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What is this? Eh?
Hey!
Welcome home, Mineko.
Welcome back, Mineko.
I'm back...
What is this?!
They're called "pot mums." Western chrysanthemums.
Ehh...
Pretty, aren't they?
Yeah. They're pretty.
Are you surprised? Say, Nee-chan, are you surprised?
I am surprised.
We did it!
We did it.
This doesn't look like one of our fields.
Right? With Muneo and Shigeko helping out a great deal...
...we were able to get this done.
Really?
Yeah.
Yeah. It's something else, ain't it?
Yeah.
Come look.
Here.
Give me your umbrella.
Thank you.
We'll sell the yellow ones here over in Tokyo flower shops.
And here, des white ones! We've got lots of dese white ones.
Ehh... They're so pretty!
Look here. This is a slightly different kind, too.
You're right!
They have a nice smell to them.
They smell.
Ah, it's a nice fragrance.
They're cute.
Sorry for calling you out here so suddenly.
No.
We just wanted show this to you, Mineko.
The Yatabe family will be changing from here on. We have changed.
And you too, Mineko...
We think we shouldn't be troubling you anymore.
Eh?
Dis is... da Yatabe family's flower revolution!
What is that about?
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
Final Week "Goodbye, Tears-kun" (Episode 154)
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
瞼閉じれば蘇る Mabuta tojireba yomigaeru I can relive that day just by closing my eyes
Theme Song: Kuwata Keisuke "Wakai Hiroba" (Plaza of Youths)
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
Yatabe Minoru: Sawamura Ikki
Yatabe Miyoko: Kimura Yoshino
Koiwai Muneo: Mineta Kazunobu
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
Sukegawa Kimiko: Wada Michiko
Sumitani Kiyo: Shibata Rie
Sumitani Takako: Sato Hitomi
Sukegawa Tokiko: Sakuma Yui
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
Mashiko Jiro: Matsuo Satoru
Sukegawa Shoji: Tooyama Toshiya
Sumitani Masao: Asakura Shinji
Sukegawa Toyosaku: Shibuya Kento
肩寄せ合い声合わせて Kata yose ai koe awasete Arms around one another, their voices unite
Sumitani Taro: Onoue Hiroyuki
Yatabe Chiyoko: Miyahara Kanau
Yatabe Susumu: Takahashi Rei
希望に燃える 恋の歌 Kiboueru ni moeru koi no uta In a burning with hope, song of love
Kawamoto Setsuko: Kanno Miho
Yatabe Shigeru: Furuya Ikko
Here, take this. It's heavy. Will you be okay?
I plowed up this back field...
...and planted the parent stock here while this side is for the cuttings.
Across from that I made the plotting field and here's where I arranged the pots for them.
Ehh... that's incredible.
Yeah.
Flowers are great. Der da symbol of peace.
On America's west coast, seems der's dis movement in rock and roll...
...called da "flower movement."
Their west coast?
Yeah.
Around da area of San Francisco.
"Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair" San Francisco?
Yeah, dat's right.
How would ya know 'bout dat?
Just do.
Eh?
Sanae-san, you see...
Yeah, Sanae-chan.
Sanae-san went on a trip to San Francisco.
Ah... I envy her.
We're doing well and happy
And Mineko, about what I was saying earlier.
Yeah.
With these pot mums, the Yatabe family will change.
We will become wealthy.
Well... that's the plan.
And so...
Starting this month, you don't have to send us a remittance.
Eh?
It'll be like that.
The money you earn... will be all yours.
But...
What you do from here on...
...will be yours to think about and to decide on, Mineko.
It's fine if you want to work in Tokyo.
While we'd all be pleased if you wanted to come back here...
But... that's for you to decide for yourself, too.
Understand?
Yeah...
You've worked hard for us...
...for a long time, Mineko.
Thank you.
Grandpa...
Truly, thank you.
Thank you.
Don't, geez... What is this?
Don't geez! Stop it, geez! Since it's embarrassing, geez...
I got this strange feeling somehow.
When all of them thanked me...
...for my hard work like that it made me happy...
