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Good morning.
Best wishes for the summer season.
This is what happened on "Hiyokko" last week.
Minoru-san was just around the corner, wasn't he?
And we're curious about this actress, aren't we?
Ah! It's Kawamoto Setsuko! Kawamoto Setsuko!
In what way will this have an affect Mineko?
Week 15 of "Hiyokko" now begins!
Heiwa Fansubs Presents
Hiyokko
愛の言葉をリルシャイなハートがドキドキ Ai no kotoba o riru shai na haato ga dokidoki A shy heart saying sweet nothings beats so fast
Week 15 "I'm in Love" (Episode 085)
Screenplay: Okada Yoshikazu
Music: Miyagawa Akira
あの日観てたサウンドオプミュージック Ano hi mite ta saund oopu myuujikku That day when we saw "The Sound of Music"
Theme Song: Kuwata Keisuke "Wakai Hiroba" (Plaza of Youths)
瞼閉じれば蘇る Mabuta tojireba yomigaeru I can relive that day just by closing my eyes
Narrator: Masuda Akemi
幼い頃の大事な 宝物だけは Osanai koro no daijina takaramono dake wa It's the only precious treasure of my youth
Cast:
Yatabe Mineko: Arimura Kasumi
ずっと この胸に抱きしめてきたのさ Zutto kono mune ni dakishimete kita no sa One I've held in my heart all this time
Asakura Takako: Sato Hitomi
Sukegawa Tokiko: Sakuma Yui
Igawa Genji: Yatsui Ichiro
夜の酒場でロンリーあの子今頃どうしてる Yoru no sakaba de Ronrii ano ko imagoro doushiteru The girl that night at the bar "Lonely," I wonder what's become of her
Maeda Hidetoshi: Isomura Hayato
Akiba Sachiko: Kojima Fujiko
Kanehira Toyoko: Fujino Ryoko
さなぎは今 蝶になってきっと誰がの腕の中 Sanagi wa ima chou ni natte kitto dare ga no ude no naka That pupa is now a butterfly and is surely in someone's arms
Nabatame Sumiko: Matsumoto Honoka
Natsui Yuko: Yagi Yuki
Takashima Yudai (flashback): Inowaki Kai
Harada (flashback): Suwa Tarou
若い広場 楽しいドラマ Wakai hiroba tanoshii dorama Plazas filled with youths have such fun dramas
夢膨らむ 青い空 Yume fukuramu aoi sora Bursting with dreams, full of blue skies
Nagai Aiko: Wakui Emi
Kawamoto Setsuko: Kanno Miho
Makino Shogo: Sasaki Kuranosuke
肩寄せ合い声合わせて Kata yose ai koe awasete Arms around one another, their voices unite
Makino Suzuko: Miyamoto Nobuko
Executive Producer: Kashi Hiroshi
希望に燃える 恋の歌 Kiboueru ni moeru koi no uta In a burning with hope, song of love
Director: Watanabe Tetsuya
Kawamoto Setsuko-san. 35 years old.
Child roles, daughter roles, heroine roles...
...she has been a busy actress for many years.
She's a major actress where a day doesn't go by without seeing her on TV.
Ehh... That's true, isn't it?
If you say Kawamoto Setsuko-san came here, that'll give you lots of publicity.
So please. Okay? Since she came all this way...
Stop it.
I hate that sort of thing. Can't you tell what's going on?
I am very sorry.
I'm sorry.
No, no, no...
This is a wonderful restaurant, isn't it? Please allow me to drop by another time.
Thank you very much. We'll be waiting.
Now, let's be going.
Excuse me!
Yes?
Tokiko?
I'm Sukagawa Tokiko!
Though a novice and inexperienced, I'm an actress.
Yeah.
Someday...
I'll be working hard so that I can work together with you someday!
Let's please work together at that time!
Yeah. I'll be waiting.
But do so before I play grandmother roles please.
Yes! Thank you very much!
So long. Have a nice day.
Have a nice day!
Dat's great, ain't it Tokiko!
Yeah, it were great.
Do yer best!
Right?
Um... Where is the dialect that you two are using from?
Eh?
Ah...
I was speaking in my country accent? I'm sorry.
Yeah... Ah, no, it's not that.
Ah but, you may feel ashamed using your country accent...
...but it's best to stop being embarrassed.
I hope you won't forget or cast aside the words of the country...
...but come to speak the standard Japanese language...
...as well as other different languages.
Like someone who can speak English.
Yes.
Yeah.
And... Um... where are those words from?
Ah, um, though it's Ibaraki, it's a place to the north called Ookuibaraki.
Right?
Dat's right.
Ehh... Ibaraki, huh? I see...
Ah... thank you! So long.
I'm very sorry.
Whaa! She's so pretty, isn't she?
She's a lovely woman, isn't she?
And so kind!
But it was nice how she spoke harshly to the men who were with her.
That's true.
That's because you speak harshly to everyone.
Huh?
Though young, she's a reasonable person, isn't she?
Yeah.
That's true. She's a bit scary though.
I wanted to see her a little closer up though.
Sempai, concentrate.
Yes.
Yes, yes, I almost forgot.
