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(Tokujiro) let's go home! get ready!
(Sakurako) wait a minute, grandpa!
grandpa, onechan (older sister) please
I really want to study music in here
please let me stay here a little longer!
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(Tatsuhiko) I beg you, please (Tokujiro) young master...
(Mari) I beg you, please
(Yae) I beg you, please
(Hatsumi) I beg you, please
(Tokujiro) no! no!
no matter what you say, I will take her back home
that's my decision let's go home
(Fueko) wait, grandpa
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for my sake, please let Sakurako stay here
Fueko, you...
one more year
at least till the entrance exams next spring, let's let her stay in Tokyo
one chan (older sister)...
(applause)
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thank you
but why you decided to let me stay here, Fue nechan (older sister)?
I gave in to your stubbornness
I realized nothing will change your mind
that... meant to be father's mortuary tablet?
yep
Genichiro watch over, Sakurako
grandpa
she is
so much like Masa
she didn't return, once you took her to Tokyo
once she decided, nothing would change her mind
Masa loved piano so much
grandpa
I won't make you two regret
I'll be a good musician
promise me one thing what?
don't ever run away!
(laughter)
shut up! I am serious!
okay, grandpa I promise
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Sakurako, good luck! yep
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but why young master, Tatsuhiko lives in that apartment?
let him Tatsuhiko san is reliable
a good monitor I see
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well, let's think that way...
(Masa) Sakurako's life in Tokyo made a new start
she finally got the agreement from her family
(Summer, 1938) she started to receive some money from Fueko every now and then
all she does is to study music as much as she can
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however life is never that simple
professor...
professor, how was it?
(Saionji) ah! excuse me
I dozed off
but to make me fall asleep, that means your performance was good
it's hot hot day like today, cold lemon tea is the best
would you like some?
Sakurako started to doubt
the professor is taking her seriously
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Tatsuhiko san... what's the matter? Why the glum face?
nothing
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(Tatsuhiko) excuse me
you wanted to talk to me, sir?
well, I am doing a concert tour to Germany in August
since it's during summer holidays,
I want you to come along
me, sir? we pay all the expenses
the purpose of this trip is for you to broaden your mind in Europe
for a future musician, it is important
to listen to the best musicians in live
your piano is young and fresh with talent
my teacher is back to Berlin, I want him to listen
yes please tell your parents right away
anything wrong? ah...no
(Nogiyama) here you are (Kiyoshi) we are going
(Kane) hello, this is "Yamacho" oh, it's you, Tatsuhiko!
you haven't sent us a letter for a while,
we were wondering what you were up to
did you give professor Saionji miso we sent you?
yep. is dad there? I want to speak to him
aye? dad? (Takuji) I'll take it...
he is working at the moment no need to call him, right?
yes, I need to talk....
there is so much temptation in Tokyo,
I hope you are not going to the bad?
study hard and diligently
the bottom line is you are the successor of "Yamacho"
don't do the kind of thing people would talk about behind your back
study hard and 4 years later,
come back and succeed the business
do you understand?
okay, I understand... see you...
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(sigh)
what's the matter? how about you, Sakurako chan?
I'm worried if my piano improved any last 3 months
that's all... how about you, Hatsumi san?
it's been 2 months since Tatsuhiko san moved in,
but I never talked to him more than greeting
I wish to get closer
well...
ah! Sakurako chan, do you know there is a fashionable cafe in Ginza (trendy district)?
I wonder if I can have a date with Tatsuhiko san there
why don't you go? no, what are you talking about?
I can't do something so blatant
so...
for Hatsumi
Sakurako asked Tatsuhiko to join them at the cafe in Ginza next day
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did you see that?
I heard it's fashionable lately that sort of thing
right
(cough) Tatsuhiko san
your teacher is professor Saionji?
he is a popular teacher, I envy you
what sort of lesson does he give you? he is very unusual
he drinks his tea all the time and often dozes off...
is that right? I don't think so
he is a dedicated and tough teacher
tough? professor Saionji? yep
he is tough on Tatsuhiko san
what? nothing
what is it? speak up nothing
well, I have something I don't understand in German,
could you help me?
that's okay oh really, I'm glad
Sakurako chan ah, I have to go to restroom
oh, really? well, it's here
I don't quite understand the usage
the usage is...
Kaoruko?
(Kaoruko) Sakurako? it's Kaoruko
I thought what a beautiful lady in here
I thought it might be you
Sakurako!? why are you in Tokyo?
well, there is Tatsuhiko san, too
Tatsuhiko san? Long time no see (dialect)!
Long time no see Long time no see
Tatsuhiko san quit Hachi HS and entered Toko Conservatorium of Music
I see how about Sakurako?
I... I took the same entrance exams, but I failed
so I am preparing for next year's exams
that's good sounds like Sakurako
there is no victory without challenge yep
would you care to join us?
is it okay? I don't want to bother you of course not
this is Hatsumi Onodera, she is a 1st year student at Toko Conservatorium of Music
we live in the same apartment my name is Hatsumi Onodera
my name is Kaoruko Takano I work as an editor at a publisher
Kaoruko you are a real working lady already
nothing special I don't do much more than serving tea
Ah, good times
Sakurako delivered a love letter
I wrote to Tatsuhiko san for me
it seems like a long time ago (Tatsuhiko) yeah, I remember
true I'm going home!
you guys must have a lot to talk about
see you!
Hatsumi san! what's the matter?
sorry, Kaoruko don't worry, Kaoruko
I'll be right back. sorry! wait, Sakurako!
I bumped into a totally unexpected person the other day
who? I met Mr. Saito
Mr. Saito? that's right
it was Mr. Saito
whom you were engaged to
Mr. Saito after hearing his name,
Sakurako's heart started to beat violently
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(flashback) (Saito) my name is Naomichi Saito
it's written with the Chinese characters meaning "straight road."
ah! hey! Sakurako san
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