But to suddenly be told that I had done enough already...
...felt like I was being cast out by them somehow.
And I know it makes me look foolish...
...but I feel as though I lost out to these flowers...
Do your best in my place, okay?
Please take care of the Yatabe family.
Take good care of them.
I'm counting on you.
It turned out delicious, didn't it?
Didn't it?
Ah... Hello, hello, hello, hello!
Takako-san!
Mineko!
Huh? Takako-san...
I'm not fatter. It's just your imagination.
Really?
Yeah!
Taro. Den ya've gotten thinner?
Huh? No...
Here, I brought potatoes.
Thank you.
Wow, so many!
Those pretty ones are mine.
And those scraggy ones are Kiyo-san's.
Huh? Where?
Ah, well, she's right! When it comes ta flavor tho', mine are best.
Hmm... It's frustrating, but I have to agree.
Hello, hello!
Ah, Mineko!
Hello!
I brought ohagi today.
(bean cakes)
Huh? Hey, what are you doing?!
Even though I told ya ta wait up...
...ya just kept racin' on ahead.
Really?
Yes, you "really" did!
Another thin man has come, oi!
Thin? He ain't thin.
Come in, come in!
Ah, sorry fer bargin' in, Shigeru-san.
Then Dad... give us a word.
No... you do the talking.
Really?
Yeah.
Yeah... Well then, um...
Um, all of you... Thank you for coming today.
Um, let's see... um... I'd like to make a toast.
To Mineko coming home...
...and then for now, um... to her new departure from the Yatabe family.
Kanpai!
Welcome back.
I'm home.
By da way, where's Toyosaku?
Ah.
One of our cows was actin' a bit weak.
Will ya be okay?
Gotten a bit thin, ain't ya?
Eat lots!
Sorry about this at a time like this.
No, no! Just leave it ta Toyosaku; it'll be fine.
Dat's right.
Ah, dat guy's grown up some.
Can he get a wife now?
Right?!
I haven't been able to get in touch with Tokiko much recently.
But Tokiko's working hard, right?
Yeah. Right?
Well, since she's my daughter, I figured she'd be an actress.
Even though you opposed her so much!
Right?
Come in.
Director. Couldn't you leave me in charge of this?
What are you saying? You're a hundred years too early for that sort of talk.
Unfortunately, your ways are too old-fashioned.
Your era is over already.
Cut! That's okay!
That was great just now.
Somehow it was startling when it felt like you were telling me that as an actress.
I'm happy we were able to fulfill our promise.
When I asked you that I wanted to work with you.
Let's battle it out in earnest. By doing that, we'll make some good movies.
Let's do some good work, okay?
Yes!
She's so cool, ain't she?
Yeah! And slender and sophisticated!
Was that a dig aimed at me?
Ah, ya figured dat out?
Ohh...
What's dat? Wanna go at it?
Eh?
I don't. 'Cause I don't want to disturb these people.
Right?
Good friends, aren't you?
It's great yer havin' fun, Kiyo-san.
I'm late.
Oh! Jiro-san!
Oh, Mineko! What do you think? Do I look cool or what?
Mineko... we got a lot of help from Jiro with the flowers.
No, no, no.
But whether we vote for you in the election is a whole 'nother matter.
I know that... Eh? I won't get yours?
Yeah.
Oh, stop that!
Minoru, congratulations.
Thank you.
Then let's have another toast.
Well then everyone, in the election for village mayor...
Yes, Kanpai!
Kanpai!
Hey, let me finish!
Here, Kanpai, Kanpai.
Ah, Mineko.
About Hide-san. Hide.
Huh?
Yes.
What? Mineko got herself a man?
Eh?
A "man," you say...
I guess.
Eh?!
What kind of man is he?
He's the handsomest man ever! Hide's the best!
Whaa! Good for you!
Yes.
Everyone was laughing and having fun.
I felt things would be okay.
Two things would be okay.
That Dad would be okay and is okay now.
And the one other thing is...
...that they would be okay even if I wasn't here.
To Be Continued
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
Going for a drive at home