Serial TV Story
How I was able to solve my family's problem.
And what sort of good thing will happen to Sumiko.
You'll find out in 5 minutes.
Huh?
By the way, Yuko-san already knows about it.
Eh?
Masaru-kun, Yuri-chan.
Akita - Yuko's Husband's Family Home
I'm turning on the TV.
Yes!
Aiko-san! May we borrow your TV?
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 20 "Well Then, a Problem" (Episode 116)
Screenplay: Okada Yoshikazu
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"
Music: Miyagawa Akira
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
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
Kusaka Sanae: Shishido Kafka
Quiz Show Host: Oshizaka Shinobu
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
Nabatame Sumiko: Matsumoto Honoka
Kanehira Toyoko: Fujino Ryoko
Nabatame Sumiko: Matsumoto Honoka
Natsui Yuko: Yagi Yuki
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
Tsubouchi Yuji: Asaka Kodai
Nitta Keisuke: Okayama Amane
Yuko's Mother-in-law: Iketani Nobue
Yuko's Father-in-law: Arikawa Makoto
Yuko's Husband: Maehara Tamaki
Yuko's Brother-in-law: Watanabe Ryo
肩寄せ合い声合わせて Kata yose ai koe awasete Arms around one another, their voices unite
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
Tachibana Tomi: Shiraishi Kayoko
Tournament Quiz... 3Q!
3Q!
Ah!
Have a seat.
"3Q."
It's "3Q."
Good evening, everyone.
It's now time for "Tournament Quiz 3Q."
Moderator: Oshizaka Shinobu
I'm your Moderator, Oshizaka Shinobu.
Those people who have won our tough qualifying rounds...
...will be having a heated battle today.
Well then, let's start the match!
Well then, contestant Number 1 is...
Eh?!
Ah! Ahh!
Eh?!
What's going on?
Hey! You appeared on a quiz program?!
Because when I would watch it before, I felt for sure I could do it.
The one who successfully fights through three people will win.
The prize money is 300,000 yen and a trip to Hawaii...
Eh? Hawaii? How nice!
Geez! Why do all of you appear on TV before I do?
Ah? Who was the winner?
If I told you that, it'd ruin all the fun.
Ah, that's true, isn't it... That's true...
Toyoko's introduction has started.
Ah, for some reason I'm getting all nervous!
It seems you're a hard worker taking a lot of qualifications, right?
I'm taking the qualifications for bookkeeping, shorthand and abacus.
Right!
And bookkeeping...
Ah, bookkeeping huh?
And I'm taking the abacus qualification.
Ah... is that right.
And tax accountant and interpreter...
I was in the same company in Tokyo and I shared the same room in the same dorm as her.
The girl in the red clothes.
Ah... she's pretty, isn't she?
She's your friend, Yuko-chan?
That's right! She's very smart.
Well then, are you two ready?
You can take a breath. Relax your shoulders.
Quick quiz time. Here come the questions. Problem number 1.
In "Crime and Punishment," by the Russian writer Dostoevsky...
...the one who became the emotional support for the main character Raskolnikov was...
Oh, Sato-san.
Sonya!
Okay!
That's too bad. Go ahead and finish the question.
What is the full name of the poor girl Sonya...
...who gave emotional support to the main character of Rasholikov?
Yes, Kanehira-san.
Sofya Semyonovna Marmeladov.
Oh!
Ah!
That was awesome!
What on earth are they...
Problem number 2.
December has 31 days, but just once in the past...
...there was a December that ended after just 2 days.
When was that?
Oh, there it is!
Yes, Kanehira-san.
Meiji 5. (1872)
Ohh!
Problem number 3.
Just last year he won by pitching a perfect game...
...who is this pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons...
Oh, both of them were so quick. Yes, Kanehira-san.
Bando Eiji.
Bando Eiji - Pitcher
Like I thought, it was Bando Eiji! I thought it was him, too!
Aiko-san, it appears that quickly pushing the button isn't suitable.
That's true. I thought that myself, too.
Toyoko, you're awesome. You defeated the first one.
Hey. What's up with you?
Well, I was just suprised.
Eh?
I happened to know the answer to that one just now.
Eh? You were surprised by that?
The question just now?
A problem is coming. Number 1.
Everyone eats lots of curry rice. Who is the first Japanese on record...
...to have come across curry rice...
How quick! Yes, Kanehira-san.
Yamakawa Kenjirou.
Oh!
Sumiko, it was Yamakawa Kenjiro! Did you know that one?
When you say "curry," the only thing I remember is Kazuo-san...
Problem number 2.
Yes!
