Alright!
I want to start a company.
Is it curiosity or determination...
I want to revive Hinode Pro.
Revive Hinode Pro!?
I want to start a new at the same place.
But the members...
Was it you? I'm Tanaka Sachiko.
You see... Please make me an actress!
Ha? On the other hand...
You'll meet the coach Uesugi Shunsuke for the first time here.
That is, the faitful meeting.
Then suddenly...
Sisters... get along...
Otousan...
The supposedly awaited reunion...
What are you doing here!
Actors don't get see their parents' moment of deaths. And what?
And then again... to different places
Oo! How pretty!
President!
I want you to make me your employee.
Eh!?
They went their own ways but were the most worried about the other...
Such story of a man and a woman.
Tarinai mono nara There's long since
tokku ni aru kara been something missing
Ushinau koto nante nanimo kowakunai so I'm not afraid to lose anything
Chiisa na yume naraba Small dreams probably
kanawanai darou won't come true
Ookina yume dakara but I'm probably still running
ima mada hashitterun darou now because this dream is big
Mou ippotte One more step
tatoeba sore ga saigo no so that we won't regret
Ippo ni nattemo even if it becomes
kuyamanai you ni our last step
Mou ippotte One more step
fumidasu bokura no yuuki wa because our courage to step forward
Hyappobun ijou no imi wo motsu kara has more meaning than 100 steps
Ato ippotte Just one more step
doredake kakkowarukutte we won't give up
Warawaretetatte akiramenai no matter how much they laugh at us, saying we're ungainly
Ato ippotte Just one more step
funbaru bokura no kokoro ga as our hearts hold their ground
Sekai wo ugokasu chikara ni naru they become the power to move the world
Representative director and manager,
how is that?
I think it's good.
President is working at the front line of the field. It gives a feeling of a strong determination.
Can you stop doing that?
What? Using the polite language.
But you're the president.
This is understood... No, okay.
I think it's good.
Yes. I think it's really good too.
Somehow it gives the feeling of a new wind rising.
And then... And Ishino-san is the chief manager!
An industry uproar!
And then me, the advisor.
Whad does an advisor do? That is, uhm...
Give advise? Right, Ichiko-chan?
It's Sawatari. Yes. I will give advise
to that president Sawatari in various way and also...
I do the compensation of office supplies and change the lamps.
In the other words, you are a handyman.
That is easier to understand.
No way. Ta da!
Saionji Sakurako!? Kodemari Kirara.
Tsukigake Shion.
This is my favorite for a stage name! Saionji Sakurako!
That is a flashy one. Flashy?
Isn't this one good? Here, Tanaka Sachiko. Your real name.
What did you find good in her?
This is a punishment. Like she could become the second Nakazato Reiko.
How should I say... I just felt something
in the heat of Okinawa.
To be frank, I don't...
Certainly, she give a feeling. Why?
If I must say, maybe it's my intuition.
Intuition... How is your intuition?
You can't work well with a woman?
Saionji Sakurako!
Sawatari-san, here.
I want my stage name to be Saionji Sakurako.
Tanaka Sachiko!
Hmph, since I'm entering the show business...
Sorry for this time.
President. I'm not a president anymore...
To me you're a president. You're the one who found me.
I'm sorry.
Take a seat.
President, may I say something harsh?
Go ahead.
I think you let your guard down. Let my guard down...
Didn't that lead to the taking over of the company?
It's as you said.
If you think that it was a bother to us
then give us more good jobs from now on.
Thank you.
President, now comes the real thing. Eh?
We want you to take us to your agency.
What? What's with that reaction?
Ichiko-san is the president, right? But you two...
It's okay. I really like Ichiko-san.
Me too. He's unbearable,
this tingling feeling of bases loaded with two outs. But...
It's a joke. Eh?
Support Ichiko-san properly from now on.
For us too. I understand.
This way!
We're on air! Start the camera. The camera is rolling.
Ready start!
"Akira! That's enough, get up here!"
"Akira!" "Not yet."
"You have to bring your peak in the representative selection meeting. Cross the stream where it is the shallowest."
"You know, I... I want to win the gold medal for you."
Sakisaka.
You hate me, right? What?
That is not the right feeling! No...
Cut!
Director! What do we do?
Well... let's do it again.
From the start... okay? Again, please!
"You know, I... I want to win the gold medal for you."
That no good. Let's do this scene tomorrow.
Director. Yes?
Is there something wrong with my acting?
Uhm... I wonder.
Huh? Anyway, let's try again tomorrow.
