Freeter, Ie wo Kau
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Season 1
45 min
S1 · E1 · Oct 19, 2010
My cheerful mother broke down...! Episode 1
45 min
S1 · E2 · Oct 26, 2010
No matter what I do, I'm just an embarrassment of a son to you Episode 2
45 min
S1 · E3 · Nov 2, 2010
Even a dad like that, was once a hero to me Episode 3
45 min
S1 · E4 · Nov 9, 2010
I can't bear to take care of my mother anymore... Episode 4
45 min
S1 · E5 · Nov 16, 2010
What do you mean we live in different worlds... Episode 5
45 min
S1 · E6 · Nov 23, 2010
Don't do anything to hurt mom Episode 6
45 min
S1 · E7 · Nov 30, 2010
We all live alongside fear Episode 7
45 min
S1 · E8 · Dec 7, 2010
You don't know a thing about your father Episode 8
45 min
S1 · E9 · Dec 14, 2010
Starting over, or so I thought Episode 9
45 min
S1 · E10 · Dec 21, 2010
My mother smiled Episode 10
10 episodes in Season 1
Some details come from TheTVDB.
Freeter, Ie wo Kau is a Japanese television drama series that aired on Fuji Television and on Kyodo Television in 2010. The story revolves around Take Seiji, who quits his job after three months. With no dreams, no savings, and a poor relationship with his family, he becomes a hikikomori. However, after his mother falls ill with depression, he ends up having to take on a part-time job at a construction site. Because of that, he soon decides to work towards rebuilding his life: "Even though I'm just a freeter, I'm going to buy a house for the sake of my family." One of the people he meets at the construction site is Chiba Manami, who graduated from a top-class university and joined a well-known general contracting firm. Manami is the complete opposite of Seiji. But while their personalities clash at first, they gradually come to understand each other. --Tokyograph
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Cast
9 people
Kazunari Ninomiya
Seiji Take
Known for
Letters from Iwo Jima
Exit 8
Karina
Manami Chiba
Known for
An Incurable Case of Love
Sky of Love
Haruka Igawa
Known for
Hanzawa Naoki
Tokyo Sonata
Ryuhei Maruyama
Also in
Strawberry Night
Why I Dress Up for Love
Atsuko Asano
Also in
The 101st Proposal
Dangerous Detective
Naoto Takenaka
Known for
Shinjuku Incident
One Piece: Strong World Episode 0
Ryoko Sakaguchi
Also in
Love is Still Necessary
The Inugami Family
Kohei Otomo
Known for
Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom
Machiko Washio
Known for
My Neighbor Totoro
Castle in the Sky
Keita Kono Creator · Hidenori Joho Director Hiro Arikawa Author
Total runtime 9h 0m · Episode length 54 min · Country Japan
Show info
Premiered
October 19, 2010
Final episode
December 21, 2010
Status
Ended
Network
Fuji TV
Country
Japan
Type
Scripted
Episode length
54 min
Total runtime
9h 0m
Original language
Japanese
Production
Fuji Television Network
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
フリーター、家を買う。
Spoken on screen
Japanese
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Some details come from TheTVDB.