L'Amy, la Jo, la Beth i la Meg són quatre germanes adolescents que s'embarquen en unes vacances amb la mare, però sense el pare, un evangelista itinerant. A mesura que travessen l'estat de Massachusetts, sumit en plena Guerra Civil, descobreixen l'amor i la importància dels llaços familiars.
Mentre el seu pare és a la guerra, quatre joves germanes de caràcters molt diferents fan un aprenentatge, de vegades dolorós, de vegades fascinant, de la vida i de l'amor. A mesura que van creixent, abandonen, una per una, la llar familiar per casar-se i crear la seva pròpia família. A casa només es queda Jo, que vol ser escriptora, i per aconseguir-ho es trasllada a Nova York, on, gràcies a la seva tenacitat i esforç, aconsegueix publicar la seva primera obra. A més, tot i estar convençuda que per a ella el temps de la felicitat ja ha passat, a Nova York trobareu també l'amor.
In 1979 Tokyo, four distinct sisters uncover their aging father's affair, causing their happy facades and bottled-up emotions to slowly unravel.
A dad who is popular with the ladies and a mom that continues to love the dad without any doubt like a young girl. The four sisters that the unbelievably ironclad husband and wife raised includes, an unmarried and divorced, a marriage hunter, a boyfriend-less, and one that has no luck with men. Out of them all, the second daughter Takemi, was the problem child, having divorced multiple times and has 3 kids. Because Takemi lives true to herself, she often ends up standing out from everyone, and gets called "the femme fatale with many lovers," problem child," and "devil." Will she end up causing many humorous troubles!? -- TBS -- DramaWiki
Kuniko Mukōda's masterpiece, a poignant and subtle portrait of the jealousy and suspicion that secretly swirl behind seemingly peaceful family relationships.
Taking place in the spring of 1992, the story begins with the father of the Makioka company handing his company over. It starts a new era for the lives of the 4 Makioka sisters. Tsuruko continues living with the memory of their family's former glory, though it no longer remains. Yukiko, not dissatisfied with her married life, finds herself worrying over her sisters' behavior. Yukiko, the third born daughter, is seeking to marry but has failed matchmaking many times. The youngest, Taeko, gets caught in a typhoon that hits Kansai...
