Serial TV Story
How about if you met with your father just once?
Since I was the youngest of three brothers...
...I don't think it was that hard for him to allow me marry into another family.
The feelings a parent has for their child wouldn't change, even with that.
My! Father!
Ah.
Since I arrived early, I just walked over.
Is that right. It's been a long time.
Dad...
Norio's Father Tanaka Goro
Norio, you're looking great!
Yes. And you're looking good too, Dad.
Ah... come in.
Ah.
I was just thinking of going to get you...
Don't treat me like some old man.
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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 23 "What Ai Inherits" (Episode 129)
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 - Flashback (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
Ozawa Katsuji: Tanaka Yoji
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
Murata Shoichi: Hiraoka Yuta
Bando Sakura: Igashira Narumi
Murata Kentaro: Furukawa Yuuki
歩き続けよう Aruki tsudzukeyou And keep on walking
Ozawa Ryuichi: Morinaga Yuki
Adachi Takeshi: Nakajima Hiroki
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
Tanaka Goro: Horiuchi Masami
Koyama: Shukugawa Atom
Bando Isoya (flashback): Namase Katsuhisa
Bando Tokuko (flashback): Nakamura Tamao
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
Oshima Tamotsu: Ibu Masato
Here you go.
Ah, thank you.
What's this talk you wanted to have so suddenly?
Has something happened?
Ah, well...
Well, it's not that big a deal...
...but it is something I wanted to ask you about.
What is it?
Back when I married into the Bando family...
I wanted to have you tell me the story of that time.
Do you remember it?
Do you bear a grudge against us for that?
Eh? No... no way!
Not even one grudge... I bear you none at all.
What are you saying?
I've been happy ever since then, and I'm happy now.
I see, I see.
No matter how old we get, the thing that brings us the most joy...
...is seeing our children be happy.
Your mother and I both prayed that things would go well...
...between you and Sumire-san.
Eh? You prayed for us? What do you mean...
Sumire-san was your first love, wasn't she?
Eh?! How... How did you know that?
What's that? You thought we didn't know?
Sumire-san! Sumire-san!
Coming!
Please don't say any unnecessary things.
What's this talk you wanted to have so suddenly about?
Ah... Well... Truth is, Sakura has said she wants to get married.
Ah!
But...
I couldn't help but wonder what you and Mom's feelings were...
...when I made my promise to my Bando Father-in-law.
That I would succeed to the Bando family...
And so, when Sakura...
...said she'd marry out of the family, I was troubled about that.
Ah, I see...
What my feelings were...
Why would I have felt troubled about you not succeeding to our family?
Huh?
Even though your name changed, my precious son Norio is still here right now.
You're alive.
The fact that you are alive...
...is because of our ancestors, who joined their lives up until now.
Over the course of a long, long history, everything changes.
Even so, only our feelings...
Isn't it only our feelings that don't change form when we succeed?
The name "Bando Sales Division" doesn't exist anymore...
...but Father-in-law's faith and feelings are in Orion.
Of course those are in us as well.
That's true, isn't it?
You wanted to talk to us...?
Yes.
It's about the marriage of those two...
Sakura.
Marry into his family.
Eh?
Really?
Yes.
It's just we want you to know this. It's about the Bando family.
Yes.
When I was young...
...your Great-grandma Tokuko told me this.
Your Father... even though he's just a second son...
...came up with an outrageous idea, went out to Osaka...
...and has been working his hardest at it ever since.
Even though they reconciled years later...
...a lot of things happened between your Grandfather and your Grand Uncle Chotaro long ago...
...and she said that your Grandfather just left the house all of a sudden.
Even though her body was weak, your Grandmother supported your Grandfather with all her might.
Your Grandmother would send goods from Omi to your Grandfather, who would sell them in Osaka.
And that was how they made the Bando Sales Division...
...which was the precursor to today's Orion.
It was through your Grandfather and Grandmother's hard work...
...that the Bando family got its start.
And it was during that time...
...that your Mother and Aunt Yuri were born...
...and then you were born, Sakura.
Though we had a lot of painful experiences during the war...
...that was how we got to be where we are now.
All you have to inherit is the feelings of your Grandfather and Grandmother, Sakura.
I will.
Please take care of our Sakura.
Please take care of her.
We will. Thank you very much.
Ah, well, well...
Well, congratulations.
Congratulations.
Thank you very much.
Well, have a seat.
If possible, could we ask you to act as their go-between, President Oshima?
With pleasure!
I think my wife will be pleased as well.
Thank you very much.
Kentaro-kun.
Yes?
Have you ever heard the story of Sakura-chan's name?
Ah... no.
Their name is the first present a parent gives to their children.
That's true, isn't it...
Could you tell me the story of Sakura's name?
Yeah. Sumire's Mother's name was Hana-san.
(flower)
Right. And so she named Onee-chan Yuri and me Sumire.
(lily)
(violet)
She gave both of us the names of flowers.
Just like Sumire's Mother and again like your Mother...
...I wanted Sakura to have a beautiful, blossoming life.
With that feeling, we gave her the name Sakura.
(cherry blossoms)
So that's how it was.
I pray you never forget the feelings of parents such as them.
And, as a married couple and as a family...
...please make them bloom into a huge-flower of happiness.
I will.
Thus Sakura went from being Bando Sakura...
...to being Murata Sakura.
There...
Tonight let's have osekihan and sea bream, okay?
(red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions)
We should, huh.
Yeah.
Well then, let's change clothes and have some tea.
I'm home.
Eh?
Why are you here?
Sakura... Ken-chan's here, too. What's going on?
Would it be okay if we stayed here starting today?
Eh?
Look, when I thought about it...
...living at the Murata house means, well... living at both a house and factory together, right?
I also don't like being where the home and factory are together, either...
You talked this all out with Shoichi-san and Kimi-chan, right?
We did. We made sure to convince them.
I see.
In that case, it's fine.
Thank you very much. We'll be under your care.
Yes.
Well then, let's go bring in our luggage.
Ah.
Would you like some tea?
Yeah.
And then...
...it is now Showa 48, three years after Sakura and Kentaro-kun's marriage.
Showa 48 (1973)
You that stopped me three years ago...
Are wa san'nenmae tomeru anata
Ah, 'morning.
Good morning.
Kentaro-kun, give me a minute.
Yes.
An unofficial announcement has come out about you.
Eh? An unofficial announcement?
That's right.
Starting next month, you'll be the Director of this Development Promotion Division!
I will?
Yeah.
What about you, Director Adachi?
Well... I'll be bumped up a level as well and become a Company Director.
Kentaro-kun has become Kiaris' Development Promotion Director since this Spring.
Meanwhile, Sakura...
You're sticking out a bit, aren't you?
Yes.
Sakura-chan will be a mother this Fall as well, huh?
It doesn't feel real to me yet, though...
And Sumire-chan and Kimi-chan will both be grandmas, won't they?
That doesn't feel real yet to me, either.
Are you okay?
Yeah. Thank you.
Don't overdo things, okay?
Yeah.
To Be Continued
Our four-leaf clover of happiness
Beppin-san
End
The first bite goes to their mutual mothers!!