Hama no Asahi no Usotsukidomo to

39-year-old Kawashima Kenji is a struggling movie director whose dream has been shattered. He has lost the desire to live and has been wandering about. Wanting to watch his favorite movie before he dies, Kawashima finds his way to an old movie theatre known as Asahiza in the city of Minami Soma in Fukushima Prefecture. Motegi Riko works as a ticket collector and pilfers money from the admission fee paid by moviegoers, while Morita Yasuzo is the theatre’s talkative manager. Kawashima feels a sense of comfort watching their raucous daily routine and the movie theatre which is like New Cinema Paradise where two famous classics are screened for moviegoers. He decides to stay in the city for a while. One day, a rich, elderly widow called Matsuyama Hideko, who is a regular moviegoer at Asahiza, asks Kawashima to produce a movie that will benefit Minami Soma. His pride twinges on the dream that he gave up. As Kawashima wavers over his decision, another movie director Fujita Shinji shows up, saying that he wants to make a tragic documentary movie in Minami Soma. Fukushima was hit by the Great East Japan Earthquake 10 years ago, suffered damage from Typhoon Hagibis last year, and has to deal with the coronavirus outbreak now…
(Source: jdramas.wordpress.com)