Screenwriter: Okada Yoshikazu
Tamura Masakazu
Matsu Takako
Higuchi
Oyaji no Senaka
Father's Back
Bakarhythm
Kimura Midoriko
Kadono Takuzo
Watanabe Dai
- Good morning! - Good morning!
- Oops! Hitomiko-san. - Yes?
Did you close my lunch box?
- I did. - Okay.
Kei-san, please take these too.
- The curry we had yesterday? So you simmered it. - I thought it might taste better. - Nice!
- It looks so delicious! - Doesn't it?
Kei-san, could you make some coffee?
Okay!
Good morning!
- Ah, good morning! - Going to make coffee?
Yes. This water makes the best coffee.
- It's ready. - Okay.
- Itadakimasu. - Itadakimasu.
Yeah, yeah, it tastes good.
Right? But they say it's not that popular because it's bony.
Well, of course it has bones!
Fish is tricky to eat since it's bony,
and that's precisely why we eat it. Why don't they get it, good grief!
- What a strange logic. - Is it?
And although you're saying that, you're so bad at eating.
Good things are never easy, you see.
Heaven will punish you, if you eat delicious food with ease.
Sure, sure. Kei-san, this talk
- is our family's morning tradition, isn't? - Tradition, huh?
- Today we're dining... - We're dining out today, right?
Let's eat at Kuri-bouzu.
I'll see you at the shop at 6, I don't have to work overtime today.
Okay.
Everyone, do you know about an illness named "panic disorder"
which is rapidly spreading among young people?
Sometimes I've heard about "panic attacks".
Exactly. I suppose many of us
have probably heard about panic attacks and hyperventilation syndrome.
Today we will try to understand what sort of illness it is.
- Thank you for coming, Sensei. - My pleasure.
Anyone can suffer from panic disorder, even people who are apparently healthy, right?
Well, it is not uncommon for someone to start suffering from panic disorder out of the blue.
I guess I'll brew some coffee.
Due to great tension and stress, Takahashi-san
suddenly experiences shortness of breath as soon as the meeting begins,
and she becomes unable to breathe.
Painful... it's painful...
- I'm off to work. - Have a nice day.
- Call me if something happens. - Okay - See you later.
subs: maboroshinohikari
Kei-san and Hitomiko-san
Scarecrow Books
Okuzumi-kun, want to go have lunch?
I'm not going. 'Cause I divorced.
I don't really get it. Since you divorced, shouldn't you eat out?
Since I divorced, I'm broke and can't afford to eat out. I have my packed lunch. 'Cause I divorced.
Uh uh uh! So that's what happens
when you divorce? Got it.
- Why the heck are you laughing? - No, I'm not...
You're laughing! Is divorce amusing?
Or am I funny 'cause I'm a divorced man?
No, I'm not laughing...
- Thank you very much! - Take care.
- Goichi-san, shall we have lunch? - Okay.
Well, then...
- Oh! - It always looks so delicious!
I make sure I don't see what's in the lunch box every morning.
If I found out, it'd spoil my fun.
How old will Hitomiko-chan be this year?
She'll be 35, just as my wife was when she died.
- She'll be 35 already? - Yeah, she will.
Itadakimasu.
Ah, then, I'll give you one of these.
- Here you go. - Thank you so much!
In exchange, I'll take one of these.
Looks delicious!
Great! As expected of your wife. Her cooking skills are something else.
Only her nimono are good. Well, even her face looks like a nimono now!
*(A Japanese simmered dish. A nimono generally consists of a base ingredient simmered in shiru stock flavored with sake, soy sauce, and a small amount of sweetening.)
What is the matter?
As I said, how about it?
How about what?
You weren't listening? I divorced, you know.
- So they say. - Yeah. So,
will you marry me?
Why should your divorcing mean that we get married?
- Because I couldn't marry you, if I didn't divorce. - Could we end this conversation?
We can't! Um, Higuchi-san, I told you that
I liked you since before I got married, didn't I?
Yes, you told me.
Back then, your answer was "no". Rather,
- you said it was out of the question. - Um...
So I gave up and got married. But my marriage was a failure, and I divorced.
So it's only natural that I'd like to date and marry you now, isn't it?
- I'm not going to get married. - Do you mean you won't marry me?
Or do you mean you won't marry anyone?
- I mean both. - Both?
- Could we put an end to this conversation? - Not yet.
Um, I know this close friend of a girl who dated my ex-wife's younger brother.
