The Fuji TV drama series "Ramune Monkey" (Wednesdays at 10pm) stars Takashi Sorimachi, Nao Omori, and Kenjiro Tsuda. The synopsis and stills from episode 6, which will air on February 18th, have been released.
Yoshii Yuta (Sorimachi) is presented with divorce papers by his wife Emi (Nonami Maho) and moves into Fujimaki Hajime's (Omori) apartment. Hajime is approached by Onodera Satsuki (Nakagoshi Noriko) with a job offer, which turns out to be an autobiographical film being produced out of the pocket of Ishiwata Hidenobu, the chairman of a construction company. Hajime accepts the offer despite his complaints.
While investigating the disappearance of Matilda, also known as Miyashita Michiru (Kiryu Aso), Hajime discovers a suspicious figure in the footage from that time. At the time, Yuta and the others called the man "Rambo."
At the cafe where Nishino Hakuba (Fukumoto Riko) works, Yuta, Hajime, and Kikuhara Kisuke (Tsuda Kenjiro) talk about their memories of Rambo.
During their junior high school days, the three sneak into a chemical factory while searching for a filming location. Suddenly, Rambo appears and tries to capture them, chasing them with a speed unimaginable for a middle-aged man. Hajime loses his footing, falls, and dislocates his joint. Rambo treats Hajime's dislocation and yells, "Bring me the teacher!"
Rambo was an eerie and mysterious presence, appearing whenever trouble arose in the town and silently calming it down. The more they investigated, the more Rambo became suspected as a new suspect in Matilda's disappearance.
A man who worked at the factory with Rambo in 1988 is discovered. Kisuke looks at the list from that time and discovers an unexpected fact that Matilda and Rambo have in common.
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."
