Serial TV Story
AIS Ltd. Company has made filings under the Corporate Reorganization law.
Eisuke-kun's company, AIS, has gone bankrupt.
This is regrettable.
President Iwasa announced the bankruptcy of AIS at a hotel in Tokyo.
This news surprised the world...
...and became a symbolic event telling of the end of...
...one era of the fashion industry.
Eisuke, even if the company was still left...
...you wouldn't have any ability to do business with it...
In that case...
Just declare self-bankruptcy and zero it all out.
With the freedom that gives you, consider starting over from scratch.
My house in Tokyo...
...has been taken for the payments.
If it's like that, you can stay here with us.
Still...
Eisuke. Rely on us.
How is Eisuke-san doing?
He was doing better than I thought.
Kiyoshi-san also told him it would be okay if he stayed there for awhile...
...and seemed a bit relieved at that.
Thank goodness.
Eisuke-san is declaring self-bankruptcy, huh...
He couldn't stop dancing to the tune of the times, could he?
The same thing would have happened under any other Manager, too.
I think we should treat this as an object lesson...
...and reconsider any new ideas we have, as well.
That's... true, but...
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『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 24 "To Where The Light Shines" (Episode 134)
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
大量の防腐剤心の中に忍ばせる Tairyou no boufu-zai kokoro no naka ni shinobaseru It's there, hidden in your heart with lots of preservatives
Narrator (Bando Hana): Kanno Miho
晴れた時ばっかじゃない Hareta toki bakka janai For, since it's not always clear weather
Cast:
湿った日が続いても腐らぬように Shimetta hi ga tsudzuite mo kusaranu youni That way it won't go bad, even if the wet days go on
Bando Sumire: Yoshine Kyoko
Bando Norio: Nagayama Kento
Nogami Yuri: Renbutsu Misako
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
Ono Akemi: Tanimura Mitsuki
Ozawa Ryoko: Momota Kanako
Murata Kimie: Tsuchimura Kaho
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 Katsuji: Tanaka Yoji
Iwasa Eisuke: Matsushita Yuya
Murata Sakura: Igashira Narumi
Murata Kentaro: Furukawa Yuuki
Ozawa Ryuichi: Morinaga Yuki
Adachi Takeshi: Nakajima Hiroki
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
歩き続けよう Aruki tsudzukeyou And keep on walking
Kameda: Kamiji Yusuke
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
Executive Producer: Miki Kazuki
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
Director: Nakano Ryohei
Nogami-san, this is "Weekly Publication."
Nogami-san, are you in?!
There's some things I'd like to ask you about AIS's Iwase Eisuke-san!
Nogami-san, could you give me even a little of your time?
Nogami-san!
Like I said, I don't know anything, and I don't have anything to say!
Since this is bothersome, please don't call anymore.
Excuse me.
Ah... geez!
With that, it'll be quiet.
I'm sorry for causing you all this trouble...
You don't have to apologize. It's not your fault, Eisuke-kun.
Let me help out, too.
If you did that, I wouldn't have anything to do.
Since there's nothing to do anyway but the cleaning, the laundry and the dishes.
Eisuke-kun, just take it easy.
Huh?
Ah... well...
I was just thinking what a waste this is. The way you are now, Yuri-san...
Ah... I've been like this since long ago.
Why?
Since this is the way of life... that I chose.
I wanted to give birth and to raise my child. Family is what's most important to me.
Coming!
Hello.
Eisuke-kun, these are my students.
Students...
I was asked by the mothers in the neighborhood...
...if I could teach them English once a week.
Ah...
It's been cold these days. Are all of you fine?
Fine, thank you!
Good!
Well... he is my friend and has lived in America before.
Ehh...
So... it's almost a new year.
What do you like best in osechi?
(food served during the New Year's Holidays)
I like the datemaki the best.
(sweet rolled omlet)
I like the black beans.
The black beans.
Grandma's chestnuts.
Those are all sweet things!
You're going to get big!
Get fat!
The year of Showa 48 (1973) left and Showa 49 (1974) came in.
And the recession continued...
Showa 49 (1974) January
Happy New Year.
I think all of you know this...
...but AIS Ltd. Company went bankrupt at the end of last year.
The sole machine used for the knitting of our company's fabrics...
...was being held by AIS...
I managed to save that machine somehow.
However, it was more expensive than we thought it would be...
Can't help that. Our knitted fabrics are the most important thing for Kiaris.
That's true, isn't it?
Our younger staff members, including Kentaro-kun, struggled last year...
