Sumo Refuge

Debt-ridden, violence-ridden, family dysfunction... In the abyss of despair, can they burn their fighting spirit and strive for a seemingly unreachable victory? This drama depicts human nature in a bold and heart-wrenching way. It describes the desperation of a young delinquent boy, Kiyoshi Kose (played by Wataru Ichinose), who enters the world of sumo wrestling under the name "Saru Sakura" and becomes a sumo wrestler. Konase was passive and lazy, often skipped training, and loved to go against his seniors. Therefore, he was regarded as an incurable loser, but later he gradually became obsessed with sumo wrestling. This work delicately portrays human nature, focusing on Koze and a group of young people in the sumo wrestling circle, including Shimizu (played by Shota Sometani) who is clumsy and not in good physical shape, but dreams of becoming a "Sekitori", and a newspaper rookie Kunijima Asuka (played by Kutsuna Shiori) who was "delegated" from political news to report on sumo wrestling, to see how they overcome challenges and find their own world.