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Oh!
Good morning.
Ah, 'morning.
It's just you today?
Yes.
The rest are making flyers and posters.
Ah...
The Japanese language posters and leaflets will go to Sannomiya and to shopping districts.
For those in English, please distribute them primarily to foreigners in the area around the World Expo.
Anyhow... let's give this a try.
If you would, please.
Please do this.
Please help us.
To Osaka, around the time the World Expo was being held...
...large numbers of Japanese... no... large numbers of people from around the world... a truly great number of people...
...were visiting the city.
From America, Africa, Europe...
...France, the U.K., Soviet Union...
They're all filling up the World Expo.
Banpaku pukupuku manpukuda uee
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Beppin-san
Serial TV Story
『雨上がりの空に七色の虹が架かる』 "Ameagari no sora ni nanairo no niji ga kakaru" "A seven colored rainbow appears in the sky after a rain"
Week 22 "Mother's Back" (Episode 124)
Screenplay: Watanabe Chiho
Music: Semu Yuko
って そんなに単純じゃない Tte son'nani tanjun janai It's not as simple as a saying like that suggests
Theme Song: "Atelier of Light"
この夢想家でもそれくらい理解ってる Kono muso-ka demo sore kurai wakatteru Even wistful dreamers know that much
Narrator (Bando Hana): Kanno Miho
Cast:
たとえば 100万回のうちたった一度ある奇跡 Tatoeba 100 man-kai no uchi tatta ichido aru kiseki Let's say a once-in-a-million miracle were to come along
Bando Sumire: Yoshine Kyoko
Bando Norio: Nagayama Kento
Ono Akemi: Tanimura Mitsuki
下を向いてばかりいたら見逃してしまうだろう Shita o muite bakari itara minogashite shimaudarou You could miss it if all you're doing is just looking down
Ozawa Ryoko: Momota Kanako
Murata Kimie: Tsuchimura Kaho
さぁ空に架かる虹を今日も信じ Saa, sora ni kakaru niji o kyou mo shinji Now, believe a rainbow will appear in the sky again today
Ozawa Katsuji: Tanaka Yoji
Murata Shoichi: Hiraoka Yuta
Iwasa Eisuke: Matsushita Yuya
Bando Sakura: Igashira Narumi
Murata Kentaro: Furukawa Yuuki
Ozawa Ryuichi: Morinaga Yuki
歩き続けよう Aruki tsudzukeyou And keep on walking
Adachi Takeshi: Nakajima Hiroki
Koyama: Shukugawa Atom
優しすぎる嘘で涙を拭いたら Yasashi sugiru uso de namida o fuitara After wiping away your tears from a too gentle lie
Saijo Ichiro: Nagase Masa
Nakanishi Naomasa: Mori Yusaku
虹は もうそこにある Niji wa mou soko ni aru That rainbow will already be there
きっと 虹は もうここにある Kitto niji wa mou koko ni aru A rainbow will surely already be there
Kokado Mitsunobu: Nishioka Tokuma
I will be producing a major show for the final phase of the World Expo.
Could I get the cooperation of Kiaris for it?
I thought we could go to KADOSHO next time and hear the details about this there.
I haven't seen you in a long time.
Ah...
Thank you very much for all the trouble you went through for me back then.
I am working as Kokado's secretary.
Really? I'm glad about that.
Well... sorry for being this late.
This time around, we want you to join us in our World Expo show.
Um... we still haven't heard the details...
Ah, is that right?
Yes.
I'd want to have children from around the world appear in our show.
I'd like to ask you to provide the costumes for those children.
What sort of theme does it have?
"Children of the world living in the 21st Century."
The 21st Century, huh...
Lots of dreams for the future and...
We'll show to the world...
...the power of Japan! And this will be a golden opportunity...
...to let the name KADOSHO resound around the entire world!
President
Major Trading Company KADOSHO
Kokado Mitsunobu
Eh?
Thank you for coming. Where are you guys from?
I'm from America.
America, huh...
Eh? This fabric is also available for adult pajamas?
That's right.
This fabric feels great!
They've got stockings!
This is so cute!
That's one I made.
It's awesome.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Eh? The World Expo?!
Kiaris part of a show for the World Expo?
That's what they told us.
How could we not do it...
That's right. We don't have a reason to turn that down.
No, no, no. When my parents in the countryside hear about this, their knees'll give way.
So now you understand.
Well then, since we don't have much time, we'll have to work hard.
Yes.
Ah, say, how is Eisuke-san doing?
Ah... he had this feeling of confidence about him, somehow.
He appears in AIS commercials all the time too, right?
