"Serial TV Story"
It's Mom! And this is Dad.
This is you. Is this me?
That's right.
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
Fukuda-sensei: Dankan
- Oide Nanako - Konishi Mayu
- Aya Mina - Yoshikawa Humiki
Iwamoto Yasuko: Yoshimura Noriko
Principal Umeda: Ayada Toshiki
I want to see Mom.
I want to go back home to Mom.
Chizuko, do you love Mom?
Yeah.
Me, too.
That's why I don't want to bother Mom.
Right now, we're a lot of trouble for Mom.
Dad is sick in the hospital...
...and she has to take care of him.
If we're with her, Mom will get tired and she'll get sick.
Are you okay with that, Chizuko?
I'd hate that.
Then, let's endure this.
You and I together.
Yeah, I'll endure it.
Will you sing for me when it's time for bed?
Sure.
In a low voice though.
Yeah.
Come, let's go home.
Katte kitaru zoto isamashiku... Go and win you valiant men...
Chikatte furesato wo de takara ha Surely, they leave their hometowns
Tegaratatezu ni shi... For great feats and death...
What's this?
Ah!
For pete's sake!
This is why I say teachers coming out of Normal school are all useless.
If you're going to do it, do it right!
Such naivety!
That's better!
All that comes out of her mouth anymore is impertinence.
There!
Kyoko-chan, I'm sorry.
Your picture was really good.
Say, your sister's incredible, isn't she?
Yeah. After all, Onee-chan's...
Chizuko!
But...
Ah... Say!
There...
Ah, I've missed this place.
No one lives here right now.
It's just like the house in the background...
...of Kyoko-chan's picture of your family earlier, isn't it?
I thought this house was definitely the same.
Whaa!
Hey!
So big!
A kitchen!
Ah!
Who is this pretty person?
That's my mother.
She died when I was about Kyoko-chan's age.
My father is in Nagoya working at a factory right now.
I have two older brothers...
...but both of them have gone to the war.
Ah... Say, Kyoko-chan.
Yes?
From your teacher in Tokyo...
...I asked her to tell me all about you.
What I heard made me happy.
Eh?
Kyoko-chan is in truth a very cheerful sort...
...who likes to talk and sing and who loves studying.
I also heard you are a girl who is very good at drawing...
I'm happy about that.
Say, Kyoko-chan...
...don't force yourself like this and go back to being the true Kyoko-chan.
When painful things happen, I'll definitely protect you.
I'm fine with the way things are now.
I'm fine.
I...
...don't want to do fun things.
After all, my Mom isn't able to do fun things.
Mom loves us both.
All the time she was with Dad in the hospital she'd say...
"When I look at your faces, I'm okay."
"As long as I have Kyoko and Chizuko, I'll be fine," she was always saying.
Yet even so, Mom is all alone right now.
It can't be helped if it's tough and lonely for her.
Even so, she's doing her best.
There's nothing fun at all for Mom in Tokyo.
That's why I...
I don't want to have fun.
I feel I should do my best along with Mom.
Chizuko, let's go home.
I'll take you.
That's okay. Just the two of us will go back.
Goodbye.
"I hadn't understood Kyoko-chan's feelings at all."
"I was embarrassed with myself."
"But I wanted to tell her."
"'It's okay to be weaker,' I'd say."
"From Dalian, the Special Limited Express train "Asia" comes."
"With that, it's possible to go to Harbin in 12 and a half hours."
"A steamship departs from there inland every day..."
"...so by getting on that, you can arrive at Kobe in 4 days."
Say, Onee-chan.
Huh?
Later.
An answer hasn't come from Mom.
It hasn't come.
Has something happened to her?
The only thing she was diligent at was writing letters.
"Whaa! It's our home in Tokyo!"
"It's Mom! And this is Dad."
"This is you. Is this me?"
"That's right."
Chizuko...
Let's go to where Mom is.
Ah, Yoko-chan! Yoko-chan! Caught you just in time.
Hello.
Forget the hellos. A call, a call for you. From the school.
Eh? Ah, thank you.
Hello, this is Maruyama.
Ah, Natsuko-sensei...
Eh?
Um, where is Kyoko-chan?
They haven't been found yet.
I contacted the train station and 2 girls of their age were definitely there.
Could it be they were trying to get back to Tokyo?
It seems so.
I wonder if there are any other places they could have gone to?
The Principal is asking the Civil Defense Unit to search around the whole region right now...
Ah.
Ah, is that right? Then, thank you very much.
They're taking care of the search.
Thank you very much.
Ah!
I, um...
I'm going out for a bit. Excuse me!
Ah, Kyoko-chan...
Thank goodness!
I want to see Mom...
I want to see Dad...
Onee-chan, is this Tokyo?
"A few days later, Kyoko-chan received a letter from her mother."
"But I felt Kyoko-chan..."
"...had become even a little more obstinate than she had been before."
"Certain Victory"
Yes! Then, that will be all for today.
Stand!
Bow!
Thank you very much.
Yes!
- Say, Kyoko. - Eh?
When you were in Tokyo, did you ever go to the Ueno Zoo?
Yeah.
Then, did you see the elephants?
My older sister lives in Tokyo.
And, she sent me a picture she had drawn of an elephant at the Ueno Zoo.
It's a terrible, messed up picture, though.
Hang on a sec.
This is it...
If Kyoko has seen one, could you maybe draw it for me?
Say! An elephant.
Eh...
I'd like to know what one's really like. Okay?
Whoa! That's great!
Incredible! You're good at that!
Incredible!
So that's an elephant. It's big.
"The faces on the children then were so adorable."
"To Be Continued"
Week 12: "News"
"Ohisama" "Chikuma-shi's Okuma Temple"