She was a student at your middle school.
She told me a lot about what happened to you then.
So I felt I would like to make you happy.
There is no need for you to do that.
Because I'm already happy.
Huh? Really?
I can't?
Well... eh?
Huh?
I see... you're happy...
The omelet in today's lunch box, you know...
The rolled omelet? How was it?
Way to go!
Ah!
- What's up? - This place changed the menu again, perhaps.
- How about the pickles? - Were those in my lunch box? Oh right, of course!
They weren't adequate.
Forgive me!
We are sorry to inform you that this restaurant has shut down. Thank you very much for you continued patronage. Kuri-bouzu
Oh no, I really liked their deep-fried mozuku*...
*(A type of edible seaweed naturally found in Okinawa.)
What a shame...
What do we do at a time like this, Hitomiko-san?
- We give up on eating out. - Exactly.
- So, shall we buy something and go home? - Yes!
What should we get?
- There were nice scallops at the fish shop earlier. - Yeah, I saw them.
- Let's hurry up, then. - Okay.
Let's go faster.
Kei-san, would you like some tea?
Ah, not now. Thank you.
Sure!
Hitomiko-san.
I'm going to bed. Good night.
Good night!
- Kei-san?! - I'm okay, it's just a...
I just have an upset stomach, that's all.
- Despite my age, I'm still gluttonous after all. - Kei-san!
- I said I'm okay, no need to worry, don't worry...
Kei-san will always be here, so it's all right...
I cannot say anything for sure until we give him a thorough check-up.
Anyhow, I think this is not a situation requiring prompt action, such as a gastrointestinal perforation.
Given that his symptoms are vomiting and abdominal pain,
he might have been infected with pathogens such as Norovirus or Salmonella.
There's a high chance that it's a case of food poisoning.
What did he eat today?
Huh... um...
Calm down. He'll be okay!
Huh?
Since it's already late, you may just go home tonight.
Huh? Ah, no...
It'll be all right!
Come and see him tomorrow.
We might have to hospitalize him for a few days until his condition settles down,
but we'll decide what to do tomorrow.
??Somewhere
??Over the rainbow
??Way up high
??Skies are blue
??And the dreams
Ah... Hitomiko-san.
I'll come tomorrow morning. Hitomiko
Wait for me.
Wait for me. Wait for me!
Please take me to Koigakubo 3-chome.
- Koigakubo 3-chome, right? - Please hurry up!
HITOMIKO-SAN!
- Hitomiko-san! - Kei-san!
I'm sorry, forgive me!
- Forgive me, Hitomiko-san! - I'm sorry, I'm sorry!
It's okay, it's okay! It's all right now!
Kei-san's back. Kei-san's right here with you, so it's all right! Okay?
Breathe slowly. Slowly.
Let's breath slowly. Breathe in through your nose.
Right, just like that! Now breathe out slowly.
Breathe out again, then breathe in through your nose.
Breathe out slowly...
All right, once more...
Breathe in again.
And breathe out slowly.
Ah...
Sorry.
It's nothing, never mind.
Ah...
At a moment like this...
So-sorry.
- Sorry, I'm sorry... - Huh?
This woman's something else!
I'm telling you that's not it, Etsuko-san!
How many times do I have to repeat myself so that you'll understand?
The things you can't remember are just so puzzling!
But I've told you a hundred times already!
As I said, you need red lighting for the living room...
Ah, hello.
I give up. I can't memorize it at all!
Ah, good morning!
- Hello. - Hitomiko-san.
- Shall we go home? - Yes.
Everyone, I've been in your care. Thank you very much.
- Take care! - Thank you so much for everything, Etsuko-san.
- Don't mention it. - Changing the lighting transforms a room completely.
Come to the shop some time.
Seriously?! May I really do that?
I'll be waiting! Good-bye.
- Thank you for taking care of my father. - Aw, don't be so polite!
That woman, Etsuko-san... she's kind of strange.
There are three nurses named Kawasaki, you see.
So everybody in my room called her Etsuko-san.
But I guess she has that kind of aura, anyway.
She's bright and... well, she laughs a lot.
I don't like people who laugh that way. It's vulgar.
You think so? She's a good woman, though. And she's kind.
Being kind is part of her job. You're so silly!
Hey, hey! Hitomiko-san.
Don't you dare badmouth the person who took care of me.
Okay? Kei-san doesn't like that sort of thing.
