Candy House (2015)

Sakurai Taro’s parents died young. His grandmother, Akiko, has been making great effort to protect her struggling candy store, Sakuraya, in the old part of Tokyo, but it's not easy. Taro eats candy with regular customers such as chilhood friend Saegusa Hiroki who aspires to be a scriptwriter, and talk nonsense, like in their youth. However, they realize this unfettered, comfortable existence will end some day with the passage of time. Then Taro’s ex-classmate, Kimura Reiko, comes back home with her son after a divorce. He and his friends start to notice what is truly important to them as they face up to their pasts, dreams and pains.

Released Oct. 21, 2015 250 min Episode 25 min None+

Genres: Drama, Family, Romance

Keywords: tmdb.romance, tmdb.slice-of-life, tmdb.single-mother, tmdb.childhood-friends, tmdb.grandmother-grandson-relationship, mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.tv-mini-series, imdb.japanese-drama

Production Companies: TBS, Kadokawa

Network: TBS

Country: Japan
Production Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese