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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 17 "Person of Destiny" (Episode 099)
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
Sukegawa Tokiko: Sakuma Yui
Sumitani Mitsuo: Izumisawa Yuuki
Abe Saori: Ito Sairi
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
Maeda Hidetoshi: Isomura Hayato
Tsubouchi Yuji: Asaka Kodai
Nitta Keisuke: Okayama Amane
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
肩寄せ合い声合わせて Kata yose ai koe awasete Arms around one another, their voices unite
Kawamoto Setsuko: Kanno Miho
Nagai Aiko: Wakui Emi
希望に燃える 恋の歌 Kiboueru ni moeru koi no uta In a burning with hope, song of love
Makino Shogo: Sasaki Kuranosuke
Tachibana Tomi: Shiraishi Kayoko
Makino Suzuko: Miyamoto Nobuko
It has become Spring of 1967.
1967/Showa 42, April
That's exactly 50 years ago from now, isn't it?
Everyone had slender, long legs and were cool, weren't they?
In this year, the miniskirt was high fashion.
On the other hand, the Futen tribe and underground theatrical plays...
(proto-hippies hanging around Tokyo)
...showed that this was an era of major changes in youth culture.
Mitsuo-kun.
Ah...
Thank ya very much.
Dere's dat somehow, ain't dere?
What is it?
Ah, well...
Yer Father's been going out a lot recently, hasn't he?
I know why he's going out. Since I know what he's thinking.
How like a parent and child.
That's right; I'm not happy about that though.
Eh? Why does does does... he go out?
I think it's for the two of us. Both me and Mitsuo-kun.
I think so.
No, no...
These two are the same as ever, aren't they?
Now then, of the people of Suzufuritei...
...Taka-chan went off to Ookuibaraki a few months ago to get married.
To say what changes that brought...
Excuse me, isn't that Pork cutlet ready yet?
Huh?
Coming right up.
Welcome.
Please be patient and wait a little while.
Mineko is working confidently, isn't she?
And cheerfully.
And from what had been Mineko's salary of 10,000 yen a month...
...has gone up to 11,200 yen a month.
Mineko, serve the Hash and Rice please.
Yes.
Did all of you notice?
Hide-kun is now calling her "Mineko" without the honorific, isn't he?
This is what happened.
Look...
Yes?
Starting today, I'll call you without the honorific.
Eh?
Look, I decided on how to call your name at first, right?
I just called you "Mineko-chan" and that was fine, right?
Now we're equals as colleagues.
So I'll call your name without the honorific. That's okay, isn't it?
Yes. Thank you very much!
On the other hand, at Akane Villa...
In the room which had been vacant ever since Shimatani-kun had left...
...now had this person in it.
Greatest Battle of the Century!!
Former Girl's Dorm Headmistress Nagai Aiko
Yeah! That's it!
Aiko-san!
My girls... let's get along, okay!
Since I've come, it'll be okay now!
Eh?
What will be okay?
I don't know.
Ah, let's do this, Mineko-san.
Huh?
To greet each other, one knock.
To let's have tea, two knocks.
To have a chat outside, three knocks?
Aiko-san, I have no intention of doing that with you.
Eh? We can't? I thought it'd be convenient though.
Aiko-san!
I'm sorry.
Geez!
And then Aiko-san got busy around the apartment house.
Yeah, I've been single and working since forever, too.
It's no one's business whether we get married or not.
That's not a measure of a woman's worth.
There are guys you want to kill, right?
There are.
For me, too; I want to do that right now.
I've killed them many times; any number of people!
Huh?
In my dreams.
Ah...
Sanae-san and Aiko-san have become fellow single working women.
How about this?
Huh? Let's see...
That's me?! Draw me much cuter!
Ow!
Done!
Prettier still!
In regards to the manga artist combo, she affected the airs of an editor with them.
Yes, redraw me!
Eh?
The readers won't accept it unless I'm cute.
Since it was lonely for her as the other tenants were all young people, her and Tomi-san...
...became best of friends.
Ah, say, say. Let's go see some Kabuki next time, Tomi-san.
Okay?
Ah, my... should I?
But all of my favorite kabuki actors are dead now.
What are you saying?! Just find some young actors as your favorites!
Ah! That's true, isn't it?
Then let's go!
Yeah!
Ah... what a nice day out.
But what Aiko-san looked forward to the most was...
Ahh!
Ah, don't move! Stay just like that!
So wonderful...
Eh?
What are you doing, Chef?
Eh? Well, just now...
Huh?
Pull yourself together! We'll be busy today.
What a problem...