Okay?
And you're the director...
Here.
I'm okay.
But really... what is with that attitude.
As we are the ones doing our best with the lead role. Right?
To derail the schedule with such calmness. Unbelievable.
Thank you for today, Director. Good work.
Good work! See you tomorrow.
Thank you for today.
Here you are. Bon appétit!
Ichiko-san, are you good at cooking now?
Me...? As your the president now.
Let's do a toast! But before that... Uhm, Sawatari!
Ah no... President. Yes... No, Sawatari is better.
Do the greetings! Greeting?
Your thoughts as the president.
Just say something! Yo, President!
President! Managing director!
President! President! Here, here.
Ah sorry. President! President! President!
Hey!
Uhm, Today indeed, uhm...
Founding of Hinode Pro... no...
Today, in this good day... So you have a stage fright!
Anyway, let's work together well!
Cheers! Cheers!
Let's eat!
How is it? It's delicious.
Delicious? Really?
What is the secret of this taste?
You want to hear? Yes.
It's love. Love!
Tadokoro-chan!
Here, here! This is my love!
Bon appétit. More, more.
This is "Hello My Love!" from me.
I'm just kidding!
How exciting!
So cute!
Revival?
Why didn't you tell me?
Starting a company, reviving Hinode Pro.
I had no clue...
Really? Shh!
Even president Namiki is here.
Although I'm not a president anymore. I'm an advisor.
You know... Do I have to tell you everything?
I can't believe this...
And you? How is the movie?
Ah... It's going well.
That's a lie. What?
When you lie you act like that.
Your sentence fades to the end.
Is that so? Is the something wrong?
No... Who?
Eh? The person.
Director? Producer?
Toudou Daiki?
Bullseye.
Ah, he is such a troublesome actor.
Uhm... Yes?
Why did you, Ishino-san, join Hinode Pro?
Well, there are various reasons.
Hey, Sakisaka-san.
She's a new one. Tanaka Sachiko.
The stage name is Saionji Sakurako. Tanaka Sachiko.
I'm the new Hinode Promotion's number one actress.
Hey...!
I'm your fan! Please give me your autograph!
She can't read the atmosphere.
So cool...
Thank you!
Thank you. Look look look!
You...
I'm leaving.
I'll take care of it.
Sorry for causing you trouble.
Sakisaka, come again.
Hey, is it really okay?
What? "What"...?
It doesn't concern you. You're not my manager anymore.
What's with you...
Directing manager?
In short I'm the president.
President? That's amazing.
Thank you. Oh and...
She is our new actress, she's Tanaka Sachiko.
Tanaka-san.
Hmm? Saionji...?
It's Tanaka Sachiko. This is her profile.
Hobby: showeling snow?
If there would be such a role
we'd be please to work with you. Excuse me. Yes.
So an executive?
Yes, that happened.
Is Goggle Fighter there too? That "Hello, Hello" one...
Uhm, that... Sakisaka-kun.
But today... Saionji Sakurako...
It's Tanaka Sachiko, written as a happy child in the rice field.
Nice to meet you!
So if there are any documentary dramas. Are you good at singing?
Of course. Should I sing now?
Oh yes. Okay.
Thank you for coming today!
The weather is good in summer holidays too! Bye bye!
That's OK! Thank you.
Douzai TV! I'm finally here!
You're only visiting.
President...
It suits you. Really?
The aggressiveness and the attitude.
What? No...
So... I came to make greetings and introduce our newcomer.
My stage name is Saionji Sakurako...
I'm Tanaka Sachiko.
You're... an actress?
Look, the Monday premium, October's cool.
I wonder if there is any role for her.
Monday Premium? Amazing! I'll think about it.
And if you don't have a theme song yet,
how about our Tadokoro Shinya?
It's already decided. Who?
This is off the record but it's Ijuin Sayumi-san.
Such a big shot!? Yes.
Is that already decided?
Yes.
It's decided!
Eh!? You're independent? Yes, a lot happened.
So because of that Sakisaka-kun's manager changed.
How is Sakisaka? Is he doing well?
He's working hard. He seems more like a leading actor day by day.
He has guts. I see.
Uhm...
Ah, this is our newcomer.
I'm Tanaka Sachiko. Nice to meet you.
So if you are looking for young actresses...
The castings are already done.
Of course. Just in case...
Sanjo-san, we're leaving to the location soon.
Yes! I leave ahead and start the car.
So then.
Hey, can I go visit the location for a little?
Good morning.
Wow! Amazing!
