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(Suzumura) good morning
(Sakurako) provide piano wires?
to produce military equipment
we need you to provide pans, iron pots and any household ironware
piano wires are iron, so you must provide them
we already have a permission from the owner
so please
I can't do that
you can't!?
it's an important piano I use for arranging songs for the radio station
I can't work without it
(fueko) what's going on, Sakurako?
they say "provide piano wires" I can never do that!
we ask them to provide the items
despite their inconvenience
even everyday items
that could be replaced
by ceramics or wood
(Suzumura) that's right we can't make this household an exception
we will be back to collect next Sunday
see you
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(Yasuji) this piano will no longer make sound
it's sad
(Togo) how are you going to do the arrangement work?
(Akiyama) there is a piano at the radio station
if we use that, I think we can take care of it
I'll talk to the monitor
I use piano for my work
stop it, Sakurako
we are a bunch of painters here
for that reason alone
we are blacklisted by neighbors
if we do something again them any more
we will be totally isolated
Togo san
Fueko is right, Sakura chan
it's about time go back to Okazaki
onechan (older sister) (Togo) right
you've done so much for us, Sakura chan
look, Touru has grown please go back to Okazaki
(Kazuko) onechan (older sister)
Kazu chan
onechan (older sister) has another home to go back
so you can't be selfish
let's play over there
sorry, Mr. Akiyama
that's too bad in fact I have a job to entertain soldiers
from tomorrow, so I'll become busy
so next one will be the last one to work together
let's work on it when I come back tomorrow yes
good luck yes
onechan (older sister) okay
I'll go back to Okazaki next week
please do so thanks for everything
but about piano, let me talk to them
talk?
for Touru chan, Kazu chan and Mr. Akiyama
I think we'd better have the piano here
when you are suffering or sad, music will be a great comfort
I think there will be a day
we feel "nice to have a piano"
so let me talk to them just one last time
I see
do whatever you like
thanks
(Yutaro) hello (Yae) Yutaro kun
I brought you some dried sweet potatoes
thanks that's great
let's eat together no thanks
I just had them
I see then I'll make some tea come in
well... what are you going to do with the baby?
I was worried
I'll give birth that's what I decided
I see thank goodness!
you are a decent person, Yutaro kun aye?
you've been taken care by older sisters
you grew up so decently
I feel you are putting me down
not a chance I am saying it from my heart
this is a nice picture
(Yae) this?
it's warm and feminine I like it
I've always wanted to do a picture book
as a matter of fact, I wish it wasn't a book like this
"we want to be very strong soldiers and fight for Japan"
that's good what's wrong with it?
Japan is fighting against
American/British domination as a leader in Asia
I don't really understand these things
but people die at war
if this is a boy
I never ever want him to go to war
but what I am painting for the picture book is
"go to war with pride"
to encourage children
(child) dad, please (wounded soldier) what did you play?
(child) a game of tag (wounded soldier) a game of tag
what did you play?
(mother) played with your older brother, didn't you?
(wounded soldier) I see
(Hiroki) you are alone, too? (Momoko) aye?
you said before
I am not the only one who is alone
I failed a marriage once
my older sister is living in Tokyo too
but I am going to take care of myself for the rest of my life
I had a wife and a child
she was from a wealthy family
they were against our marriage
they haven't been here yet
so I must have been forgotten
in that case, we both have to do our best
(Masa) on the other hand at Marronnier apartment
to show the people how wonderful piano is
by Yasuji's idea, the concert was to be held
(Yasuji) this is a concert
hello is the monitor home?
hello
(housewife) Mr. Suzumura went to hospital
hospital? yes
his son came back wounded from the battle field
I didn't raise you to be a coward like this
if you ended like this
you should have died for the nation at the battle filed with glory
you came back like a zombie
no
hello what do you want?
about providing piano wires could you reconsider again?
it's over
but music is fun, isn't it?
music will cheer people up
I use that piano for my work to arrange songs
hoping to cheer up as many people as possible
look!
here are those who fought for the nation
wounded heroes what is music for?
cure those injured arm, leg with music!
cure my son's body! shame on you!
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excuse me
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that solider wouldn't talk to his father
when they come back from war wounded, they have more problems
with their mind than body once in a while and can't talk for a while
and this man
as his wife and children never visited him
at the hospital he thinks they abandoned him
I don't know
how to comfort him
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if there was a piano at the hospital I'll ask you to play, Sakura chan
there are so many who are suffering
all over Japan now
those who were separated from family, sad people, hungry people
Tatsuhiko san might be feeling lonely somewhere
for that I will do my best
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nobody comes as expected seems like it
we have so little entertainment
I thought they'd come
they don't want to be in trouble with the monitor from neighborhood association
well, I'll sing
I, Yasuji Hanaoka sing "The Love-Troth Tree" (1938 film)
♬ "flowers and storm get over it"
Sakura chan, a visitor
a visitor!?
(Kinoshita) I'm Kinoshita from radio station
there is a report the railway is blocked by heavy rain
Mr. Akiyama wouldn't be able to come back from his work tonight
really?
we need the arrangement of "Hometown" by tomorrow
otherwise we'll be in big trouble did you know that?
no, I had no idea
Mr. Akiyama said, let you do it
me!?
"you are capable of it"
"do it your way"
my way...
do it, Sakura chan
it is the first time to do it on your own I look forward to it
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yes, I try my best
♬～("Hometown")
at that night, there was
a music named hope in Sakurako's mind
the notes she writes will reach to Tatsuhiko someday
Sakurako prayed for it