What'll I do if he asks me out on a date?
For that reason, wouldn't a "Nagai Aiko Hour" be fun?
This evening, a special customer will visit Suzufuritei.
Welcome.
Good evening. May we come in?
Please do.
Welcome.
My... Welcome.
Sorry for my rudeness that other time.
I was able to come and eat here at last.
Thank you very much. We're honored.
Actress Kawamoto Setsuko
Come in.
Please, this way.
Thank you.
Mineko, pick-up please.
Yes.
Thank you for waiting.
Looks so delicious!
Excuse me.
Your name is "Mineko-chan."
And you're from Ibaraki, right?
Yes, that's right.
And your friend who wants to be an actress; is she working hard at it?
Yes, she's working very hard at it!
She's a dignified and fantastic girl somehow.
Tell her I said, "good luck," will you?
Yes! Thank you very much. I'll tell her.
Yeah.
Please enjoy your meal.
Thank you very much.
Itadakimasu.
Yum! It's delicious, isn't it?
Ah, yours looks tasty too, Tani-san. Let's try a bite of each other's dishes.
Go ahead. Yes.
Here.
Thank you very much.
Yeah! It's delicious!
This is delicious.
Thank you very much. Please enjoy your stay.
Thank you very much.
Thank you for the meal.
It was so delicious.
Still, you must be used to eating delicious foods...
Yes, well... But meals served when I'm working...
...have to be eaten when I'm bound up in costume.
I couldn't enjoy eating dinner while still bound up in costume like that, could I?
It'd be tiring, wouldn't it?
This restaurant isn't the least bit pretentious and your flavor is first-class.
It's wonderful.
Thank you very much.
I'm happy to hear that.
I hope I become an actress just like that...
What are you talking about; you are that kind of actress.
I'm only an actress who works simply to survive.
Since I haven't the ability to do anything else.
Is that so?
Yes.
Ah, and that's why I'm a person who, if she has some white rice and pickled vegetables...
...that's enough to make me more than happy.
And if there's some nori and natto, I'm in seventh heaven.
(dried seaweed)
(fermented soybeans)
Ah, my... I'm sorry since this is a Western food restaurant.
Not at all. Actually, it's the same for me.
Ah my!
Still, while our Western meals and bread are delicious, of course...
...we do make rice that will go with it.
Ehh...
Is that so?
Ah, didn't you know that?
Ah, I'm sorry...
Ah, I shouldn't have talked so much.
Sorry for this while you are working.
Not at all.
Thank you for the meal. Please allow me to come again.
Yes, we'll be waiting.
Thank you very much.
Ah... thank you very much for coming.
Thank you for my dinner. It was delicious.
Thank you very much.
Excuse my coming.
Thank you very much.
Thank you for the meal.
Hirata-san, I guess the correct answer was rice, after all.
Is that right?
Yeah.
Tani-san, too bad for you, wasn't it?
Ehh!
Is that so...
Is that so?
This woman will be changing Mineko's destiny.
I feel that will happen.
Welcome.
I'm sorry; I'm not a customer!
I'm sorry; um, we had a woman actress planned for the commercial...
...but she's reported in that she has the measles!
Eh?!
It seems she can't come in for it!
Why now of all times?!
What'll we do?!
It starts in just three hours! What are you doing?!
I'm sorry!
Well, um... Is there something?
What is it?
Ah, I'm sorry.
I'm an Assistant Producer for TV programs. My name is Takemoto.
Well, you do come in from time to time, don't you? Thank you very much for your business.
No, thank you for the food.
And?
Um, would it be okay if we borrowed her for a bit?
Mineko? Borrow her? Um...
What is this about?
Ah, um...
We're producing a TV production called, "Night Whimsy Show"...
...and we have a live broadcast set for 6 tonight...
...but there's a commercial during the middle of it.
And the actress who was supposed to appear in it...
...suddenly came down with measles and so can't come for it now...
My, that must be tough for you, mustn't it?
So I was wondering if we couldn't ask to use her as a substitute, please!
Eh?! Me?!
Please.
No, no, no, no, no!
Eh? Mineko? In a commercial?
What do you mean by that?
Well, after all...
"After all," what?
This is terrific isn't it, Mineko?
No, no, no, no, no!
Would you be okay with me?
You'll be fine! You fit the setting perfectly.
Yeah. A simple girl you could find anywhere is best.
Then she fits that role to a T, right?
You only have one line!
Please! Please help us out!
Please!
No, no, no, no...
What'll you do, Mineko?
"What'll I do"... Eh?!
To Be Continued
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
Rollicking in swimsuits