So this is a filming location.
Ah Sakisaka Ryo! Toudou Daiki!
How is it?
Ah!
Site is OK!
Okay? So then, we're on-air.
Start, please. It's rolling.
Ready, start!
"Akira! That's enough, get up here!"
"Akira!" "Not yet."
"You have to bring your peak in the representative selection meeting. Cross the stream where it is the shallowest."
"You know, I... I want to win the gold medal for you."
Sakisaka, you really do hate me.
Hey... if there is any problems please say so.
Figure it out yourself!
So it isn't going well.
Ah Producer! Good morning.
Oh, it's you... Hello.
Weren't you his manager? Well yes...
I want to talk.
Yes. What is it?
Could we put in a new scene?
A new scene? Yes.
But what kind?
Like an izakaya one.
Izakaya? Hey...
Where was my role, Uesugi Shunshuke, from?
I think he was... from Akita.
So it's an izakaya that serves Akita cuisine.
A setting where I, Uesugi Shunshuke, am a regular.
Ah... So far it's been training scenes and
then is the competition, right? It's not interesting.
But we have to consult with the scriptwriter.
Script? Not needed. I'll do ad-lib.
I don't know... So that's good.
Isn't that right, Director?
Let's do it. What!?
I'm relying on you. It's decided.
Do you any idea how much it takes to add one more scene!
Director, what is the meaning of this?
Let's just try it. Okay?
Uhm, Sanjo-san.
As there is new scene that
means that there are new roles, right? Well, yes...
This girl here is from Akita. Let's work well together.
So you got a role as izakaya's waitress?
That's right. Isn't that wonderful, suddenly getting a movie role.
But I don't have any lines. Don't be so cheeky.
But it's a izakaya that serves Akita cuisine so I'm touched.
Hey, say that in Akita dialect.
But it's a izakaya that serves Akita cuisine so I'm touched.
"But it's a izakaya that serves Akita cuisine so I'm touched"
That's good! But the end is more like this.
So let's eat.
Anyway, you have to study for the role now.
Study? With no lines? It's not about the lines.
More like the environment and the feeling?
Feelings can be expressed through actions and facial expressions.
That's amazing.
How you impress is what means to be an actor.
It's a hard world. But it's exciting.
And in Akita dialect? But it's exciting.
"But it's exciting"
You should be catching roles and rent a place.
It's annoying to have a freeloader forever.
Yes. I will do my best!
"Yes. I will do my best!"
Kazuomi, eat.
That was good.
Thanks for waiting. Ah, hello.
Sorry for calling you. Uhm, sorry for...
About the agency? I don't need an apology.
But it's been a series of unexpected.
She... Sawatari-san reviving Hinode Pro
and you joining them. Yes.
But Hinode Pro is the first production you joined.
Yes. Namiki-san is back, right?
Somehow it's a strange feeling.
But I would like to follow you too.
That'd be impossible. It's not like Daimon-san would let you go.
There is a new offer for Nakazato Reiko.
Oh.
It's a regular role for Douzai TV's Monday Premium.
I want her to do it.
Oh, Monday Premium. That's great.
But... Is there a problem?
It's about her role. Yes...
It's the heroine's grandma. The role of grandmother.
Oh, grandmother role...
Actresses hate growing old more than like having a role.
Nakazato Reiko hates even a role of mother.
So are you able to persuate her?
Well, first I make her read the script and look at her reaction,
and then from there.
You have studied the role well, right?
Uhm, can you say it again?
Okay, at the time you graduated high school
you came to Tokyo from Akita and are now living alone.
Your dream is to become a full-fledged dressmaker. Okay.
As your reaching for your dream, you work in this shop at nights.
You act cheerful but you've difficult times, you're lonely and sad.
Difficult times, lonely and sad. Difficult times, lonely and sad.
Then you meet a customer from the same town after a long time.
So, how is it?
I'm happy. It's nostalgic. I feel like crying.
You'll bring the drink with that feeling.
Okay? Yes!
Sakisaka-san, this is today's script.
Is there a script? Well, for now.
"After practise Uesugi and Akira are drinking in an izakaya."
Only this much...
Uhm, Director. Yes?
I'd like to know what is the aim or the direction of this scene.
Just go with the flow.
Go with the flow...
Toudou-san is here! Good morning!
Morning.
Good morning.
Is this good? Yes.
Alright, let's try this.
On-air!
Start the camera! Camera is rolling.
Ready, start!
"Akira, are you dating anyone?"
"Eh..." "Well?"
