My Brother's Husband (Scripted, Japanese)
Genres: Drama, Comedy, Family
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2018-03-04
Ended: 2018-03-18
Network: NHK
Country: JP
Airs on: Sunday
Runtime: 50 minutes
Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo; formerly married to Natsuki, father to their young daughter, Kana. Their lives suddenly change with the arrival at their doorstep of a hulking, affable Canadian named Mike Flanagan, who declares himself the widower of Yaichi's estranged gay twin, Ryoji. Mike is on a quest to explore Ryoji's past, and the family reluctantly but dutifully takes him in. What follows is an unprecedented andheartbreaking look at the state of a largely still-closeted Japanese gay culture: how it's been affected by the West, and how the next generation can change the preconceptions about it and prejudices against it.