Yeah.
What was President Kokado like?
Ah...
Somehow... yeah... I can't express it very well, though...
And is there some sort of theme to it?
Ah, there is!
Costumes for "Children of the world living in the 21st Century."
The 21st Century...
Yeah.
Hello. Hi.
Hi! Nice to meet you!
I'm Kentaro.
Even though we had made a reservation in Kyoto, we are sorry.
We just couldn't help but want to come to this place after seeing this flyer.
Oh, maybe here.
Thank you very much.
Excuse me, is this Asaya?
Yes, it is.
We saw the flyer and came.
Oh, thank you. Please, come in.
Thank you.
Say, say. This flyer was made by...
I made that.
Hmm...
You seem to have a lot of foreign customers, don't you?
Yes. And we also get those Japanese people who are following after the foreign women as well.
We wouldn't want to let this long-awaited World Expo to go to waste, after all.
You've got quite the good eye, don't you?
I'm with this company.
"KADOSHO"... Um...?
Well, you could come to us, too... No, no...
You'd do well anywhere you went. Good luck to you.
Well then, let's take a quick look around.
Today's sales were... 60,000 yen!
I felt the things Asuka-san and the rest of you made or selected...
...were a little too fashion minded.
So we first had to attract fashion minded foreigners to our store...
...and let them show off our wares widely...
I didn't think we'd be this successful at that.
Was that... a compliment?
Of... of course.
President... they sold out.
Eh?!
The Baby Shop Asaya sold out everything they had in 12 days!
That's incredible!
They did, didn't they?
They really did!
Kimi-chan, let's celebrate!
We should!
It's wonderful.
I ate dis just da other day over at da Soviet pavilion.
It's borscht.
That's incredibly tasty!
I'm makin' it today.
Really?!
I want to eat a piroshki.
(baked or fried buns stuffed with a variety of fillings)
I'll make 'em! I'll make 'em!
Customers who come in after being at the World's Expo will say...
...they want to eat this or that dish from various countries...
...and he'll go and make them, but are they the real thing?
I'm suspicious about that.
You've worked hard!
Welcome.
Thanks for your hard work.
You really did your best!
Thank you very much.
Selling out everything like that is incredible.
Our leader...
...did a great job.
Well... you did great!
I can't see anything through these.
Those don't work at night.
What a great aroma!
It's borscht. All of ya have some.
Borscht? I want to eat some...
That reminds me, where's your girlfriend?
Miyo-chan left him a little while ago.
Without a word.
Well, I'll work hard ta change her mind!
Dad.
Huh?
Don't go pourin' out coffee der. I have ta hurry and put dishes der.
Why?
What is this?
Dat's Thai food.
It has a peculiar aroma.
Dat's 'cause of da cookin' spices dey use.
It's spicy.
And this is... cheese?
Dat's right, dat's right. It's called a cheese fondue...
...and it's a Swiss home cooking dish.
Hold on a minute.
Those are Italian noodles.
Ya know 'em, huh?
You made them?
Yeah.
These were all made by you, Ryuichi-san?
Yeah.
When I was goin' round da world, I ate all sortsa things and learned ta make 'em.
Kanpai!
C'mon everyone, eat up.
Itadakimasu!
In the end, it was great they bought that stock.
Yeah. And this was the result of it.
Look at everyone's lively faces.
All of them really did their best.
I was surprised by Kentaro-kun's leadership abilities, too.
Eventually... we'll be turning all this over to those children, won't we?
Yeah...
How is it?
It's good.
And I'll have this cucumber.
This is delicious.
These are the designs I've drawn for the World Expo show.
Whaa! It's wonderful, isn't it?
Yeah.
I want the children of the 21st Century to have smiles like those.
It's been a long time since the four of us worked on just one thing like this.
I can't wait to make the paper patterns for these!
And I had an incredible amount of fun drawing this, too.
It's so exciting!
This is so dreamy...
Somehow... it's not Kiaris-like.
A tear-drop color? Children just wouldn't be excited by this, would they?
It's Showa 45, September.
Showa 45 (1970) - September
During these days, Kiaris, who had decided to participate in Eisuke-kun's show...
...was bustling, getting prepared for it.
Hello there. What's your favorite color?
White.
She said white.
White.
And what's your favorite animal?
A bear.
She said "bear."
A bear, huh? I see...
That's adorable!
Okay, thank you.
Okay, um, Kyle?
Yes.
The World Expo, which had started in March of this year...
...would at last be reaching it's finale during this month.
To Be Continued
Our four-leaf clover of happiness
Beppin-san
End
We help out with the harvest of the apple orchards!!