Sagara Shu'uichi (played by Itou Hideaki) was born as the son of Sake brewery owner but chose to be a banker in Tokyo. He was doing well, but made a wrong choice in taking a side in the bank politicking. As a result, he was going to be sent away from Tokyo.
He decides to quit his job and goes back to his homeland in Kanazawa. His mother is sick in bed and decides to close the brewery which she managed after her husband had died. Shu'uichi was going to help his mother sell the brewery, but after her death, he decides to manage the brewery and work to make Sake.
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He meets a sake master brewer, an old man named Washio Yu'usaku (played by Tsugawa Masahiko), and begs him to work in his brewery. Washio agrees with a condition that he will work for only a year.
It's a small brewery and Washio suggests that Sagara hire 4 more people. Sagara finds 4 individuals: A young man with a stammer (played by Emoto Tasuku), a sommelier in a restaurant (played by Seki Megumi), a homeless man (played by Koumoto Masahiro), and a man who worked as the master brewer under Washio's mother and embezzled money. Very unique individuals with difficult past. Except for the last person, the three have no experience of working in a Sake brewery.
Sagara and the 5 individuals are now together to start making Sake...
I'll definitely watch the next episode and learn how Sake is made.
