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The miniskirt boom ignited by Twiggy's popularity...
...was a new breeze called "liberation" that had come blowing in.
All of these here were being given a push on the back by it and taking a step forward.
How about valuing your own feelings a bit more?
Dad is doing okay.
Were you always a girl who speaks so to-the-point?
I have a favor to ask...
Ah, what is it? Ask me anything.
Wow!
The restaurant I want to go to is in Ginza. Is that no good...?
All right.
I'm... going to enter this contest!
Twiggy!
Twiggy
Look-alike Contest
"Look-alike contest"?
Tokiko, you're gonna enter this contest?!
Yeah... I will.
Ehh!
That's great! I think you'd be perfect for it!
Eh? You do? Really?
I do think so!
Yeah. She would be good.
Eh? Really?
Yeah, I do think so.
"Looking for the Japanese Twiggy!" Yeah.
Twee?
Twee... Twee...?
Twi... ggy.
That's hard for me to say.
Ah... an "asadora" is a really good thing, isn't it?
Well then, let's enjoy it together!
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 22 "Looking For Twiggy!" (Episode 127)
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
Sukegawa Kimiko: Wada Michiko
Sukegawa Tokiko: Sakuma Yui
Sumitani Mitsuo: Izumisawa Yuuki
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
Abe Saori: Ito Sairi
Kusaka Sanae: Shishido Kafka
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
Sukegawa Shoji: Tooyama Toshiya
Sukegawa Toyosaku: Shibuya Kento
Makino Yuka (flashback): Shimazaki Haruka
Maeda Hidetoshi (flashback): Isomura Hayato
Kashiwagi Yasuharu (flashback): Furutachi Yutaro
Mashiko Jiro(flashback): Matsuo Satoru
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
Nagai Aiko: Wakui Emi
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
Makino Suzuko (flashback): 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
Here!
Thank you very much.
This is a bit troubling for me.
It's not an actress contest.
Well, that's true.
And besides, for all the people in my theatrical troupe, such things...
They say they don't like such things and that they're stupid...
Hmm... I see.
But I feel I have the self-confidence for it now.
Yeah.
Hey! Are you even listening?
Don't you have anything for me? A message of support or something?
Ah... Good luck to you.
Put a bit more interest into this, will you?
Since we have our drawing of Mineko-san's story...
...that's about as far as we want to go with drawing.
What?
Huh?
The main point is, Mineko-san's story has stagnated recently...
The Recently Stagnating Mineko-san
...so that's a problem for us.
You're bringing that up again?! I really will get angry!
Look... Look...
I've got this feeling Tokiko-san will win it.
Eh? Why's that?
Truth is, yesterday...
Ah! I'm in luck!
I wish for everyone's happiness right away.
Then, in a flash, all the people of the apartment house...
...just popped right into my head.
All right!
I called out each of your names and prayed that something good would happen.
So... something good will happen!
Eh? To me, too?
Yeah!
Me, too?
Yeah.
And to me, too?
Yeah!
And me... too?
Yeah.
And us, too?!
Eh?
Yeah.
All right!
Then we're sure to be a success!
It's something like a promise.
Ah, there's one left over; mind if we have it?
Go ahead.
That's great, isn't it? Your something good came right away.
Yes!
Eh?
Congrats.
Eh?! This is all?
It's plenty, isn't it?
Still, I'm happy. Thank you very much, Aiko-san.
To enter you can't be over 25... Too bad for me.
25, huh...
Huh?
That office worker with the long hair. She's 25?
Yeah. She's been 25 years old the entire time she's been here.
Wonder if they'd accept an eternal 25 year old...
Why?
Huh?
Look, this has been on my mind all this time, Sanae-chan.
Yes?
This doesn't seem like you, Sanae-chan.
Deciding on being "25" forever like that.
Well, I don't know about woman's psychology...
...but this doesn't seem at all like you, Sanae-chan.
That's true, now that you mention it.
That's true, isn't it?
Isn't it? And what's more, one other thing.
What's that?
She's gone on 38 omiais, right? You've been turned down on ALL of them?
It's been 39.
Yes.
It's gone up by one in this time.
That can't be, now can it? You aren't the one being turned down, right?
You're not being turned down, are you? Am I wrong?
What do you mean?
After all, I could understand 2 or 3 times... If she was turned down 2 or 3 times.
But a cute girl like Sanae-chan being turned down 39 times...
...by the other person just couldn't happen.
I just can't believe there's any way that could happen.
I see.
When put that way, it's true, isn't it?
Eh? What should I do?
It's like I'm being investigated for a crime...
...yet I feel I'm being highly praised, too...
But when you say you could understand 2 or 3 times...
It's tiny things like that that hurt the most.
Ah, I'm sorry!
No, it's okay though...
Yuji-kun, Keisuke-kun!
There's something you've been dying to say since earlier, isn't there?
Spit it out.
Eh?!
What is it?
Well, um...
Ah...
Well, um... Tokiko-san.
Eh? It's about me?
Yes.
Um...
About this...
The deadline to apply...
...has already passed...
Ah!
Eh?!
End of July Deadline
The deadline to apply was the end of July.
End of July Deadline
It's already August, isn't it?
Let's see... I think we can deliver it before the Bon fesival.
Whaa... I messed up.
Somehow...
...we're sorry.
You okay?
Yeah. Thanks.
Well...
...there'll still be lots of other chances, right?
Yeah...
Ah, but...
Huh?
...I wanted to get results as soon as possible.
As soon as possible?
Yeah.
Well, of course I don't know that I would have won even if I had made it in time though.
You're in that much of a hurry?
I can't put it very well, but... it's for Mitsuo's sake, too...
Mitsuo?
Ah, you went to his rice shop, didn't you? Did you meet Mitsuo?
What's this about?
Yeah...
The daughter at that rice shop told Mitsuo that she loved him.
This is what he said to her.
"I've had an unrequited love for Tokiko all my life."
And dat's fine. I know dat it's unrequited.
And being close friends with her is almost da same as an unrequited love.
Dat's why, from the bottom of my heart, and without one speck of cloudiness...
...I will cheer fer her and her dream.
Ah, and then... Just da thought dat she might fall in love with me...
...gives me strength. It's all I need.
"Dat's why, until Tokiko makes her dream come true..."
"...it will have to be an unrequited love. Dat's what I've decided."
Until Tokiko makes her dream come true, it will have to be an unrequited love.
Dat's what I've decided. Dat's da kind of love it is.
Ah, what was dat song earlier?
Mine?
Yes.
"Love's Hallelujah."
Ah... dat's right.
I thought I'd heard it somewhere or other.
Really?
I see...
It's like that...
That seems like Mitsuo somehow.
Yeah. It made me happy.
Yeah.
That's why I...
...have to liberate Mitsuo.
Liberate him, huh...
That's why I want to become a star...
People can't always stay like they were in the past, can they?
Hurry and come!
Sorry!
Hurry!
Thanks Mitsuo, for holding it for us.
'Morning.
Good morning.
What's with that difference in attitude towards me?
Our final year of high school...
We're...
Stop! No more singing from you.
Ya shouldn't have done dat, Kimiko!
Dat's right. Dis won't go well, Ma.
Eh? But...
Huh? What's going on with the Sukegawa family?
And, to be continued.
To Be Continued
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
Delighted with his sledge hat