"Serial TV Story"
Whenever I see the Sun...
...I'll think of Yoko-san.
"Showa 18 (1943), Autumn Husband Kazunari Goes To The Front"
I don't know where I'll be sent...
...but the Sun will be there, wherever in the world I am.
Heiwa Fansubs Presents "Ohisama" "The Sun"
Week 11: "War Love Letter" (Episode 61)
Screenplay by: Okada Yoshikazu
Music: Watanabe Toshiyuki Performance: Face Music
Narrator: Wakao Ayako
Maruyama Yoko: Inoue Mao
Maruyama Kazunari (Flashback): Koura Kendo
Miyashita Keiko: Hatsune Eriko
- Tsunokai Kazue - Muramatsu Toshihito
Takasawa Fubomichi
Miyazawa Setsuko: Shirakawa Yumi
Maruyama Michio: Kushida Kazuyoshi
Sudo Ryoichi: Terawaki Yasufumi
Maruyama Tokuko: Higuchi Kanako
Producer: Komatsu Masayo
Director: Shuzan Masahiro
"Showa 18, New Year's Eve (1943)"
"By the end of Showa 18, (1943)..."
"...I had been a wife of the Maruyama family for 4 months."
"I had not received a letter from Kazunari-san."
"I had sent out letter after letter, but not one reply had come back."
Yoko-chan!
- 'Morning! - Good morning!
Ahh! Cold, isn't it?
- Say, out cleaning? - Yes.
It is cold, isn't it?!
- Say! Could you do my porch, too? - Sure.
- Thank you so much! - Not at all.
New Year's Eve, huh...
Say, you'll be busy again today, won't you?
I hope so.
Say, do your best!
Yes!
- Ala, Onee-chan? 'Morning! - Good morning.
What are you doing, Yoko?
Hurry, hurry!
New Year's Eve's a busy day for a soba shop like ours, after all.
Yes! I'm sorry!
So long...
Sorry to have kept you waiting!
Ah, welcome!
Would it be okay if you shared a table?
Ah, thank you.
Thank you very much!
- What's your order? - Two Mori sobas.
Yes!
Here you go, here's a tonic for your feet.
One Kage-udon, ready to go!
Yes!
- Good afternoon! - Welcome!
Welcome!
Ehh... Where will we sit you?
- Give me a Kage! - Yes, thank you very much.
Please come over here. Thank you for waiting!
"At that time, my father was about to leave his home in Azumino..."
"...to go to the airplane factory in Nagoya."
Well then, please take care of things.
Thank you for your hard work for the sake of the country.
Thank you very much.
Miyamoto-san, take care of yourselves, too.
Yes.
While you're away from home...
...we'll make sure to air it out and clean it properly.
We'll keep it safe.
Thank you very much.
I don't know when I might return though.
You'll be lonely, won't you?
Everyone's gone their separate ways!
Don't go crying, fool!
It's because...
I'm sorry.
No.
They're all doing their best wherever they are.
Takeo-kun, Haruki, Shigeki, too.
And Yoko, too...
All of the children are doing their best.
We adults mustn't lose out to them, either.
That's true.
Well then, please have a Happy New Year.
- Happy New Year. - Happy New Year.
"Everyone who had been at the Azumino house was finally gone."
There!
- 2 Mori sobas, please! - Sure thing!
- Here, counting on you. - Yes!
- Yes, here. - Yes.
Thanks for the food.
- Thank you very much! - Thank you very much!
Thank you for waiting!
I'm sorry.
She's in good spirits, isn't she?
That's true.
Mail!
Yes!
Thank you!
Yoko-chan! The Mori udon!
Ah, yes!
- Ah... Still not here yet. - Eh?
Don't go saying foolish things at a busy time like that, geez!
Yes, yes, I'm very sorry!
Ah... Your letters.
Yeah. Thanks.
"Maruyama"
I've brought in the tea.
