Wagaya no Rekishi わが家の歴史 (2010)

わが家の歴史

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It is 1945 and the war has come to an end. The Yame family, a family of seven, are living in a six-tatami mat room at the home of a family friend in Hakata. Masako (Shibasaki Kou), 17, the eldest daughter, has been supporting the family in place of their useless father, Tokijiro (Nishida Toshiyuki). Despite leading an impoverished life, the Yame family is cheerful, healthy and gets along well and Masako cares about this family more than anything else. When Masako starts working at a club at Nakasu, she becomes acquainted with Onizuka Daizo (Sato Koichi), the manager of the club who is a shrewd, up-and-coming businessman. Daizo has been devoting himself to the resurrection of the streets of Hakata, which had been bombed in the air raids. He is drawn to Masako’s positive attitude about her family and before long Masako’s respect for Daizo turns into love. Encouraged by Daizo’s pledge to take care of her family, Masako decides to “marry” him. At that moment, another one of Tokijiro’s get-rich-quick schemes fails and the people of Hakata start pointing fingers at the family and talking about them behind their backs. When Daizo expands to Tokyo, Masako proposes that the entire family moves up to Tokyo …