Saheita, the final heir of a once rich and respectable family, can't refuse the many villagers that come to him for favours and money, even though he is on the brink of bankruptcy. Around town he is better known by his nickname Mr. Shosuke Ohara.
Social & External
The people behind it
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Saheita Sugimoto aka Shôsuke Ohara
Akiko Kazami
Onobu
Reiko Miyagawa
Oritsu
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Margaret Nakata
Chōko Iida
Oseki, old maid
Haruo Tanaka
Seizô Kon'no
Sōji Kiyokawa
Kaikû Tsukioka, high priest
Yōnosuke Toba
Koroku
Shinichi Himori
Jiromasa Yoshida
Hiroshi Ayukawa
Tetsuo
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