Don't talk to me as if I were a grade schooler.
- Hitomiko-san. - Huh?
You're here...?
Kei-san really likes that sort of women.
You see, on Sunday,
she and I
are going to have lunch together.
- Really...? - Yeah.
So she's single.
Yeah, she said so.
I see...
Good for you.
Still, call me right away if something happens.
That's just perfect. I, too, have plans to go out on Sunday.
Ah, really?
Who with?
- Okuzumi-san. - Okuzumi-san...?
A co-worker. He's been asking me out for a long time,
and he's a nice man.
I think I'll take the plunge and go on a date with him.
Mm...
Is that so?
So you too have a date, huh?
I see, I see...
Ah... I think I'll make some coffee.
Well, I'm going now, but...
Want to leave together?
Oh, no, you go ahead.
- I'll see you later, then. - Okay.
Ah, call me if something happens.
I will.
Ah...
Ah!
Ah...
Higuchi Keitaro
Dear Hitomiko-san...
Are you okay? (^ ^)
Higuchi Hitomiko
Dear Kei-san.......
I'm totally fine.
Thank goodness.
Dad, Dad, give it to me.
- Oh, Kei-san... - Ah...
- Welcome back, Hitomiko-san. - I'm back.
- Welcome back. - Mm? Oh, I'm back.
Ah?!
Huh? What's the matter?
Oh, well...
I'm going on a date today.
Oh! That's great! Who's the lady?
- There's no lady! - Huh?
Ah, what a pain, what the heck am I doing...
What do you mean?
Hitomiko-san is going on a date as well.
She's going on a real date, though.
- That's great, isn't it? - Pardon?
Ah... well, guess it is.
She can't live with me forever, after all.
Yeah...
Ah... where should I go?
Ah! I want to go home.
Ah! - Oh!
It's tasty, but...
It's delicious, but...
Aaah...
- Ah! - Oh!
- I'm going out tomorrow. - Another date?
No, I'll be attending a meeting.
Oh, I see.
- You going on a date tomorrow? - Huh?
Nope.
- I'll stay home and relax. - Is that so?
Yeah.
Um, I'd like to talk about my daughter.
Yes.
Do you know
about her illness, or rather...
about her psychological problem?
Oh, I know about that.
Really... ah...
- So that's how it is. - Huh?
You understand her problem, right?
Yes...
Um?
Then, do you know what Hitomiko's favorite things are?
Her favorite foods are pears and scallops.
Do you know that she prefers fish to meat?
- No, well... - You don't?
What about her favorite writers?
She likes Koda Aya the best, and then Françoise Sagan.
As for jazz music, she listens to Gilberto on clear days.
On cloudy days, she often listens to Sarah Vaughn.
Her favorite movies are by Keaton, Chaplin,
and Ozu. She loves that kind of filmmakers.
And she likes watching movies at home
more than at a movie theater.
- Always after dinner. - I see...
Um, what are we talking about?
- She's a good girl. - Huh?
She's a good girl, I mean it.
- She's a really good girl. - Yes...
I think so.
What could you possibly know, son?
- I'm sorry. - No, I apologize.
I have no idea what she sees in you...
But I decided I wouldn't say that kind of things today.
Um, please,
please take good care of Hitomiko.
Please take care of her.
Please make my daughter happy.
Please protect her.
Please, I beg of you.
Um, please don't do that-- rather,
it troubles me to hear those words from you.
- Come again? - Huh?
- Wh-what do you mean it troubles you? - Well...
- You mean you can't make her happy?! - Huh?!
Please take good care of my father.
Huh?! U-um...
Well, why are you telling me that?
Because you're going out, aren't you?
Me? Going out with your father?
You're not? It's just a pastime?
Oh my, a pastime...? I'm a married woman.
- I even have grandchildren! - Pardon?
I have no intention to complicate my life that way, I'm too old for that.
What's that supposed to mean?
So you've been dating my father with that sort of attitude?
What? I've never met with your father
since the day he was discharged, though.
Pardon?!
- What?! - As I said,
I declared my love to Hitomiko-san long ago but she turned me down, and that was the end of it.
She wouldn't go on a date with me!
Huh? Wha-what... what does that mean?
That would be! That would be my line.
What on earth is going on here?
What the heck's going on...?
- Ah, are you okay? Does it hurt? - Of course it hurts!
- I'm sorry. - Why are you laughing?!
I'm home?
- Welcome back. - I'm back.
