Senjiro Fujiyama

1963 yılının Yokohama'sında geçen hikâyede, denizde kaybettiği babasının anısını yaşatmak için her sabah tepeye işaret bayrakları çeken lise öğrencisi Umi ile okul gazetesinin cesur genci Shun'un yolları kesişir. İkili, tarihi okul binalarını yıkımdan kurtarmak için gençlik coşkusuyla omuz omuza bir mücadeleye girişirken aralarında masum bir bağ filizlenir; ancak geçmişin tozlu sayfalarından aniden gün yüzüne çıkan gizemli bir aile sırrı, ikisinin de duygularını ve ortak kaderlerini büyük bir sınavla karşı karşıya bırakacaktır.

At the Hirata home, three generations of their family live together. A crisis ensues when one afternoon, housewife Fumie falls asleep and wakes up to find a thief has stolen her secret money she kept hidden in the refrigerator.

In the end of Meiji era, Takei Chiyo was born in a poor family in Osaka, and was sent to a theatre tea room as a servant when she was 9 years old. There, she was attracted by the world of theatre comedy. She grows up to be an actor and marries to Amami Ippei , but the war broke out and she was forced to stay away from acting for a while. However, when she comes back again, her acting in a radio drama impresses many people and makes herself one of the leading actors in western Japan.

Based on true story of the wife of Ando Momofuku, the businessman who founded Nissin Food Products Co. Ltd. and the inventor of instant ramen, the 99th Asadora follows the life of Tachibana Fukuko, a young woman who tries to survive tough times in Osaka with her husband from before WWII to the rapid economic development era. Together they overcome various setbacks before they succeed in creating instant noodles. (Source: MDL)