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Synopsis

Jiro Kanzaki is an F3000 test driver blessed with acute sensitivity and breathtaking driving techniques. He's a daredevil who feels no fear driving at speeds that even top racers dare not attempt. But unexpected trouble forces this world-famous racer to leave his team and return to Japan for the first time in years. Until he finds a new job as a racer, Jiro decides to stay with his parents. What awaits Jiro there is his hardheaded father, his nagging sister, the 12 children of the foster home his father runs, a snobbish male nurse, and a stubborn female nurse who likes to daydream about her life.

Cast

Takuya Kimura

Jiro Kanzaki

Koyuki

Tomomi Mizukoshi

Masato Sakai

Torii Motoichiro

Yuki Matsushita

Chihiro Kanzaki

Yoshio Harada

Takeshi Kanzaki

Reiko Takashima

Eiko Ushikubo

Shigeru Izumiya

Chinsaku Ichinose

Aya Okamoto

Tamaki Suenaga

Takuzo Kadono

Haruyama Mario

Shinsuke Aoki

Sugawara Hiroto

Yuma Ishigaki

Ibuki Tetsuya

Sayuri Kokusho

Harumi's mother

Kyusaku Shimada

Daisuke's father

Mayumi Asaka

Daisuke's mother

Juri Ueno

Misae Hoshino

Erika Toda

Harumi Hida

Kaho

Yukie Ninomiya

Hoshi Ishida

Shioya Daisuke

Daiki Arioka

Sonobe Toru

Yuto Nakajima

Kusama Shuhei

Crew

Directing

• Hiroshi Nishitani Director
• Shin Hirano Director

Production

• Yuji Iwata Producer
• Tadashi Makino Producer

Sound

• Jimmy Cliff Theme Song Performance
• Yugo Kanno Original Music Composer

Writing

• Yumiko Inoue Screenplay

Seasons & episodes