Serial TV Story
It's about Ai...
Don't worry. She will return home soon.
Listen patiently to what Ai has to say to you.
The voice from her heart.
Onee-chan...
Yuri, come over here.
Even if you can't see us, we will always be watching over you two.
Because to me and your Mother...
...you are our Beppin.
A dream...?
Ai!
Ah...
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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"
Final Week "Evergreen" (Episode 149)
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
Cast:
Bando Sumire: Yoshine Kyoko
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 Norio: Nagayama Kento
Nogami Yuri: Renbutsu Misako
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
Murata Shoichi: Hiraoka Yuta
Murata Sakura: Igashira Narumi
Murata Kentaro: Furukawa Yuuki
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 Ai (Bando Sumire as a child, flashback): Watanabe Konomi
歩き続けよう Aruki tsudzukeyou And keep on walking
Sato Kiyo (flashback): Miyata Keiko
Bando Yuri (as a child, flashback): Uchida Ayaka
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
Nogami Kiyoshi: Kora Kengo
Asada Shigeo (flashback): Ichimura Masachika
虹は もうそこにある Niji wa mou soko ni aru That rainbow will already be there
Bando Hana: Kanno Miho
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
Bando Isoya: Namase Katsuhisa
Everyone was really worried about you.
Tell me clearly what this is about.
Ai!
How about if we end it here for today?
It's gotten this late...
That's true.
All of us are tired and Ai should have a good night's sleep, too...
That's true. Anyhow, thank goodness.
Ai has come back safe and sound.
Yeah.
I'm sorry.
All you say is "I'm sorry."
If you really do feel sorry, then tell us what's going on.
I wonder if that was a dream...
That my Father and Mother came to me.
Grandpa, too?
Yeah.
He said Ai is exactly like me.
I was a child who wouldn't talk much and was always in a daze.
My school teacher was forever having to tell me to pay attention.
But... Mother has been watching me.
She said I might look like I was in a daze or off in some dream...
...but I was only thinking about the things I liked.
That's for sure. That's the sort of child Sumire was.
"Raising a child doesn't always go the way you think it will..."
"...but even so, that's what makes it fun."
Those were the words of my dead Mother...
...who never got to see her own children being raised.
That's true, isn't it?
Just looking back on myself, I do have to think that's true.
Well... we wondered what we would do that time you ran away from home, Sakura.
So true! Still... she grew up so wonderfully.
Good morning.
Okay... Well then, let's dig in.
Itadakimasu.
Ai.
Way back when my Mother became ill and had to be hospitalized...
...I wanted her to hurry and get better, so I did some embroidery with needle and thread.
I did, but since it was my first time at it...
...it didn't turn out well...
Frustrated and sad, I wondered how I could do it better...
It was at that time that a shoemaker came to our house.
He was a man named Asada-san....
And then I'll sew it together with needle and thread...
Needle and thread?!
He taught me that shoes are made using needles and thread.
Needle and thread...
Yes.
When I heard that, I asked myself, "how can I do that..."
...and I was in such agony over it...
...that I got some shoes my Father cherished...
...and took them apart.
Ai. You should have a proper talk with your Grandpa...
...about why you took apart that camera.
I was wondering what was going on inside the camera...
...that it could do such amazing things like creating photos...
...and I became curious and anxious, so...
Both Great-grandfather and Great-grandmother...
...as well as Great-great-grandmother all look so kind in those.
The foreigner baby has such a happy look, too.
I wondered how... How could all of them leave such happy faces behind...
I wondered if there was something inside the camera that could do that...
For having taken apart Grandpa's precious camera...
...I'm very sorry!
Yeah. Raise your head.
I just said I wanted to go to cram school because my friends were going...
And then when I did go, I wondered why I was here...
It just seemed so pointless...
So I don't want to go. I'm sorry.
Ai.
You should just tell me these things. I won't get angry.
I will listen to you.
I want you to find the thing that you want to do, Ai.
Things will be fine if you just do your best at that.
I want you to live that sort of life.
Sit down.
Ai. A camera...
At the time when those photos of Isoya-san, Hana-san and Tokuko-san...
...and Chu-san and Kiyo-san were taken...
...they really were feeling kind then.
That's what a photo can capture.
However...
...what we call a "photo" depends upon the person who is viewing it, too.
Even while looking at the same photo...
...there will be people who sense there's happiness in it and there will be those who don't.
That you are able to sense their kindness and happiness means you have an abundance of heart, Ai.
Please keep holding onto that abundance of heart forever and ever.
That's mine and your Grandma's wish.
Yeah.
Right.
Now, let's eat.
Yeah.
Coming!
Yes? Ah, Onee-chan!
Sorry for coming so suddenly. I just had to talk to you...
Come in, come in.
Excuse us.
Last night I had a dream that Father and Mother came to me.
I saw that dream, too. You were in it, too.
Really?
Yeah. It was right here...
Ah...
I'm sure they came to see Yuri and Sumire-chan.
Oh...
I'm home!
Welcome back.
Ai!
Say, what kind of child were you like, Great-aunt Yuri?
Eh?
She was a very sweet and dependable older sister.
Ah, she was good at playing the piano.
You were?
It's been a long time, so how about playing for us?
Well... It really has been a long time, so I couldn't...
Maybe you aren't all that good at it.
What are you saying?!
Although you never would listen when I played piano.
Having gotten this old, I've been rethinking things...
Like how having a little sister like you is nice.
Yeah.
I wonder if what we call "happiness" is feeling that you aren't alone.
That you have someone you can share things with.
To Be Continued
Our four-leaf clover of happiness
Beppin-san
End
We're full of energy! Commemorative photo of our graduation ceremony!!