"Serial TV Story"
Ikuko...
Why?
Why did you come here?!
Heiwa Fansubs Presents "Ohisama" "The Sun"
Week 12: "News" (Episode 72)
Screenplay by: Okada Yoshikazu
Music: Watanabe Toshiyuki Performance: Face Music
Narrator: Wakao Ayako
Maruyama Yoko: Inoue Mao
Tsutsui Ikuko: Mitsushima Hikari
Soma Machiko: Maiko
Uehara Hideo (Flashback): Takahashi Kazuo
- Oide Nanako - Yoshikawa Humiki
Miyazawa Setsuko: Shirakawa Yumi
Maruyama Michio: Kushida Kazuyoshi
Maruyama Tokuko: Higuchi Kanako
Whatever happens to me...
...is just fine...
Ikuko-san?
What's wrong, Ikuko? What happened?
The air raid...
Everyone where I lived was burned alive...
I desperately ran away.
I took refuge in a building that then collapsed...
I called out desperately for help...
...but no one came...
"Ah," I thought...
"...this is where I'm going to die."
I thought I was being punished.
For lying and for showing off to all of you.
So I thought this is my punishment.
It was inevitable...
And then I heard a man's voice calling out, "Are you okay?"
That man...
...who was named Uehara-san...
When he saw me he smiled and said, "Hi."
I thought he was a strange man.
"Don't worry. I'll definitely save you," he said...
He did rescue me...
...with this huge smile.
And then...
And then the building collapsed...
I cried out to him desperately.
I don't remember what happened after that.
I was thinking I hated it.
I thought that person wasn't the one supposed to die.
I thought he absolutely wasn't the one.
For my sake he...
Where is this person?
He died.
If he hadn't rescued me...
...such a thing wouldn't have happened...
Even when he couldn't move his body anymore...
...he was someone who tried to make me laugh.
You might not believe it, but we were in love.
Uehara-san said, "I'm glad I fell in love with you."
I felt I loved him, too.
And yet...
I don't know what I should do...
I don't know what it is I should do...
Say, what should I do?
Ikuko...
Come home.
Come home with us to Azumino!
No, that's what we'll do. We'll take you back.
Even if we have to drag you saying you won't, we'll take you back.
We'll take you home!
Let us return to Azumino, Ikuko-san.
I told you, "that's what we're doing," didn't I?!
You can't do anything alone.
I could never, ever leave you alone like this!
If you don't like it there...
...then you can run away from home again.
But...
...until you can tell me and Machiko-san, "I'm okay," we'll keep an eye on you!
We definitely...
Definitely!
We definitely won't let you be alone!
If you understand, then let's go home.
Let's go together, Ikuko.
We won't let you be alone again...
Please...
Please come home with us.
Please.
"Ikuko returned home to Azumino."
"The three of us grasped hands tightly and never let go the entire time."
Yoko...
Mom...
Welcome home.
You did well in coming back.
You did great!
I was scared...
I'm sorry...
I was so scared...
I'm sorry...
Which one are you trying to tell me?
Both.
This is great, isn't it?
Ah, you're great! You did great!
"Somehow, all I did after that was cry."
"Showa 20, April. (1945)"
"As the new school term started..."
"...I was promoted to taking charge of the 5th graders."
Okay! Let's begin!
"Across all of Japan..."
"...the air raids over cities intensified..."
"...increasing the tensions during the evacuation drills in Azumino."
"I had the feeling that I just couldn't allow my students to die in an air raid."
Hey! You're taking too long!
I've caused you trouble.
She owes us big time, doesn't she?
Yes. So big she'll have to risk her life for us.
I know.
Somehow this feels as if we were back in our Girl's School days, doesn't it?
That's true.
All thanks to you.
I...
Huh?
I wrote a letter to Uehara-san's parents.
I wrote about everything.
I wrote about my feelings, too.
Yeah.
And then I had an answer come yesterday.
They had written, "Please live for our son's part."
I see.
And this was with it.
Ah, he's handsome.
He seems kind.
That's enough.
- Eh?! - Eh?!
"Ikuko long treasured Uehara-san's photograph."
"She would say, 'It's my talisman...'"
"...and she carried it with her everywhere... even now."
I'll...
...have to live until I'm 200 though.
That's true.
Ikuko-san, you'll be okay to make it to 200.
Thank you.
What do you mean by that?
Eh?
Isn't that supposed to be Yoko?
Why me?
After all, look, I'm what you'd call delicate.
What's delicate about you, you liar.
Eh?
You said it, didn't you? "To show off, all I did was lie."
Yeah, she said that.
Ah... That was, um... How do I put it...
At that time, I...
You need to clarify those things a little more.
What things?
About what was true and what wasn't true.
That's right. Can you prepare a pencil and some paper?
I should. It looks like we'll have to question her.
All right. I'm sorry.
Ikuko-san, you are quite fantastic enough without having to show off.
That's right.
Well, it's unfortunate I have to keep that buried out here in the country.
I'm sorry.
You never change, Ikuko-san.
"Ikuko healed her wounds for a little longer in Azumino."
"Well, I thought they were very deep wounds, but..."
...still, little by little..."
"But then suddenly, the enemy came here to Azumino, too."
"Showa 20, May (1945)"
Air raid!
They're coming!
Prepare for evacuation! Quickly!
Everyone, calm down!
As long as you're calm like usual, you'll absolutely be okay!
Hurry! Quickly! Under your desks!
Hide under your desks!
Hey you! Hold your heads down!
Don't worry! It'll be okay!
Don't worry, Sensei is here!
Is anyone hurt?
Don't move! Don't move yet!
"That day..."
"...for the first time since I was born..."
"...I hated the sky."
"To Be Continued"
Week 13: "Homecoming"
"Ohisama" "Ina-shi's Onsho-ji Temple"