Next week's synopsis and scene cuts from episode 4 of the BS period drama starring Sasaki Kuranosuke. Is "Kame" Kurashina Kana being pursued by her childhood friend? (Spoilers included)

Actor Kuranosuke Sasaki stars in the NHK BS period drama "Fuurai Cloud" (NHK BS/BS Premium 4K, Sundays at 6:45 PM). The subtitle of the fourth episode, which will be broadcast on January 25th, is "Filial Piety, Various Things," and the synopsis and scene cuts have also been released.

◇The following contains spoilers

"Fuurai Cloud" is a period drama based on the manga of the same name by George Akiyama. The setting is Shinagawa-shuku at the end of the Edo period. "Fuurai Cloud" is an eccentric man who wears a woman's kimono and has his hair tied in front of his forehead. With a fluffy and elusive appearance, he lives his days freely, but before you know it, he gently changes the destinies of others. It is a hymn to humanity filled with laughter and tears.

Kana Kurashina plays Kame, the wife of Furubumi Kumo, a generous and charming woman who embraces Kumo with deep affection, while Eito Kawahara plays their son Shinnosuke, who is serious but also has a childlike side. Other cast members include Issey Ogata Ogata, Gota Watanabe, Naomasa Rokuhei, Tomoya Maeno, and Noriko Nakagoshi.

In the fourth episode, Yokujiro (Issey Ogata), the head clerk at the wholesale store "Yumeya," meets the heavy drinker Yanosuke (Takashi Naito) for the first time in 13 years.

Yanosuke boasts that he is being treated with filial piety by his daughter and son-in-law, even though he has just returned from the island. Yokujiro competes, saying that the couple, Fuuragumo (played by Sasaki) and Kame (played by Kurashina), rely on him like a real father. However, Yokujiro hears Yanosuke being insulted by his daughter, Tami (played by Hoshino Mari), who says she doesn't even think of him as a parent.

At that time, Kame was being approached by her childhood friend Shozo (Fukushi Seiji), and she felt a little excited...