"There is nothing new under the sun. There are only discoveries."
...were the words of Antoni Gaudí.
"I close my eyes in order to see" were by...
Paul Gauguin.
Oh!
Problem number 3.
Kayama Yuzo-san, who appeared for the first time in last year's "Kohaku Utagassen"...
("Red and White Singing Contest" held on New Year's Eve)
...what name does he use when he works as a composer?
Ah! Ah! That one!
Dan... Dan... Dan...
Dan Atsusaku.
That's it!
You got the three questions in a row.
Just one person left!
Just one person left, right? Whaa!
Now I'm curious...
Ah, but, what do I say to young maidens like them...
Forget it.
I can't. I'm too curious.
Ah... I guess there's nothing I can say to a bunch of young maidens, huh...
But I am curious.
Whaa!
What are you doing? That really hurt.
Eh?! No, no...
You hurt my forehead.
Now, just one more person before Hawaii.
Koizumi-san, who is enrolled at the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo.
He has a face that looks like a fish somehow.
I've been practicing my fast button pushing.
That just annoyed me.
Toyoko... You can do it, Toyoko. Just one person left.
Just one person left, right?
Now, here we go, you two. Problem number 1.
For a song sung in the musical film that opened in Japan year before last, "Mary Poppins"...
...known as "Super," what is it's full length name?
Ah!
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."
Argh!
What'll she do... Toyoko.
Problem number 2.
Yamamoto Linda's hit single, "Komacchauna."
The reason she had difficulty over the lyrics for her first song was due to a date she had been invited on...
The reason for her difficulties with the lyrics for her second song was...
Komizu-san, go ahead.
A letter had come.
Argh...!
Is Linda-san popular at the University of Tokyo?
Yes.
Kanehira-san, you need to get back into this.
I'll do my best.
Take a deep breath.
Since you've worked hard to this point.
Are you ready? Here's the third problem for you two.
To continue, Problem number 3.
"Matsuura-dzuke" is pickled whale cartilage.
"Ma-dzuke" are pickled Sakurajima radishes.
Well then, what are "Yotsuyama-dzuke" pickled from?
Ah!
Shellfish adductor muscles.
Whaa!
Um, I see. We'll be having a 4th problem this time around.
Are you two ready? Here comes Problem number 4.
The extremely popular rakugo "In Class," by Sannyuutei Utayakko.
(comic storytelling)
Who is the person who serves as the railway station clerk in it?
Oh, you both pushed the button, but Kanehira-san was quicker.
Shin Okubo.
Correct.
Whaa!
You're as awesome as expected, Toyoko!
Just one problem left!
This is bad for our hearts, isn't it?
This will be the final question.
Here we go, you too. Problem number 5!
This is a person's name kanji problem. Please answer how to read this person's kanji name.
How is it read?
Nabatame
Since I come from Iwake in Fukushima, I'm Nabatame Sumiko.
Nabatame Sumiko. Nabatame Sumiko.
Ah!
Komizu-san!
Aotenme.
(this is direct reading of the characters: Ao - blue, Ten - Heaven and Me - Eye)
Eh?!
Ah! Ah!
Now Kanehira-san, your turn.
Go ahead!
Nabatame!
Congratulations.
Thank you very much.
Your 300,000 yen prize money. Next after the 300,000 yen is your trip to Hawaii.
Well, you've made our records book at age 17.
What will you use the 300,000 in prize money on?
I'll send it to my parent's home in Aomori.
And that solved your family's problem?
It did.
I see. I see.
Who will you go to Hawaii with?
Who with?
May I take this?
Ah, sure, sure, go ahead.
Face this way?
Ah, yes, yes.
Sumiko.
Sumiko, let's go to Hawaii.
I'm going to Hawaii...
Right?
You and me?
Right.
That's why I told you something good would come!
What is it? You don't want to go?
I ain't got no reason not to! Yer a fool!
Sumiko!
What are they saying?
Something about going to Hawaii.
They all seem very happy.
I'm too curious.
What will you do when you go to Hawaii?
Go swimming.
That's great, isn't it... Sumiko, Toyoko.
Don't fight when you go.
That's great, isn't it? Good things will come when you do your best.
That's true, isn't it?
Ah!
Here, Sumiko.
And one for Aiko-san, too.
Don't geez! Don't make me cry!
One for Mineko-san. One for Tokiko-san.
What sort of food do you want to eat there?
There seems to be loads of delicious things there.
Well for now...
Oh my...
Coconuts? I'd like to try that.
Ah!
You two be sure to enjoy yourselves, okay?
To Be Continued
Hawaii!
Thank you very much.
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
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