He is Kikuji Murao (Etsushi Toyokawa), a former best-selling novelist who has had a decade-long dry spell that has reduced him to university teaching and magazine hackery. After divorcing his wife (Reiko Takashima) and leaving behind his teenage daughter (Shihori Kanjiya), he meets Fuyuka Irie (Shinobu Terajima), a housewife and mother of three who is a longtime fan.
Shinobu Terajima
Fuyuka IrieToru Nakamura
Toru IrieEtsushi Toyokawa
Kikuji MuraoKoichi Sato
Toshimasa WakitaKyoko Hasegawa
Miyuki OribeTakanori Jinnai