The Way of the House Husband (極主夫道, Gokushufudō) is a live-action television series, based on the manga of the same name by Kousuke Oono. It premiered on Nippon TV on October 11, 2020. A spin-off 6 episode series titled 3-nen Tatsu-gumi: Gokushufu-sensei premiered on Hulu Japan on November 8, and reimagine if Tatsu became a substitute home economics teacher while the main home economics teacher was on maternity leave.
Official Synopsis[]
It’s a day in the life of your average househusband—if your average househusband is the legendary yakuza “the Immortal Dragon”!
A former yakuza legend leaves it all behind to become your everyday househusband. But it’s not easy to walk away from the gangster life, and what should be mundane household tasks are anything but!
He was the fiercest member of the yakuza, a man who left countless underworld legends in his wake. They called him “The Immortal Dragon.” But one day he walked away from it all to walk another path—the path of the househusband! The curtain rises on this cozy yakuza comedy![1]
Staff[]
- Direction: Toichiro Ruto
- Script: Uda Manabu
Cast[]
- Hiroshi Tamaki as Tatsu Kuroda
- Haruna Kawaguchi as Miku Kuroda
- Jun Shison as Masaru Akamiya
- Yūta Furukawa as Tatsuki Sakai
- Tina Tamashiro as Yukari Omae
- MEGUMI as Kazuko Tanaka
- Junpei Yasui as Kohei Sadoshima
- Michiko Tanaka as Kaya Oto
- Tamaki Shiratori as Himawari
- Daisuke Nakagawa as Noburo Ida
- Kataoka Hisamichi as Jun Okano
- Kenji Mizuhashi as Makoto Tono
- Chikara Honda as Ryo Miyake
- Chise Niitsu as Yuki Tachibana
- Jun Hashimoto as Kunimitsu Oshiroyama
- Kenichi Takitō as Torajirou Shirakawa
- Izumi Inamori as Hibari Eguchi
- Naoto Takenaka as Kikujiro Eguchi
- You as Miku's Mom
- Bokuzō Masana as Miku's Dad
- Hikari Ishida as Fukuda
Music[]
Episodes[]
The Way of the House Husband[]
| # | Title | Air Date (Japanese) |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live-Action Episode 1 | October 11, 2020 |
| 02 | Live-Action Episode 2 | October 18, 2020 |
| 03 | Live-Action Episode 3 | October 25, 2020 |
| 04 | Live-Action Episode 4 | November 1, 2020 |
| 05 | Live-Action Episode 5 | November 8, 2020 |
| 06 | Live-Action Episode 6 | November 15, 2020 |
| 07 | Live-Action Episode 7 | November 22, 2020 |
| 08 | Live-Action Episode 8 | November 29, 2020 |
| 09 | Live-Action Episode 9 | December 6, 2020 |
| 10 | Live-Action Episode 10 | December 13, 2020 |
3-nen Tatsu-gumi: Gokushufu-sensei[]
| # | Title | Air Date (Japanese) |
|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | Live-Action Episode 5.5 | November 8, 2020 |
| 6.5 | Live-Action Episode 6.5 | November 15, 2020 |
| 7.5 | Live-Action Episode 7.5 | November 22, 2020 |
| 8.5 | Live-Action Episode 8.5 | November 29, 2020 |
| 9.5 | Live-Action Episode 9.5 | December 6, 2020 |
| 10.5 | Live-Action Episode 10.5 | December 13, 2020 |
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