| Alt Name: | Saikō no Jinsei no Owarikata: Ending Planner |
| Genre: | Mystery, slice of life, romantic comedy |
| Starring: | Tomohisa Yamashita Nana Eikura Takashi Sorimachi Atsuko Maeda Yuri Chinen Ito Ono Kohei Otomo Tsutomu Yamazaki |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Channel: | TBS |
is a Japanese television drama series. It premiered on TBS on January 12, 2012.[1] The drama revolves around the members of the Ihara family who operate a funeral parlor in Tokyo.[2]
The funeral parlor has been run by Ihara Masato’s (Tomohisa Yamashita) family for generations. Masato grows to hate the family business due to the teasing he suffers from for being "the undertaker's kid", and he leaves home early in life. The sudden death of his estranged father and the disappearance of his older brother Kento (Takashi Sorimachi) leave the Ihara-ya in Masato's reluctant hands.
The Ihara-ya has close ties with the police and mostly handles the bodies of people who have died under mysterious or unexplained circumstances. On occasions, when the police simply classify the deaths as accidental, Masato tries to find out the truth for the sake of the surviving family, even though he knows that he is being meddlesome.
Masato ends up dealing with these silent bodies, the painful reasons behind their deaths, and the harsh realities of the world together with rookie detective Sakamaki Yuki (Nana Eikura). As he does so, he starts to face up to his own life and family.
| Actor | Character | Notes[3] |
|---|---|---|
| Tomohisa Yamashita | Second son of the Ihara family; takes over Ihara-ya after his father's death; formerly a high-level employee in an izakaya chain | |
| Nana Eikura | Rookie detective; former acquaintance of Masato | |
| Takashi Sorimachi | Eldest son of the Ihara family; Masato's half-brother; worked at the Ihara-ya since graduating from high school; mysteriously disappeared two months before his father's death | |
| Atsuko Maeda | Middle child and eldest daughter of the Ihara family; looks after the accounts of Ihara-ya; suffers from a minor physical disability | |
| Yuri Chinen | Youngest son of the Ihara family; university student; left home early in life like Masato | |
| Ito Ono | Youngest child of the Ihara family | |
| Kohei Otomo | Ihara-ya employee | |
| Tsutomu Yamazaki | Former police chief; Ihara family friend | |
| Keizo Kanie | Ihara patriarch; Masato's father | |
| Kensei Mikami | TBA | |
| Sansei Shiomi | TBA | |
| Isono Kiroko | TBA | |
| Rei Okamoto | TBA | |
| Mami Hashimoto | TBA | |
| Masaya Kikawada | TBA | |