Overview
Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to marry because she has to raise her son as the head of her husband's family. Oyu convinces Shinnosuke and Shizu to marry so that she can remain close to Shinnosuke.
| Actor | Age then | Age now | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 41 | March 21, 1977 (67) | |
 | 25 | December 22, 1994 (69) | |
 | 28 | June 19, 1979 (56) | |
 | 36 | 110 | |
 | 46 | December 5, 1964 (60) | |
 | 55 | April 24, 1984 (88) | |
 | 51 | February 18, 1977 (77) | |
 | 44 | September 8, 2001 (94) | |
| 48 | 122 | |
| 43 | 117 |