A sake brewery of long standing in Kanazawa is deep in the red. The owner’s only son Sagara Shuichi, an elite banker, resigns from the bank because of something that came up, and decides to stake his life on making sake. Grasping at straws, he clings to the legendary master brewer, Washio Yusaku. However, Yusaku is the man feared as an ogre. Shuichi is prepared to be “eaten by the ogre”, but he is thrust into a difficult position when he sinks further into debt because of Yusaku’s pursuit of “perfect sake making”. Moreover, the brewers working for Yusaku are strangers to sake making. They are men and women who have lost their places to go for their own reasons, and have moved in with the sake brewery. One of them is Shuichi’s cousin, Naoki. In the middle of preparing the daiginjo sake on which the fate of the sake brewery rests, an unusual and unpredicted change takes place before Naoki’s eyes. Will the sake brewery be turned around when the drops of liquid of their quest flow?
Genre: Drama
Stars: Hideaki Ito, Masahiko Tsugawa, Tasuku Emoto
Crew: Takashi Minamoto, Toyoda Kengo, Takashi Minamoto, Ishizaki Hiroya
Country: JP
Studio: NHK BS Premium
Runtime: 50:14 minutes
Quality: HD
First air date: Apr 12, 2015
Last air date: Apr 26, 2015
Episode: 3 Episode
Season: 1 Season
IMDb: 2.667
Keywords:sake, work, workplace, rivalry, slice of life, divorce, perfectionist, teamwork, master-apprentice relationship