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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?!
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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 086)
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 miteta 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来たのさ Zutto kono mune ni dakishimete kita no sa One I've held in my heart all this time
Shimatani Jun'ichiro: Takeuchi Ryoma
Asakura Takako: Sato Hitomi
Sukegawa Tokiko: Sakuma Yui
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
Kusaka Sanae: Shishido Kafka
Igawa Genji: Yatsui Ichiro
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
Maeda Hidetoshi: Isomura Hayato
Tsubouchi Yuji: Asaka Kodai
Nitta Keisuke: Okayama Amane
肩寄せ合い声合わせて Kata yose ai koe awasete Arms around one another, their voices unite
Akiba Sachiko: Kojima Fujiko
Kanehira Toyoko: Fujino Ryoko
Nabatame Sumiko: Matsumoto Honoka
Natsui Yuko: Yagi Yuki
希望に燃える 恋の歌 Kiboueru ni moeru koi no uta In a burning with hope, song of love
Nagai Aiko: Wakui Emi
Mineko... thank you for today.
No.
I'm happy I got to see everyone again.
Me, too.
It makes me feel relived somehow.
The food was good and it was fun.
Let's all meet again.
Yeah.
All of you, do your best.
Let's have Yuko-san come next time, too, and we'll do this again.
Yeah.
We will, right?
Then... shall we go?
Yeah.
See you two again!
Thank you.
We'll meet again, okay?
Yeah, we'll meet again.
Be careful, okay?
Be careful.
Do your best.
Do your best, okay?
Thank you!
See you again!
We'll meet again.
That was fun, wasn't it?
Ah... We're hungry, aren't we?
Eh?!
Sumiko, you're quick to hunger.
Why is Aiko-san hiding like that?
Thanks for your hard work.
Thank you very much.
Thanks!
Taka-chan. Taka-chan, Taka-chan!
Have a nice day.
All of them looked well, didn't they?
Right?
Well, shouldn't I be angry with you?
What for?
Got some time for it?
Yeah!
Really?
Then, when we finish here, let's go to my apartment.
Thank goodness they're all doing well.
Right?
This... parakeet, right?
Um... right?
It's adorable.
Go ahead.
Ichigo, who was that? I don't know her, either.
Ehh... So this is Mineko's apartment, huh?
There's nothing in it, is there?
That's not true.
These are things everyone has given me.
This mirror stand is from Suzuko-san...
...this desk is from Takako-san...
...and this is from Yasue-san, who's with the Chinese restaurant next door.
They're all nice people.
Ehh... is that right.
It is.
Everyone at that restaurant was nice, too.
That's true, isn't it...
Here, have some.
Thank you very much.
Well?
"Well" what?
I told you about myself in my letters.
Did you read them?
I read them.
And so I know all about the people at the restaurant...
...and the people in this apartment complex and even all the floor plans here.
Yeah.
But I don't know a thing about you.
Yes. I'm sorry.
Yeah...
Ah... will you be okay for time?
Yeah. I'll be fine.
Really?
Well in that case, I'm fine if you want to stay overnight.
Yeah, I'll do that.
Really? You'll stay overnight?
Yeah... I'll stay here for a while.
Eh? For a while?!
Please, Mineko, let me stay here for a while. Please! I'll even do this!
Well, I don't mind, but... What? You don't have a place to stay?
I suppose.
What does "I suppose" mean?
You don't have to be that worried about it.
I have to be! I have to be that worried! What are you saying?!
All right, all right already.
I'll explain things.
I joined a theatrical company...
...and at first I worked at a coffee shop and lived in the dorm there.
Welcome!
Ah, what's your order?
Yer a bother, ain't ya?
She's annoyin', ain't she?
Keep to the curfew
I felt I wasn't being given enough freedom...
Shouting is prohibited
...so I quit.
And then, while I could go on living at the playhouse while searching for a part-time job...
...I couldn't do that for long.
Yeah...
And then, one of my actress sempai's at the theatrical company...