Ah, this smell... Hayashi rice*?
*(Popular in Japan as a Western-style dish, it usually contains beef, onions, and button mushrooms, in a thick sauce served atop or alongside steamed rice.)
Yup. It's almost done.
I'll help out.
What?
No, nothing, never mind.
You're so weird.
What's so funny?
Nothing, nothing really.
What's so funny?
Because...!
What is it? Why are you laughing?
A Year Later
Ah?ah!
- What's wrong? - Well,
tonight she's going on a date again.
- Ah, Hitomiko-chan? - Right.
Still, I'm not satisfied, I mean...
- Ah? - I mean,
speaking in terms of natural laws,
I'll be the one to die first, right?
What will happen to Hitomiko then?
Will she grow old in that house all alone?
When I imagine her doing that,
somehow...
the thought is so unbearable, you know.
- Sure... - Still,
she has no intention to get married,
she said she can't imagine doing that, that she can't understand marriage.
She told me she could never live with a stranger.
That girl never tried to be with someone other than me,
her one and only family.
Ever since the day my wife passed away.
Yeah... I asked myself whether the way I raised her was wrong.
Whether I had caused her to become that sort of person.
I was quite oppressed with doubts.
I understand.
And yet, one day, unexpectedly,
she fell in love, you know.
You see, she was waiting for me at an izakaya,
and I was a little bit late, just a little though, nearly an hour.
In that short while, love blossomed.
- Excuse me, may I order? - Yes.
Draft beer, edamame, deep-fried tofu...
And squid sashimi. Ah, I'll have it with salt, please.
His order was just the same as hers.
That started the conversation.
And so, when I finally arrived...
Well, I'm the type who watches anything as long as the subject's interesting.
You see, her face was slightly flushed,
although that never happens, even when she drinks.
- Really? So do I. - Really?
Yes!
Are they getting married?
Well, they haven't reached that stage yet.
Is that so?
Are you jealous?
Of course not.
But you feel lonely?
Mm... I wonder...
What about her boyfriend?
Ah, Shigematsu-kun?
Well, he's a nice guy, I must say.
Actually,
I, too, like him a lot.
I'm home, Kei-san.
Welcome back, Hitomiko-san.
Want some coffee? I fetched water earlier.
Ah, or maybe? you already had some?
I saved the best for last.
You'll visit Shigematsu-kun's parents?
Yup. They live in Izu.
Oh, really...
Ah, so you mean...
Ah...
You'll stay overnight, huh?
Yeah.
Have you told Shigematsu-kun that
you're afraid of spending the night alone?
- Hitomiko-san. - Yes.
You like Shigematsu-kun, right?
Yes.
Then, if it gets painful,
be sure to lean on Shigematsu-kun.
Okay.
Still, if it gets hopeless,
you call Kei-san.
I'll go immediately.
It won't take me that long to reach you, if I drive fast.
I'll be there in no time.
Understood?
Yes.
And you, Kei-san?
Will you be okay?
Yup.
Have a good time. And be careful, Hitomiko-san.
I will.
Do your best.
Yukariko-san...
It's better if she doesn't call, isn't it?
Yeah...
She's trying to move on with her life, right?
Hitomiko-san...
Hitomiko! Hitomiko! What happened?
What's wrong?!
Hitomiko! Hitomiko, what's the matter?
Hitomiko.
Kei-san.
Huh? Why did you call me Kei-san?
That's what I'll call you from here on. Just as Mom used to.
So, Kei-san...
Got it. I'll just have to call you Hitomiko-san, right?
- Yup. - Understood.
Hitomiko-san.
- Sensei! - This way!
K o k u b u n j i D a i R o k u M i d d l e S c h o o l
She's here.
Hitomiko-san.
Now, now, it's okay.
I'm sorry? I'm sorry, Kei-san!
You don't have to apologize, okay?
- Good afternoon! - Good afternoon.
I'm home, Kei-san.
Welcome back, Hitomiko-san.
Ah...
If you're not tired, how about going for a walk?
Sure, let's go.
- Kei-san. - Mm?
I want to marry Shigematsu-san.
Mm.
I see.
Congratulations.
Congratulations, Hitomiko-san.
Thank you.
Thank you so much, Kei-san.
What're you saying!
You've become an adult, huh?
Hitomiko-san.
Next episode "Wedding Match", written by Sakamoto Yuji, will be starring Yakusho Koji and Mitsushima Hikari. Be sure to watch it!