

Toshinori Omi

Keiko Uehara

Hiromi Kitagawa

Yujiro Uehara

Tomoharu Hasegawa

Taizan Kitamura

Shiro Sano

Denkichi Takasugi

Naomasa Musaka

Akiko Somei

Mariko Tsutsui

Hiroko Okano

Shigeru Muroi

Makiko Hirata

Chizuru Azuma

Gentaro Yamao

Isao Hashizume

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