"Serial TV Story"
I'm Maruyama Yoko.
Nice to meet you!
"There was just one of the children that worried me."
Heiwa Fansubs Presents "Ohisama" "The Sun"
Week 11: "War Love Letter" (Episode 65)
Screenplay by: Okada Yoshikazu
Music: Watanabe Toshiyuki Performance: Face Music
Narrator: Wakao Ayako
Maruyama Yoko: Inoue Mao
Takahashi Natsuko: Itou Ayumi
Nakamura-sensei: Pierre Taki
- Oide Nanako - Konishi Mayu - Yoshikawa Humiki
Miyazawa Setsuko: Shirakawa Yumi
Principal Umeda: Ayada Toshiki
Maruyama Michio: Kushida Kazuyoshi
Maruyama Tokuko: Higuchi Kanako
Okay! Start!
Set up!
Thrust!
Set up! Thrust!
That's it!
Set up! Thrust!
"I was told she had been evacuated from Tokyo..."
"...and that her name was Kurada Kyoko-chan."
Drop your hips!
Set up! Thrust!
Murayama-sensei's class is quite excellent.
Yeah, impressive!
Thank you very much.
Set up! Thrust!
Truth is, we wanted to turn them down.
Reason is, we really aren't that close to them.
Their father is sick and hospitalized...
...while their mother is alone and worried about all the air raids over Tokyo...
...so she bowed her head to us over and over.
And then she just up and left them behind with nothing but her thanks.
Our family really doesn't have enough to spare for them.
"Achievements of the Imperial Army" "Home Front's Defense"
Ala? What's the matter?
Ah, um...
Ah, it's Kyoko-chan's little sister, isn't it?
I'm sorry.
No.
It's okay.
You want to be with your Onee-chan, don't you?
Come in.
Here. Sit down.
I'm sorry.
No.
What's your name?
Chizuko.
Ah... You're great. You said your name properly.
Nice to meet you, Chizuko-chan!
Onee-chan, that's pretty poor for you. Why?
If you don't stay quiet, I'll make you go home.
Goodbye!
Be careful going home, okay?
Yes.
Goodbye.
Say, Kyoko-chan.
Yes?
Um...
If something difficult comes up and causes a problem...
...you can discuss it with me anytime, okay?
Right?
Thank you. Goodbye.
Onee-chan, Onee-chan, Yoko-sensei's nice, isn't she?
Let's go home.
Yoko-sensei.
Ah, what is it?
I got a letter from my Onee-chan yesterday.
I see... That's great, isn't it?
Is she doing well?
Yes.
"Yes, yes, do you remember this child?"
"This is Ikuko's younger brother, Ichiro-kun."
"You get along together all the time, okay?"
So long. Goodbye.
Yeah, goodbye. Take care going home.
I will.
Yes.
"Sold out for today"
"Because of the delay in our ration of wheat flour..."
"...and since we weren't able to make as much of our Maruan udon..."
"...the store had to be shut down in the afternoons."
Ah, Yoko-chan, welcome back. Thanks for your hard work.
I'm back.
Ahh... We're all having a hard time of it.
None of the merchants are able to sell anything.
- Like I said. - Like I said, Dear.
- That's not it. - It is...
That's not it. I give up.
Welcome back!
Now, now, thanks for your hard work.
What's going on?
Well, it's because we have too much free time.
We were looking back over our history as a married couple.
- Eh? - He's lying.
We were just looking back over what we would have fights about.
Ah...
The result was that not even once was it I who caused them.
- Oi, oi, it's the reverse. - It's not the reverse.
Well, it is the reverse.
It's clearly almost always your jumping to conclusions about things.
Then, if I did jump to conclusions...
...that would mean I had made a mistake and that I was the bad one, wouldn't it?
Eh... Wait, I wasn't thinking such a thing...
- Then what's the difference? - No, no, that's wrong, that's wrong.
Ehh... Yes, I'm sorry.
See, look!
Huh? What's the matter? You look glum.
Do you have a stomachache?
Eh... no.
Um...
Is the store going to be okay like this?
Ah...
We'll get by somehow. Look! Go and change clothes.
Yes.
Go and say "Kazu-san, I'm home," to Kazunari's picture.
Eh?!
I wonder if they've seen me?
I'm home, Kazu-san.
We have to do something.
At this rate...
That's true.
"Those two never showed their gloomy side to me."
"But it wasn't just the Maruan that was affected."
Ah, Maruyama-sensei, you received a letter.
Yes. Thank you very much.
"Setagawa 2nd National School, Hirota Keiko"
Ah, it's related to that evacuated child? Ah, Kyoko-chan, isn't it?
Yes.
At her age, to have her and her sister evacuated would be rather lonesome for them, right?
And I thought about how hard it must be for her.
So it's understandable she would feel depressed like that.
Yeah.
Still, it's been on my mind...
I don't think that's all it is.
So then I wrote a letter to the teacher in charge of her in Tokyo asking...
..."what sort of child is she?"
And this is the answer I got.
Yeah.
Ah...
"That child is an extremely bright one."
"She truly loves to study."
"She loves to sing and sing."
"In particular, she loves drawing so much that she even won a prize."
Ehh... Is that so.
She's completely different now, isn't she?
Children can overthink things.
You could say that causes them to be reserved.
She's under someone else's care due to the evacuation...
...so maybe she doesn't want to seem impertinent...
...I wonder.
"This was a letter Kyoko-chan had written for her mother in Tokyo."
"Mother, how are you getting along?"
"Is Father getting any better?"
"Thanks to you, I am very healthy."
"Chizuko is very healthy, too."
"It's not a problem getting things to eat in Azumino..."
"...and we have lots of good things to eat..."
"...so I feel sorry for all those in Tokyo."
"Uncle and Aunt are very kind to us."
"Chizuko has become completely used to the home in Azumino..."
"...and is constantly running and playing through the hills and fields."
"I've made lots of friends at the National School, too..."
"...so every day at school passes pleasantly."
"So please don't worry about me and Chizuko."
"The two of us will be quite cheerful here."
"Please, Father and Mother, take care of your health."
"Well then, until I write again."
"Kyoko."
Wait, Onee-chan.
Got it!
Onee-chan, draw a picture of Mom.
Eh?
Please. Because you're really good at drawing.
All right. I said all right, so don't cry.
Then, you'll draw her?
Yes, yes.
Give me a minute.
Whaa! It's our home in Tokyo!
It's Mom!
And this is Dad.
This is you.
And is this me?
That's right.
"To Be Continued"
"Ohisama" "Chouenji's Maple Trees"