Cut! It's cut!
Let's try it again.
Ah. Again, please.
Once again! Yes!
Camera is rolling.
Ready, start!
"Here is only hot sake."
"I like it cold." "Hmm..."
"One more!"
Cut!
Walk more normally. Just normally.
Sorry! I heard there is a customer from the same town
so I was really happy.
Oh, you're from Akita? Yes!
My role is from Akita too. I know!
Hey waitress, go back. Yes!
Again! One more!
Calm down, okay?
I can't. I got nervous...
Take a deep breath. In and out. In and out.
Listen, grasp the feeling,
get in character and put your mind in the acting.
Understand? Yes.
Do your best.
"One more." "Yes."
"Excuse me." "Fill my glass." "Eh?"
"Fill my glass." "Ah, yes."
"Since you're working here that means you're from Akita?"
"Yes." "Where from Akita?"
"Eh? Uhm... from Gojoume."
"I'm from Oga. You know the place?"
"Eh? Ah yes."
"Akita... I haven't gone back for a while."
"How nostalgic."
"Excuse me."
"This is the Akita Ondo"
What is she doing!
"I launch in to the Ondo's nonsense"
"Though there might be objections I will start"
"Akita's famous products: Hachimori butterfish,
"Oga yellowtail,
"Noshiro lacquerware, Hiyama fermented soybeans, and Odate birchbark vessels."
"Akira. You too." "Eh?" "Just come."
"The more you drink..." What is this...
"Akita's women"
"Why are they so pretty? What a stupid question!"
"This is the birthplace of Ono no Komachi, didn't you know that?"
"Uesugi-san!"
"Uesugi-san"
"Oga is even in Akita a countryside..."
"In middle school I encountered swimming..."
"I... was dunce."
"Couldn't study at all..."
"I was only happy when swimming."
"But I thought that
the Olympics were just a faraway dream."
"Until I met you."
"It's not a dream anymore."
"I will give you the gold medal."
"Akira..."
Cut!
Well that was good. Really good!
It became a nice scene.
Until now you have been acting.
Acting? That is, played a role.
But in this scene you really became the protagonist Akira.
Became Akira...
I wanted to break your shell.
I bet Toudou-san thought the same all along.
Good work. Good work!
You were quite good.
Yes, but I was nervous.
But why did you suddenly start singing?
I heard Toudou-san say that "Akita is nostalgic"
and I felt that this person too is lonely and sad.
And then...? I just kept to what you said.
I grasped the feeling
and got in the character and put my mind in the acting.
Ah... Good work.
I came to greet you. Greet?
Thank you for today.
But why...?
Well, because you're the chairman.
I heard it's a custom to go greet the guests.
Bye.
Hey!
You were good.
How to say it... I was relieved.
You were able to make a new partner.
What?
I will walk it alone, the red carpet.
Bye...
That is really amazing.
To pull that Toudou Daiki to it when acting.
It's not such a big deal...
No, singing and dancing
are like screaming one's soul out.
And you did that.
It's not an easy thing to do. Good for you, Sachiko-chan.
For a first time she did good.
Tanaka Sachiko...
Maybe it is a bit plain... What?
If she's like this maybe a different stage name would have been better.
That is good. Eh?
You are Tanaka Sachiko. That fits you the best.
Really?
Oi, you're quite obedient to Ishino-san.
I'm weak for cool people. Eh?
To me too? And me?
And to me?
To Ishino-san and...
I will walk it alone, the red carpet.
Japan Swimming Championship 1980
"Ready!"
"Kamishiro, congratulations."
"That was a good record."
"Was the deciding factor the start?"
"With this Olympics are a sure thing."
"How is it? Can you aim under 58 seconds?"
"Thanks, thanks." "Kamishiro, one word please!"
"Thanks." "One word!"
"Don't let your guard down." "What?"
"There is still more to do for the selection meeting."
"I will..." "...give me..."
"...the gold medal."
Cut! OK!
It's Hinode Promotion.
This is Douzai TV's Mishima.
Yes?
Could you say that again?
That is, I'd like to ask
Tadokoro-san to do the drama's theme song.
Monday Premium's lyrics, composition and singing, everything.
But wasn't it decided to Ijuin Sayumi-san?
Tadokoro Shinya is the only one! That is what I think.
What is it?
Tadokoro-san. Oh?
Tadokoro-san. What?
Tadokoro-san. What is it already?
Gifts arrive to the people
who are working hard without omission...
Tadokoro-san!
What is it!?
But the insides are not know if you don't open them...