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Good morning.
Mineko got to meet her Father, didn't she?
"It's great he's alive and we got to meet." That's how she feels, isn't it?
What... sort of person am I?
You were born and raised in Ookuibaraki. We're a family of farmers.
Mom. I've found Dad.
Your...
...wife is coming.
This... is our family.
Did you give any thought...
Any thought to how...
...we were living at all?!
Did you ever even consider us?!
Farewell.
I don't think we will ever meet one another again.
I will be waiting in Ookuibaraki.
I want you to come home on your own. Once you think you're ready, please come home.
Goodnight, Dad.
Good night.
My life living with Dad has begun.
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 19 "I'm Home. Welcome Home." (Episode 109)
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
Yatabe Minoru: Sawamura Ikki
Yatabe Miyoko: Kimura Yoshino
Sukegawa Kimiko: Wada Michiko
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
Sumitani Kiyo: Shibata Rie
Asakara Takako (flashback): Sato Hitomi
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
Kashiwagi Yasuharu: Furutachi Yutaro
若い広場 楽しいドラマ Wakai hiroba tanoshii dorama Plazas filled with youths have such fun dramas
Kawamoto Setsuko (flashback): Kanno Miho
夢膨らむ 青い空 Yume fukuramu aoi sora Bursting with dreams, full of blue skies
Kashiwagi Ichiro: Miyake Yuji
Tachibana Tomi: Shiraishi Kayoko
肩寄せ合い声合わせて Kata yose ai koe awasete Arms around one another, their voices unite
Yatabe Shigeru: Furuya Ikko
Makino Suzuko: Miyamoto Nobuko
希望に燃える 恋の歌 Kiboueru ni moeru koi no uta In a burning with hope, song of love
Executive Producer: Kashi Hiroshi
Director: Kurosaki Hiroshi
A few days have passed since Miyoko returned to Ookuibaraki.
A emergency convening of the Ookuibaraki mothers has been called.
Vice President
President
President! I'm sorry for calling this emergency convening.
What're ya sayin'? We welcome it warmly, right?
Yeah! And? Has something happened?
Yeah. Something has.
Eh?
For now, let's get settled in.
Come in, come in!
Excuse us fer botherin' ya.
Ah, Kiyo-san. How's yer daughter-in-law doing?
Ah, she's kin hold her own 'gainst me. She's a tough one.
Really?
Ah, well, she's strong-willed.
We're battlin' it out every day.
Still, well, she's a funny girl. I likes her.
That's great, isn't it?
But if ya and yer daughter-in-law are fighting it out every day like dat...
...don't dat cause trouble fer da men?
Ah, when me and Takako gets ta fightin', both my husband and son...
...will take off somewhere's without a word.
And, Miyoko, what's up?
Yeah...
Really?
Minoru-san don't remember anything? Not even ya or his family?
Yeah. Seems so.
Such a thing can't be.
Yeah. Right?
Ah, but, haven't ya met him?
Yeah, we did meet.
I see. Dat's happy fer ya, Miyoko.
Yeah. It is happy.
Have ya told yer kids?
I spoke to Chiyoko and Susumu.
Chiyoko... cried.
"He doesn't remember me?" she said and cried.
It seems Susumu doesn't really understand it all yet.
What's meant by "not remembering him" and such things.
Really...
Still, thankfully he relieved me a little.
Because more important to Susumu was, "Dad'll be coming home soon"...
...and that alone was enough to thrill him.
I see.
Yeah...
Still, why didn't ya bring Minoru-san back home with ya?
Oh, oh! Right, right!
Because until that day he'd been living with another woman...
...and while that couldn't be helped...
...he doesn't even remember me, either...
...so I just couldn't tell him, "You're gonna live with me here starting today."
I see. I guess so, huh?
Um, Miyoko.
Huh?
Der's somethin' I'd like ta ask, so can I?
Yeah, sure. Don't worry about it and just ask away.
Um, well...
Yeah.
About dat Kawamoto Setsuko...
I guess she's a beauty, ain't she?
Ya okay, Miyoko?
Um, well...
Yeah.
She's such a beauty!
Ah, my!
I figured as much.
Well of course she would be! She's a famous actress, after all!
Why did I have to have a showdown with someone far prettier than me?
I really hated that, geez!
Still, look, what sort of vibes did she give? Did she have a hateful feeling 'bout her?
No, she wasn't like that, either.
I think if she had, It'd have made me feel better...
But she was polite, of good quality and had no airs of importance about her at all.
She had me totally beat.
Now dat's a tough one.
A tough one.
And could you say she's far richer than me?