...said she'd introduce me to a part-time job...
...and if I went there, I could go to work when I wanted and devote myself to the play, she said.
Ehh... What kind of work is it?
Well, to put it simply, it's a cabaret club.
Ehh...
Eh?!
Eh?! Eh?
Eh? Did you go?
I can't.
I thought it'd make Mom cry.
What'll I do...?
And then, at first I was allowed to stay in the practice room...
...but I couldn't stay there forever, could I?
What am I gonna do?!
Well, that's how it is.
Let's live together.
Ah, the times when I leave will be quite irregular...
...and since I'm never sure what time I'll come back...
...you don't need to worry about me much.
Okay?
I'm...
...having fun right now.
Studying plays or practicing performing... is fun.
You could say I'm throwing myself wide open somehow.
Yes! Today we'll be working on the second half!
Yes!
You've written everything down there, haven't you?
I intended to be very careful about how I wrote it.
You must not give it to my husband!
Please tear it up! I'll get the money somehow!
Ah, yes.
Yes!
It's so much fun.
Where before I would vaguely say, "I want to be an actress"...
...and I thought, "I just need to study plays"...
...but now it's different.
I enjoy being in plays.
I can't help but find them interesting.
My theatrical company isn't all that famous...
...and the roles I get are tiny ones...
...but I enjoy it.
I see...
That's great, isn't it?
Yeah.
Dad...
...Tokiko's eyes are bright and sparkling.
That hairstyle looks good on you.
Really?
I'm happy for her...
...but somehow I feel Tokiko has become part of a whole different world...
Mineko.
You're feeling lonely since I've changed, aren't you?
But our friendship... will never change.
Never!
Got dat?!
Yeah.
Ah!
Huh? What is it?
What is it?
If that's settled, I should go...
...and greet the people of this apartment complex.
Ah... Yeah.
I'm borrowing this.
But what's with the happy look on your face?
There's those two manga artists, a Sanae-san...
...and the Shimatani-san that Mineko likes, right?
Eh? Hold on!
What are you saying?! I never wrote anything like that, now did I?!
Even without writing that, I could tell.
How?
There is no "how"!
Mineko, just accept it.
No, "just accept it"...
Even if you say such a thing...
Which is it?
I do feel I like him and that he's wonderful, but...
But what?
I don't know how he feels about me.
That's only natural, isn't it?
So I can find that out for sure.
You can't do that!
Eh? Why not?
Because we're in the same apartment house.
I don't want that.
I don't want to be broken-hearted.
I'd hate being in the same apartment house with him and broken hearted, right? I would be, right?
Ah... I see.
So don't try to find out.
Alright.
Yeah.
I can tell just by looking.
I'll be able to tell from the way he looks at you.
Just leave this to me!
Leave it to you?
Okay! Let's go!
"Let's go"? Eh? Wait, Tokiko! Hold on!
Ah!
Tokiko... wait!
Excuse me!
Ah...
Not this one...
Excuse me!
What was that just now?
I don't know.
That was something else...
She seemed disappointed about something, right?
Yeah.
Wait... Tokiko...
Ah... maybe he's in the kitchen.
The kitchen's on the ground floor.
Eh?! Wait a minute!
Wait, Tokiko!
Wait...
"Tokiko"?
Who's that?
Ah!
Wait, I said!
Sanae-san and Shimatani-san, right?
Yes.
Could it be you're Tokiko?
Yes, I'm Tokiko.
I'll be living with Mineko in her room for a little while.
Ehh... Is that right?
It is! Let's please get along together!
Ah...
Nice to meet you.
Yes.
Ah, then, how about a welcoming party? We could have it out of here.
Eh?
Huh?
I'm just suddenly in the mood to brighten things up.
It'll be my treat.
Are you sure about that?
You don't like that?
I'm sorry.
As that's decided...
Oh, let's go have some booze.
Eh?!
Let's go!
Yes, let's go out!
That hurt!
Fool!
To Be Continued
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
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