...what with the new winds that were blowing.
My true intention was to just watch over them for at least a little longer...
...but to be honest, I think we can't help but cut back at that.
I don't want to end this just halfway through.
I don't think protecting what we have means we're stagnating.
Will Ken-chan be okay?
If he considers them seriously, things will sort themselves out for him.
For Ken-chan himself too, right?
That's right.
We understand how he feels though, don't we?
Yeah...
All of us have been vaguely dissatisfied lately. Isn't there something fun we could talk about?
Ah, the movie this music is from was rather good.
There was a scene where these mafia old men made some tasty looking spaghetti.
Akemi-san, do you go see the movies a lot?
From time to time. On my way home from work.
Ehh...
Ah, dat reminds me. Ya talked 'bout makin' a movie da other day.
What happened ta dat?
Now's not the right time for that, is it?
But we want to make it someday, right? I'd be nice to leave a movie behind, wouldn't it?
That's true. We want to make one someday.
Ken-chan, I understand how frustrated you must feel at having to leave things unfinished...
...but it's not like you'll never get another chance for it...
...so couldn't you just wait until then?
It's just I haven't been able to catch up with my own feelings.
Since that was my dream.
I'm back.
I'm home.
We're back.
Welcome back.
Welcome home.
You're back.
Sakura, thanks for dinner.
Kentaro-kun... Have you thought about it?
I have.
I...
...will not pull back.
I want to hold out somehow. For the sake of our future.
Rather than thinking about quitting...
...I'm going to think about how we can expand our sales... over the next five years.
I've decided I'm going to think about what we will be doing 10, 20, 30 years from now.
We feel... we want to pass the baton over to you guys.
A strong, firm baton...
Somehow... Somehow or other...
What is it?
Ah, how about if we made that movie?
A movie?
The "Kiaris Guide" movie.
Ah! That would be good!
Yeah, yeah!
I think that's a great idea!
But the expenses needed for that...
I'll pay for it out of pocket.
Ah!
I'll chip in, too.
Me, too.
Me, too!
So generous...
Kentaro-kun. This is the baton we will be passing over to you.
Right?
Yeah.
This cameraman is a friend of Ryu-chan's?
A Few Days Later
Right. He said their production company is shooting a drama in Osaka right now.
A drama? Ehh... Ryu-chan is known far and wide, isn't he?
Ryu!
Oh! Ya've come!
Welcome.
That guy's my friend.
He's someone I got ta know when he was shootin' a film in New York, da cameraman Kameda-san.
He's a pro! A pro! Da real deal!
Incredible! He's even filmed in New York.
Kameda-san! Kameda-san!
I'm the cameraman...
Camerama Kameda
...Kameda.
Ah... Kameda?
The cameraman Kameda.
I hear you want to make a movie at your own expense...
That's right.
First off, what kind of movie do you want to make?
We have a book that explains Akemi-san's child-rearing practices.
We call it "Kiaris Guide."
Kiaris Guide
I see. You want to visualize this?
Yes.
Dramatize
Huh? Drama...?
Ah, rather than dramatizing it, we want something that would be of help to...
...those who are currently mothers as well as to future mothers.
We also want to put our feelings into it as the baton...
...we will be passing along to our current young staff.
I understand!
My favorite movies are the ones with hot passions in them.
A film is made with a team consisting of a screenwriter, director, art director, light supervisor, sound director...
...as well as a cameraman.
The Chief of that team is the cameraman?
That'd be a bit difficult for him...
How about you as Director?
The Director? Me?
Wouldn't he work out fine?
Are you saying that seriously?
Director Norio!
That's so cool.
Will you do it or not?
I'll do it.
Director, who's the one you rely on the most?
That would be Take-chan.
Then Take-chan'll be the Assistant Director.
As for actors, in this case our star would have to be a baby.
My granddaughter!
Ai will do it!
Okay, our star is Ai-chan!
We can have you two mothers appear along with her.
Ah, and then we'll need a screenwriter...
The screenwriter should be Akemi-san, right?
Eh?
That's right. After all, the one of us who knows all the details and stuff about movies is Akemi-san.
No, no, wait a second. "Knows all the details..."
I can't write a screenplay!
After all, you created this over 20 years ago.
I think there's been a great many things that have changed since that time.
So it just has to be you, Akemi-san.
Okay! You're our screenwriter!
Now it's time to start making the Kiaris film!
To Be Continued
Our four-leaf clover of happiness
Beppin-san
End
They all go to bed together!!