It wasn't the feel of a nouveau riche...
...and even though she lives in a place like hers, I felt she didn't act like she was lucky...
...and that made her even more fantastic.
And her slippers...
Slippers?
Yes.
Did you know that? House shoes are "Slippers."
How can I put it... Those were so nice, too.
"Slippers"...
"Slippers," huh...
Slippers.
Here you go.
What is it with Miyoko-san and slippers?
Still... she no longer matters, right?
Yeah. I can trust her in that.
Since she was resolute about it. Yeah.
Ehh...
Is dat right.
Still of course I don't feel I can forgive her...
...but, well, she didn't lie about it. I understood that.
Yeah.
And so the problem is with him.
Huh?
That is, in a nutshell, since Minoru-san doesn't remember me at all...
...it was like he was meeting me for the first time.
Understand?
Dat's true, huh.
Yeah.
And, what's more, he was comparing me with Kawamoto Setsuko.
Ehh!
He would, right?
Ah... but, well, he would.
Yeah.
Ain't no reason ta accept dat though, is der?
There isn't! And, there's another problem after this!
Another one?
What's dis 'nother problem?
Let me tell you.
The three of us went out to eat lunch.
We went to a soba place. But, as you'd think...
It was an awkward situation... He had this dispirited feel to him, right?
After all, there Minoru-san was, suddenly stuck with two unknown women...
...who were saying they were his wife and daughter.
Yet... even so...
...he brightened things up for mine and Mineko's sake.
I think she should have the Okame soba.
(turtle)
Eh?
Ah! Ah... I'm sorry.
He had told us a joke...
And it was then that I thought...
"Even if he doesn't remember me much..."
"...Ah, I love this man."
"Geez, I love him so much!"
"Wonder if he can fall in love with me once again?"
"I so want that to happen," I thought.
Yeah...
It's gonna be okay, Miyoko.
Yeah...
After all, yere...
...da finest looking woman in all of Ookuibaraki Village.
What is this, Kimiko! Don't just hand your title over to me!
Ah... dat's right.
Kiyo-san, Kiyo-san! Sorry for making you cry!
It wasn't my intention to make you cry, so sorry!
Sorry, sorry, everyone.
President, Vice President, we can't let this go to waste, so eat up okay?
Since we can't let it go to waste.
Ah, welcome back!
Welcome back!
Ah, Yatabe-san. Good afternoon.
Sorry for making you do all sorts of things around here.
Not at all.
There's no water service, either.
Tomi-chan, don't go pushing things.
I'm not some bad person.
No, no, please ask me for anything.
Really? Anything?
Well, um... Anything that I can do that is.
I see.
Yes.
So long.
Here, some tea.
Ah, thank you very much. Itadakimasu.
After that, a letter from Kawamoto Setsuko-san came to me.
Kawamoto Setsuko
She wrote to me about Dad's illness, which was called dysmnesia.
"Yatabe Mineko-sama."
"I hesitated about sending you this letter."
"But I felt..."
"...there was something I had to tell you, so I wrote it."
"Soon after your Father came to my house..."
"...as his memories were gone..."
"...I sought out the help of a doctor..."
"...with a major university hospital."
"The doctor said it was most likely that some overwhelming..."
"...and terribly sad thing had happened to him..."
"...that he didn't want to think about..."
"...so he was using a strong mental effort to suppress it."
Yatabe Minoru-san.
"He didn't know whether his memories would come back."
"It might be..."
"...he won't regain his memories his entire life."
Um... will my memories will come back?
Let's see...
I went to the Akasaka police alone.
To cancel the missing person's search request.
And then I wrote a letter to Watahiki-san.
I received an answer right away.
Watahiki-san was so pleased by it that it made me cry.
Oh... hard at it, huh?
Ah, hello. Good afternoon.
You look like you guys are busy.
Since it's the season for Kashiwa-mochi.
(rice cake containing bean jam and wrapped in an oak leaf)
Ah, the bean paste is my favorite.
Ah, my... Kashiwa-mochi! I'll eat it! Thank you!
Yum... so delicious!
It is good, isn't it?
Minoru-san, how is it?
Yeah! It's great!
Isn't it?
Yes.
That's great, Yasuharu.
May, huh...
Huh?
Well, I was just thinking it's about time for the rice-planting season.
Ehh... It is?
Yeah.
Rice-planting is hard, isn't it?
You have to use your waist.
Still, when the water is spread over the rice fields...
...the blue sky is reflected in it and it is very beautiful.
Ehh... It feels like it's sparkling.
To Be Continued
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
A trip to Aso with Dad