TV series

Care Worker Gang

2009 · 1 season

A gruff mobster awkwardly learns tenderness among the elderly, mixing wry comedy with quiet, humane drama.

Overview: Hikoichi is the boss of a yakuza family, "Tsubasa-kai". One day he receives a sudden order from the main branch of his family...only to become a helper at a senior care home. Regardless of this unbearable order, he reluctantly obeys to keep his chance of becoming an executive in the future. But he soon finds out that he was not the only yakuza working there. The yakuza helpers soon realize that the senior care home is full of flaws; the yakuzas confront a female president of the care house.
How it feels: Warm, earnest, light and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Aging, redemption, found family, identity
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: aging
redemption
found family
identity
work
Places: workplace
hospital
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild