Ninkyo Helper

Such an odd combination-yakuza and the elderly-with surprisingly good results (I watched the whole thing in one day). It can be funny as tough yakuza try to deal with difficult elderly people, but it touches on some deep and troublesome issues related to aging in Japan. Hikoichi takes a few episodes to get to know and like, though he never quite loses his attitude, so no unrealistic character changes there. Also includes: determined elementary school boy, high power business woman with a secret, powerful female yakuza, and a bunch of troublesome elderly people going about their lives in a care facility. And an odd theme of "chivalry." Note: I would recommend a tiny bit of research on yakuza to help understand gang structure, names, "ninkyo" (chivalry), etc.

At first, i think ninkyo helper is a comedy drama.. But i was wrong because it more like touching human drama..

I didn`t really expect much from this drama despite the hype but once I started watching it, I couldn`t stop..I was really pleased and suprised with the acting from Kusanagi tsuyoshi and other casts such as Kuroki Meisa and Natsukawa Yui who added a touch of brilliance to the dorama. The storyline was a flow of events so never one pattern and had both serious and funny parts which combined well to polish off a really decent warm dorama! RATED!