Tonight's episode of "A House Alone" follows the life of a 76-year-old man who overcame the worst postwar torrential rain disaster in Kumamoto Prefecture.

"A House Alone" (ABC TV/TV Asahi, Sundays at 7:54 PM) is a variety show that uses satellite images to search for a remote house. The February 22nd broadcast follows the life of a 76-year-old man who survived the worst postwar flood disaster and is protecting his family home in the mountains of Kumamoto Prefecture. The guests are actors Kazu Ando and Honoka Matsumoto.

The satellite photos held by the search team show a house buried in the trees. The site appears to be sandwiched between a mountain and a winding river. The search team heads toward the nearest settlement, but is already on a mountain path along a valley. Looking up at the mountains along the river, they can see traces of a landslide and large-scale bank protection work.

When we asked a resident of the village to look at the satellite photo, he replied, "That's the house at the very back of the mountain in this village." According to the resident, the area suffered one of the worst flood disasters since the war due to heavy rains in July 2020. At the time, the road leading to the house in the satellite photo was also cut off, but it has now been restored.

The road, which had been restored, continued deep into the mountain, but everywhere one looked, the scars of the landslide were still clearly visible. The mountain path became increasingly narrow, and in places the guardrails had fallen. The road eventually came to a riverside path that wound its way through the sheer mountain valley. Beyond that, a building came into view at the base of the steep slope.

We were greeted by a 76-year-old man. During the heavy rain disaster, muddy water caused a mountain to collapse, causing a flash flood in the river that runs in front of his house. The road leading to the village also completely collapsed, leaving the man stranded. After living in temporary housing for four years, he returned to this place. But why does he refuse to leave this place despite all the hardships he has endured? As the search team closely follows the man's current life, we learn about his feelings for this place.

Matsumoto, who was watching from the studio, seemed deeply moved as he said, "As someone who was born and raised in the city, I was envious of the word 'hometown'... It really brought me to tears."