Eguchi Yosuke plays the character of Onishi Katsuo, a 35-year-old carpenter and former college football player who sees life almost in the same balance as a football game (guts and glory along with team spirit). One day he learns that his friend (a college football teammate) was killed when his house burned down. His friend's wife is in a coma and his four kids are now homeless, Eguchi has the children live with him (in his one room apartment) above his boss' home.

Title: 涙をふいて
Title (romaji): Namida o Fuite
Also known as: Wipe Your Tears
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Human drama
Episodes: 11
Viewership: 16.62
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2000-Oct-11 to 2000-Dec-20
Air time: Wednesday 21:00
Theme songs: "Tobenai Tori" by Yuzu & "Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi" by Arashi

Katsuo Onishi (35)
Played by Yosuke Eguchi
The protagonist. A former American football player who has become a carpenter. His life's theme is to win at everything through sheer guts.

Kenta Fuchigami (17)
Played by Kazunari Ninomiya (Arashi)
The eldest son of the Fuchigami family. An adolescent high school student, he acts tough and doesn't open up to adults.

Momo Fuchigami (14)
Played by Aya Ueto
The eldest daughter of the Fuchigami family. A second-year student at a prestigious private junior high school, she is an honor student with good intelligence and good manners.

Kota Fuchigami (11)
Played by Yudai Tatsumi (FOUR YOU)
The second son of the Fuchigami family. He has a mischievous and mischievous personality, and he and Katsuo hit it off right from the start.

Ryota Fuchigami (7)
Played by Ryunosuke Kamiki
The third son of the Fuchigami family and the youngest of four siblings. A mama's boy. Still unable to accept her father's death. Easygoing and gentle.

Maki Kimura
Played by Kaori Manabe

Tamami Murata (Saito) (26)
Played by Yuki Uchida
The daughter of the Murata family. After a failed marriage, she returns home. Strong-willed and straightforward.

Shintaro Tezuka
Played by Tortoise Matsu moto (Ulfuls)
Katsuo's bad friend and colleague. Speaks in Kansai dialect. Falls in love with Tamami at first sight. Insensitive. Holds a medical license.

Misako Fuchigami
Played by Nana Okada
The biological mother of the Fuchigami brothers.

Sakiko Murata (52)
Played by Ayumi Ishida
The landlady of a house. Although she appears nice on the surface, she has a strong and assertive personality.

Yuichiro Murata (68)
Played by Chosuke Ikariya
The owner of a construction company. He is often overwhelmed by his strong-willed wife and daughters.

Tanaka
Played by Toshiya Sakai
A plasterer who frequents the construction company.

Guests
Episode 1
Kenichi Fuchigami
Played by Tokichi Kimura (Episode 5)
The biological father of the Fuchigami brothers. He was Katsuo's senior when he was on the American football team.
Died in a house fire.

Mai
Played by Noriko Shiina (Episodes 2-6)
Kenta's classmate. Later, they began dating, but they broke up.

Eriko
Played by Emiko Ikebata (Episodes 2-6)
Kota's homeroom teacher. She retired to get married.

Episode 3
Hiroaki Saito
Played by Daishu Kase
Tamami's estranged husband.

Episode 5
Matsuno Fumiko
Played by Hara Hisako
One of Katsuo's regular customers.

Episode 6
Takahashi
Played by Yajima Kenichi (Episodes 7 - Finale)
Manager at the talent agency Momo belongs to.

Yukari
Played by Igawa Haruka (Episodes 7 - Finale)
A waitress at the izakaya Katsuo frequents.

Episode 7

Tezuka Rintaro
Played by Kamiyama Shigeru (Episode 8)
Shintaro's father (usually living in Osaka). A doctor.

Takagi Rie
Played by Kurosaka Mami (Episodes 8 - Finale)
A woman Kenta meets at a convenience store.
Kenta gradually develops feelings for her.

Episode 8
Saotome
Played by Ikeuchi Mansaku (Episodes 9 - Finale)
Kota's homeroom teacher.

Episode 9
Oyama
played by Tsutomu Hori (Episode 10, Final Episode)
Katsuo's senior from his days on the American football team.

Final Episode
Kikuchi
played by Ryu Tanaka (Episode 9)
Yuichiro's client.

Catherine
played by Laura Windrath
Kikuchi's wife.

Screenwriter: Yoshida Noriko, Hayashi Koji
Producer: Sugio Atsuhiro
Director: Nagayama Kozo, Nakae Isamu, Hirai Hideki
Music: K・N・I・F・E 「Hammer Sweet & Tears」

Hammer Sweet & Tears ~ Wipe Away Your Tears Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack for Wipe Away Your Tears
Released: November 22, 2000
Recorded: 2000
Genre: Soundtrack
Length: 64 minutes, 55 seconds
Label: Pony Canyon

Tracklist
01 ONE
02 Two of us
03 Three tears
04 Four way street
05 At fifth avenue
06 Six sense
07 Lucky seven
08 Channel 8
09 Ninth moon
10 飛べない鳥（Instrumental）
作曲：岩沢厚治
11 感謝カンゲキ雨嵐（Instrumental）
作曲：馬飼野康二
12 ONE（Tears Version）
13 Two of us（Piano）
14 Three tears（Piano）
15 Three tears（Acoustic Guitar）
16 Three tears（Hammer Version）
17 Four way street（Tears Version）
18 Ninth moon（Ocharake Version）
19 感謝カンゲキ雨嵐（Piano & Guitar）
作曲：馬飼野康二