The Fuji TV drama series " Soda Master " (Wednesdays at 10pm) stars Takashi Sorimachi, Nao Omori, and Kenjiro Tsuda . The synopsis and stills from episode 8, which will air on March 4th, have been released.
Mochizuki (Ryota Miura), also known as "Trendy-san," who requested the murder of Miyashita Misa (Asao Kiryu), also known as "Matilda," was apparently searching for a videotape of the film club's "No. 12." The tape showed a duel scene filmed at the home of "Grandma Kuroe." Yuta Yoshii (Sorimachi) and others trace the memories of Keiko Kuroe, the granddaughter of Grandma Kuroe and the fourth member of the film club.
As the three were searching for a location to film the duel scene, Matilda suggested Kuroe's house. The old lady invited them inside. Keiko, who could play the piano, composed the film's music and also appeared in the film. However, a few days later, Kuroe's house burned down and the old lady died. Keiko was then taken in by relatives and transferred to a new school.
Yuta talks about splitting up to search for Keiko, and Fujimaki Hajime (Omori) and Kikuhara Kisuke (Tsuda) advise him to go home and face his family. Returning home for the first time in a while, Yuta works hard at housework for his wife Emi (Nonami Maho) and daughter Aya ( Maika Miura).
On New Year's Eve, the three of them gather at the cafe where Nishino Hakuba (Fukumoto Riko) works and reminisce about the New Year's Eve 37 years ago when Matilda disappeared. After meeting Matilda on the hill for the last time, the three go to the club room at night and find an illustration drawn by Matilda on the back of the film club's sign and the message, "Look up and do your best!"
One day the following year, Hakuba finds out all the information about Keiko, and upon hearing this, Yuta and the others decide to go and meet her...
The original story and screenplay was written by Ryota Furusawa. The film is a "youth-recovering human comedy" that depicts the reunion and rebirth of two middle-aged men who were passionate about making kung fu movies together in their junior high school days in 1988, but now feel stuck in life and realize that "this isn't how it was supposed to be."
