In the drama, Matsushima plays a mysterious housekeeper named Mita Akari, whose age is a secret and who is completely unsociable. However, she is perfect in her housework, and through her work she resolves hidden issues among the family members of the homes she is dispatched to. Despite her clients' eventual wishes to keep her as a permanent housekeeper, she always moves on to the next job, where a fresh set of domestic problems await. --Tokyograph

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  Hasegawa Hiroki (Asuda Keiichi)

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  Matsushima Nanako (Mita Akari)

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  Aibu Saki (Yuki Urara)

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  Kutsuna Shiori (Asuda Yui)

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  Nakagawa Taishi (Asuda Kakeru)

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  Sato Hitomi (Minagawa Mariko)

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• 27 days ago 11 of 11 episodes seen

  Aspyre
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  • Overall  10
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  • Rewatch Value  7

  To tell the truth, I've been uncertain about starting this drama and later I have seen why. It is very slow-paced and leaves an imprint of something long and lasting- that's where it captures the viewer. It tells a different tale in a realistic, brutally realistic way that shows how far a life can go. I took my time to watch it; for more than one month and I found it quite enjoyable. I recommend it because it holds a whole lot more than a drama can. A well-written story of a family and it's housekeeper who cope and struggle with the world around them. Cast that slided right into their roles, and played them beautifully. It offers a big, meaty, flavorful slice of real life.

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• Mar 17, 2012 11 of 11 episodes seen

  mikomiko123
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  • Overall  10
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  • Acting/Cast  10
  • Music  10
  • Rewatch Value  8

  Kaseifu No Mita takes us into a mysterious thrilling episode-by-episode transformation of a dysfunctional family well into the brink of self-destruction. Oddly enough, a hired housekeeper, a stranger of whom mystery is enigmatic, helps in some odd way to repair the rifts between the family members. Of course, happy-endings somewhat evade you. I mean, what is the fun of happy endings? Where is the drama in it? Where is the thrill? Thus, one can often cringe at the superficiality and cringiness (mind me) of several characters. Some criticize it as a melancholic display of soap opera but I would argue such claims. Isn't it the very human characteristic-- that superficiality? That indecisiveness in times of decisions? That insecurity? That melancholy? So in-fact, this drama does give an accurate portrayal of the destructive and morose capacity of the human emotion. But of course, everything is not so sad as they may appear; after-all, the human experience also shares things like happiness, joy, love, and family values. Indeed, this mysterious play on the human emotion leads to a delightful intellectual orgasm. Oh well, I give it a 10 out of 10! read more

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