Yeah, thanks.
Ah... thanks for your hard work.
Ah... We were so busy, weren't we?
Eh?
Yoko, it wasn't all that much for a Year's End though.
It really wasn't?
Yeah.
It'd normally be 10 times what it was today.
That's right.
Eh?!
Well, even when it gets as busy as can be...
...she NEVER makes a mistake in either the orders or calculations.
Right!?
It's when she has free time that she gets dangerous.
Well that's right.
Anyhow, I was the daughter of a businessman.
I see.
I got confused today wondering, "what should I do, what should I do now?"
Still, it's pitiful having that first thing.
On New Year's Eve, a soba shop should serve soba.
That's true.
Yeah. It shouldn't have udon for New Year's.
Thing is, New Year's soba should be thin and long.
Ah, udon's too short and thick.
- Even so, it's better than nothing. - I suppose.
I love Dad's delicious udon.
Yeah. The way you knead it over and over makes it delicious.
You can tell?
Guess I've improved.
It's the way I changed the udon stock, too, isn't it? Just a bit.
Ah, I thought so as well.
You could tell? You could really tell?
Well... I guess so.
I guess you could say it truly is in how you make the soup.
Eh...
Ala? Should I stop?
Go ahead.
Yes, go ahead!
Eh? Why?
For at least one time at the end of the year we should listen to it.
That's right. At least once, right?
Eh?! What is this?
Okay! Got it. You asked for it.
Yes. I'll go long and keep you through winter.
Eh?!
Forgive me. Look, I have to get to work again.
No, no! I've caught the two of you.
- Eh?! - Oh no!
Please listen!
"My Maruyama Father and Mother got along really well and were lots of fun."
Yes, go ahead!
Go ahead!
"I wondered what sort of married couple Kazunari-san and I would be like."
"I wondered how everyone was doing."
"And, as I wondered what Kazunari-san was doing..."
"...I suddenly became worried and missed him terribly."
"Showa 19, New Year's Day (1944)"
Yes, Happy New Year!
- Happy New Year! - Happy New Year!
Please take care of me this year, too!
Please watch out for us!
And now, let's eat the Ozouni! (New Year's Dishes)
Happy New Year!
- Your mail. - Yes!
- Excuse me. - Thank you for your hard work.
"To Maruyama Yoko-sama"
Ah... Mom!
Is it from Kazunari?
Yes.
Oh!
He went and did the classy thing of sending a New Year's card.
It's okay, so go.
Go up to your room and take your time reading it.
Well, but...
Go on, go!
Thank you very much!
"Have you gotten used to living in Matsumoto?"
"I'm sure it's a life where so many things have confused you..."
"...but please depend upon my father and mother."
"I apologize for not being able to write you letters."
"I am in good health."
"Every day I look up at the sun in the sky."
"Whenever I see the sun, I get this feeling of happiness."
"I think anywhere where I can see the sun is beautiful."
"I'm sure it's like the tropic suns you'd see in old movies."
This is a love letter, Yoko.
It's great he calls you by you name, "Yoko."
He doesn't realize it's a love letter.
Yes.
He's gone to the south seas, hasn't he?
It's what he meant, isn't it?
Yes. I'm sure of it.
Here.
Here goes, Sho-chan.
Yes! Whaa!
I'm good, aren't I?
It's cause my older brothers trained me.
Yeah.
Thank you. I'm completely useless at such things.
No.
Sho-chan, want to give it a try?
Ah...
What's wrong?
Thank goodness it wasn't for us.
Eh?
I thought it was the "officially killed in battle" notice.
I was scared.
Whenever that person passes by, I get scared.
"At that time, I remember shuddering and having goose pimples."
"In my head I realized for the first time the fear..."
"...of suddenly receiving news..."
"...that my husband had been killed in battle in the war zone was like."
"To Be Continued"
"Ohisama" "Saku-shi's Morning Glow"