Our House: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Set in the residential suburb of Tokyo, the story revolves around the Ban Family with four kids and a widow father. Since their loving mother passed away from illness six months ago, the eldest daughter, 12-year-old Sakurako has taken care of all the household chores and manages the family alone. While the four siblings are still feeling down from the loss of their mother, their father Sota returns home from his work in the U.S. along with a young American woman named Alice Shepherd whom he decided to marry almost instantly. Unhappy that her father has remarried so soon, Sakurako tries various ways to drive Alice out of the house. On the other hand, Alice believes that her encounter with Sota was true fate and is determined to become the new mother of the Ban Family. Will she eventually befriend the children? Will Sakurako and Alice ever understand each other?

Series details

• Title: Our House
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Family
• Premiere date: 2016-04-17
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-06-11
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 14797
• TVDB ID: 309665

Cast and credited roles

• Mana Ashida — Sakurako Ban
• Charlotte Kate Fox — Alice Shepherd

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-04-17; final listed air date 2016-06-11; episode order: 9.

Source and licence

Adapted from Our House 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.