My Brother's Husband: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: My Brother's Husband
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Family
• Premiere date: 2018-03-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-03-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NHK
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 49758
• IMDb ID: tt7711774
• TVDB ID: 344808

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-03-04; final listed air date 2018-03-18; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from My Brother's Husband on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.