Kanpai!
The Girl's Dormitory reunion is today, isn't it?
That's great. Now, let's hear from you, Yuko.
That's right! What's going on?
Actually, I'm...
...getting married.
Eh?!
Eh!
When I went back to Akita, I worked at a fish processing factory...
...but like I thought, work at the factory was harsh on my health.
So I went to tell the President that I should be doing clerical work...
Yeah, yeah... And?
Yeah... And when I went there, his son, who's four years older than me, was there.
How do I put this... He's quite handsome...
He said I had been his first love...
...so he said, "Will you marry me?"
Ehh!
It's true, isn't it?
Huh?
What's "it's true"?
Well, um, I had this thought...
In the end, it's girls like Yuko who grasp the greatest happiness.
Ehh... Is that right?
What do you mean?
Far more than someone who desires things so much...
...if I was a, "I'm fine with what I have," girl like her...
...then I could grasp a wonderful happiness.
Ah... I can understand that.
There's a novel by Tanizaki Jun'ichiro called "Sasameyuki"...
(aka: "The Makioka Sisters")
It's about four sisters, yet it's the third sister...
...who is the quietest and most passive about everything who becomes the happiest.
You're as incredible as ever.
Thanks.
Still, there's that, isn't there? We're happy for her.
Yeah.
I wanted to meet all of you and tell you about it.
Let's have a toast to that.
Let's.
Yes!
Congratulations!
Yet another toast. This talk is going on too long, oi!
Let's serve them, Senpai.
Yeah.
Serving the appetizers.
Yes.
That zashikiwarashi Yuko-san is getting married.
(child spirit that protects a home)
You're bringing that up again?
Whaa!
Your appetizers.
Tomato Farci, "Girl's Dorm Style"
Using a hollowed-out tomato as a bowl, we've filled it with seafood.
We used shrimp and octopus from Aomori, onions from Akita, broccoli and tomatoes from Yamagata...
...eggs from Fukushima and cucumber and carrots from Ibaraki.
This single dish...
...is our Girl's Dormitory, isn't it?
Pretty, isn't it?
Go ahead.
Itadakimasu.
Itadakimasu!
So behhy good!
Her goat came out again.
It's so delcious.
All right!
Let's serve the soup!
Yeah.
Here you go.
Go ahead.
Vichyssoise
This is Vichyssoise.
Made from potatoes...
A cold soup of onions and potatoes, right?
Like I thought, you are something else.
It's so good!
So good!
It's good!
It is good, isn't it?
Okay, let's serve the main course.
Yes!
A finger bowl.
Ah, Sumiko! That's wrong. You don't drink that.
Ah, that surprised me.
The main course is roasted chicken and gratin.
It's awesome!
Roasted Chicken and Gratin
Sempai!
These two had what could be called their "Chef's Debut" contest.
It went well, didn't it?
Ah, that guy's no good. No good at all!
Setsuko's Fiance, Takashima Yudai
As ever, what he says makes no economic sense.
Splendid!
Ah, still, actually...
What is it?
What's the matter?
We turned in our marriage registration.
Ehh!
That means you've gotten married?
What's this about?
Since we can't apply for housing if we're still single.
We turned in our registration for that.
Huh? What'll you do if you don't get a house?
Yeah, we'll break up.
Eh?!
At the audition for a TV drama the other day, there were only 10 people left...
I got that far before being dropped.
That's awesome, isn't it?
I keep getting dropped, but I'm getting closer, aren't I?
Yeah! Not getting dropped until the final group is awesome, isn't it?
It's a big deal that you didn't get dropped until the final group.
That's right; you weren't dropped till the final group.
That's right!
Stop saying "dropped, dropped" like that.
Sorry.
I've taken the qualifications for bookkeeping, shorthand and abacus.
And now I'm thinking of taking the exams for tax accountant and interpreter.
I'm thinking of running my own company in the end.
I think I'd like to make it a company with only women.
You're growing stronger, aren't you?
Yes.
Here. Here.
Is this the soap you've been making?
Yes! And 'cause I use it every day, look...
..I'm like this, look, slippery smooth.
Ah, you're right!
It really is smooth!
Soap Factory President Harada
Are you enjoying it there? The President is a nice man, isn't he?
He's like my real Dad.
The President and his wife don't have kids...
...so they've been saying, "Sumiko, be our child."
They're kind.
I eat meals with the President and his wife, too.
Are you still eating lots?
Yeah, I eat.
You never change.
Mineko-san, what's been going on with you?
With me?
Yeah. My work is going well. It's fulfilling.
Ah, Mineko.
Huh?
Haven't you become more stylish somehow? Have you become a Tokyo woman?
Eh? Really?
Do you even have a guy you like?
Eh? Do you?
No, no, no.
Huh?
As ever, you're just a country girl.
What was that, Toyoko?!
Sorry...
Dad. The girls of the Girl's Dormitory...
...are all working their hardest in their respective places to live.
I want them to be my friends for my entire life.
And I feel I want to be a person who meets all of them from time to time...
...to tell stories about ourselves and to laugh.
To Be Continued
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
A heater table and young ladies