Serial TV Story
September, Showa 48 (1973).
Sumire and Norio-kun's grandchild...
...and Isoya-san and my great-grandchild...
...Ai, was born into this world.
Norio-san!
Yeah.
Congratulations upon the birth of your grandchild!
Congratulations!
Thank you.
Well, it really is auspicious.
Grandpa Norio is already lovestruck with her.
This is a gift from me and Director Nakanishi.
Oh... a gift?
Yes.
Thank you for going to the trouble.
I'll pass it over to Sakura and Ken-chan.
This is a present for the lovestruck Grandpa.
For me?
That's right.
Please open it.
Ah!
My! An 8mm camera?
That's right.
Please use this to take videos of Ai-chan growing up.
Take-chan... Nakanishi-kun...
Thank you!
Ah, what a thing to say!
How considerate!
Sumire, let's take lots of video of Ai with this.
Yes.
Whaa!
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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 132)
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
歩き続けよう Aruki tsudzukeyou And keep on walking
Murata Shoichi: Hiraoka Yuta
Murata Sakura: Igashira Narumi
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
Murata Kentaro: Furukawa Yuuki
Ozawa Ryuichi: Morinaga Yuki
虹は もうそこにある Niji wa mou soko ni aru That rainbow will already be there
Adachi Takeshi: Nakajima Hiroki
Nakanishi Naomasa: Mori Yusaku
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
Sammy-chan License Agreement
and Development Future
I have been pushing forward with stationary maker Matsumoto...
...and we have concluded the licensing agreement for Sammy-chan.
"Licensing agreement"...?
They will be able to use Sammy-chan in their own goods...
...and in return, they will pay us money every time one of those goods is sold.
We can make that kind of contract with a stationary maker?
It's a common thing in America.
Please watch what we of the young generation can do.
When I was a child...
...I saw how my Mom and you and the others worked to make Kiaris.
I think my feelings for how important the company is isn't lost on any of the employees.
I will do my best at this...
...so please just watch me.
Changes just keep coming, don't they?
I don't know if that's good or not, but I'm sure things will be okay.
I don't know... since I will be retiring.
She's come...
Huh?
Welcome!
Please give me a hot dog.
I'll have your Mexican pilaf.
One American and one Mexican!
Eh?
Kiaris has changed a lot, hasn't it?
It really has.
I didn't see a thing I thought was good.
They didn't have any underwear, either.
Yeah...
I'm sorry for interrupting you.
I'm Bando of Kiaris. Um... we do have underwear.
Eh?
Please wait just a moment.
Sorry for keeping you waiting.
Was this what you were looking for?
It is!
This is it!
Whaa!
It feels so good.
Right? Thank you.
Not at all.
She's still doing that?
However big a company we become, some things never change, do they?
Thank you very much.
I... didn't make Sammy-chan for that kind of business.
Sakura?
It was meant to be the first best friend to a newly born baby...
Hello there.
Ah, coming.
Upsey-daisy... There!
Ai-chan... it's Grandma.
Ah... what about work?
I'm on my lunch break.
Want lunch?
You don't have to bother.
Since just seeing Ai-chan is enough for me.
Still, you shouldn't... All I can give you is rice balls, though.
Ah... really? Sorry about this.
There was a reason why I said I only have rice balls...
Ai-chan's gone beddy-bye...
Here you go.
Ah, thank you.
In that case, I'll take you at your word and have some.
Whaa... so many of them. You didn't have to go to this much trouble.
Since I don't have much in the way of side dishes.
In that case, I'll accept them gratefully. Itadakimasu.
Say, say, how about cleaning up a little more?
Since this is a house with a baby in it.
That's true, isn't it?
It's just I'm a bit tired...
If you were at my house...
...I would take care of all that.
Maybe I'll come again this evening?
I'm back.
Kimie-san.
Hello.
Ah, Kimi-chan's come.
I'm home, Ai-chan.
Ai, I'm home.
Welcome home.
I'm home. Are you okay?
Yeah.
Sakura, look at this.
This was given to me by Take-chan and Nakanishi-kun.
Awesome, isn't it?
It's an 8mm camera.
That's awesome!
We can film Ai as much as we want.
Mom was here?
That's right.
Have you talked to her, Ken-chan?
Ah, I haven't.
What's this "I don't want to tell her" feeling I'm getting?
Ah... Well, it's not that...
Please.
I know. I'll tell her.
She said she'd be coming here for lunch tomorrow, too.
I'd prefer it if you told her before then at the company...
Yeah, I'll tell her.
Eh?
Ah, you'll catch cold.
I washed all the diapers I could.
You should wash them right away, though.
What is this? Something happen between you two?
No. It's nothing.
Really?
Say, call everyone to come to Katsuji-san's store next Sunday and we'll show our home movies.
Ah, very well.
Yeah.
And then, the next Sunday...
They're so quick!
Ah, Kentaro.
Where are Ai and Sakura-chan?
She's watching the house today.
Eh? Why?
She said she was tired...
Ah...
Raising a child can be exhausting.
She should have a nice rest.
Right, right.
Well, that's okay. I'll go over after this.
We're all set.
Okay! In that case, I'll start the home movie!
What's that? A Sammy-chan picture book...
Sakura made it herself.
It's so adorable!
I did things like that when Ryu was a child, too...
Yeah. I remember that.
When we were raising our children, it was a time when there really wasn't anything to be had...
The diapers we had back then were totally different from today's.
That child-care for babies has become so much more convenient...
...is all thanks to Akemi-san, isn't it?
That's not...
It is!
Say... Somehow... Somehow or other...
Huh?
What is it, what is it?
Couldn't we leave something like this behind?
Like a knowledge video. And maybe in that way...
...we could inform more people and make it far, far clearer for them?
A knowledge video?
"Kiaris Guide"?
Right. A video version of the "Kiaris Guide."
That's good! I'm so excited.
That's true, huh?
The times we live in now will go on changing.
There are things we can leave behind for those who will live in the future.
It was those things that made Sumire and the other's hearts leap.
Showa 48 (1973) November
Showa 48, November.
It was at this time that the oil shock hit both Japan and its economy.
Tight Supplies of Crude Oil
Opportunistic price hikes took place one after another, accelerating inflation.
At last I was able to buy toilet paper!
What's this fuss about?
It's the row of supermarkets around the corner.
Basic things like toilet paper and detergent were being bought up...
...and things were disappearing from the towns...
...while elevators and escalators in department stores had to cease operating.
Stopped
As part of the energy conservation measures...
...TV broadcasts were stopped during the day and after midnight...
People's lives were suddenly changed...
...and the high economic growth that had been going on ever since the war...
...came to an end during this time.
You're hitting it too hard!
To Be Continued
Huh?
Our four-leaf clover of happiness
Beppin-san
End
A celebration with a four-leaf clover cake!!