The Dream of Nepenthes
2017
📺 1 Season
🎬 8 Episodes
📅 Returning Series
🌐 JA
⏱️ 55 min/episode
Drama
Mifuyu is a high school student. Her mom suffers from a severe illness, which causes Mifuyu to spend most of her time taking care of her and doing housework. She doesn't think about her future after high school. Mifuyu's mom dies, her dad brings his girlfriend to their house and kicks Mifuyu out. Mifuyu goes to the home where her mom's cousin lives, in a high-class residential area in Tokyo.
Seasons
Season 1
Mifuyu is a pure girl who grew up in a country side. After her mother dies, she loses her place because her father welcomes his lover to their house. Therefore, Mifuyu starts to stay at Naoko Kashimada, who is a cousin of the late mother. The Kashimada family is blessed with "the wealth" that Mifuyu can’t get even though how strong she desires. “The world is unfair.” She begins to find her place in Kashimada family, and it is the beginning of her life as a “Nepenthes woman”.
Cast
Network
Fuji News Network
Production
Shochiku, Tokai Television Broadcasting