東大卒の財務省キャリア官僚という“超"がつくエリート女子・上羽鴨(うえば・かも)は、京都の名旅館『上羽や』の女将を務めていた母の急逝により、新米女将に転身。必死に努力して手に入れた自由と成功を手放して、借金まみれの旅館の経営を迫られる羽目に。右も左もわからない女将家業にてんてこまいし、母が築いた名旅館の評判は急降下、従業員からも総スカンを食らう。そんな大ピンチの鴨の前に、計算高くて頭のキレる外資系コンサルの金融マン・衣川周平が現れる。一癖あるこの京男と、いがみ合い、騙し合い、足を引っ掛け合いながら、なぜか段々と凸凹バディを結成し、ともに旅館再建に挑むことに…!?
主演の上羽鴨を演じるのは、NHK朝の連続テレビ小説『ゲゲゲの女房』などで今や国民的人気女優となり、数々のCMや自身の音楽活動など積極的に活躍の場を広げている松下奈緒。ちょっと腹黒いけれど憎めない男・衣川周平には、数々の映画やドラマ、舞台に出演し、その度に違う顔を見せる演技派俳優の椎名桔平が扮している。京都の奥深い旅情とほっこりする心情をたっぷりと感じさせながら、テンポよい演出、オール京都ロケで描いた手に汗握る女将の奮戦記!
An extreme elitist, Ueba Kamo is a Tokyo University graduate and bureaucrat at the Ministry of Finance. Due to her mother’s sudden passing, she is forced to turn herself into an okami, or proprietress at a ryokan (Japanese style hotel). Growing up she had loathed her hometown Kyoto as much as she hated her rare name. Uebaya, the ryokan, is smothered in debt and she cannot imagine letting go of her freedom and success she worked so hard to obtain. In a fever of resentment, she grudgingly takes on the family business, dead set and confident that she would be able to turn the business around in no time. But becoming an okami isn't as easy as she imagined. The ryokan’s reputation plummets and the entire crew of employees begin criticizing her...
Trying to escape her critical situation, Kamo is greeted by a shrewd consultant in finance. The crafty man’s name is Kinugawa Shuhei and as they quarrel and try to deceive each other, they find themselves becoming partners. The two set their mission to rebuild the ryokan back to its normal state.
What was the relationship between Kamo and her deceased mother? Was the ryokan more important to her than Kamo? Why is Kamo the okami of a ryokan she thought she would never set foot in again?
Overcoming the obstacles set in front of her, Kamo gradually becomes attached to her position as okami. Had this been her vocation all along? Don’t miss the breathtaking heart-thumping chronicles of a born-again okami!
