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Mom!
Oi, Kazunari!
It's born!
It's born... Thank goodness.
"I named her 'Hinako,' using the characters for 'Sunny place' and 'child'."
Heiwa Fansubs Presents "Ohisama" "The Sun"
Week 17: "Becoming a Married Couple" (Episode 98)
Screenplay by: Okada Yoshikazu
Music: Watanabe Toshiyuki Performance: Face Music
Narrator: Wakao Ayako
Maruyama Yoko: Inoue Mao
Maruyama Kazunari: Koura Kendo
Tsutsui Ikuko: Mitsushima Hikari
Soma Machiko: Maiko
Murakami Sadao: Saiki Shigeru
Aoyagi Buntaro
Murakami Kayo: Watanabe Eri
Maruyama Michio: Kushida Kazuyoshi
Maruyama Tokuko: Higuchi Kanako
Kirino Fujiko: Watanabe Misako
"Showa 21, December 31st (1946)"
"It was the last day of Showa 21 (1946)."
"We still didn't have many things yet and it was difficult for us..."
"...but the town was busy."
"Maruyama"
If you would, please.
"Soba still wasn't obtainable..."
"...so we came up with a soba alternative for New Year's."
- Welcome. - Welcome.
Wel... come.
Please come this way.
Thanks for the meal!
Thank you very much.
Please have a happy New Year.
Please favor us with your appearance at Maruyama's once again.
No, no, Happy New Year to you, too.
Do your best.
It will be surely be a very good year, this Showa 22.
If you say so, then I feel it truly will be.
So long.
Fare thee well.
Fare thee... well.
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much!
Hinako, what's the matter?
Are you hungry?
"Even if I say we ate soba for New Year's Eve, they were noodles made from Konnyaku."
(Konnyaku - pressed vegetables)
Here, the order for 2.
Yes.
- Here. - Yes.
"How about it?"
"Yeah..."
"Of course I'll understand if you don't agree."
"We can't serve udon, either."
"But even so..."
"...I think the people of the town would like to eat that for New Year's."
"Warm noodles."
"How about it?"
"Grandmother."
"Yes?"
"What do you think?"
"Let's see."
"I guess I would want to eat them."
"It's what we Japanese do on New Year's."
"Hmm..."
"There... is that, isn't there, Kazunari?"
"It doesn't soak up the broth."
"Hmm..."
"I guess it's because it's Konnyaku..."
"Hmm..."
"Hey, since I can make a good broth for it..."
"...everyone will want to drink that. Right?"
"So, well, since it doesn't soak and maybe if the broth was darkened..."
"Let's do a little research. Yeah."
"Eh? Then..."
"Shall we do it?"
"Grandmother here says we should, too, so we should, shouldn't we?"
"That's right! Let's do it, let's do it!"
Oi! Isn't that boiling? Kazunari!
Ah, sorry.
Okay!
Ah, they've come, they've come!
Nice, isn't it, having a baby around?
That's true. It's as if the atmosphere of our home has changed.
That is truly so.
It has been a long time.
Grandmother, aren't you tired from today?
Not in the least.
I enjoyed myself.
I never imagined that I would be working in a large soba store on New Year's Eve.
I've lived a long life.
I enjoyed myself.
Thank you very much.
Not at all. Thank you, too. You were a big help, right?
Yeah. You've become a very popular person here, Grandmother.
My, thank you very much.
Truly, thank you very much.
Not at all. Thank you as well.
But...
...you must be sure to let me serve true soba next year.
Yes.
- I hope we'll be able to. - Yeah.
Still, the expression on all the customer's faces...
...as they were eating the Konnyaku noodles was happiness.
I enjoyed the Konnyaku noodles as well.
Thank you very much.
When I return to Tokyo, I shall brag to my friends.
"Ah, you, have you ever worked in a soba store?"
"It's quite interesting," I'll say.
Ala, my!
Yoko.
Yes?
Thank you so much.
This has been a happy time for me.
To be able to see my adorable great-grandchild’s face...
...to get to work in a soba store...
I truly...
...truly enjoyed myself.
I have no more regrets.
Grandmother...
Don't worry.
I will probably live a long time.
That is my intention.
Yes.
Once I've seen the New Year in here, I will return to Tokyo.
Won't you be overstraining yourself?
Of course I am overstraining myself.
After all, I have had fun here the entire time.
Well then...
When overstraining yourself, the important thing is patience.
If a person doesn't, they aren't able to carry themselves well.
I cannot depend upon your kindness any longer.
I have a long ways to go in which to carry myself well in as a person.
Someday...
...I want my grandchildren and great-grandchildren...
...to become such people.
Grandmother...
Um...
In Tokyo, how will you...
Ah, how will I live?
Don't worry.
There are many people who will help me who are still alive...
...and I have my part of the bequest left to me.
I am on firm ground.
Is that right?
- Thank you very much. - Not at all.
There, there.
Lonely, aren't you?
Lonely, isn't she?
Hinako.
See you again.
Take care.
Your Grandmother's a wonderful person.
She's been fun.
Thank you very much.
This year was a good one, wasn't it?
Yes.
I'm sure the coming year will be a better year, too.
Yes.
Yeah...
It was a good year.
"In that way, Showa 21 ended."
"It was a very gentle and happy New Year."
"Showa 22, January (1947)"
"And so, it was Showa 22."
"There were wonderful things that year."
"All the people I couldn't meet because of the war..."
"...I got to meet again."
"Murakami Sweets is reopening"
Thank you.
Ah, Kayo-san!
Yoko-chan, you've come! It's been so long!
- Yoko! - Ikuko, Machiko-san!
It's been awhile!
Do you remember my face?
Have you grown?
Ah, now, now, now. Kayo-san, come in.
Oh, oh! It's been too long!
It has been. You've opened your store, haven't you?
Yeah. Well, we have almost nothing to sell.
Still, I'm happy!
It's great all of you are alive...
Thank goodness!
The war is over, isn't it?
Thank goodness!
Thank goodness...
It is good.
We not only lived but look! We've increased by one!
That's true.
Still, I missed this place.
That's right.
So, Yoko-chan's a mother, huh?
Right?
We weren't able to have any children.
Ah... yeah.
That's why...
...we always thought of you guys as our daughters.
That's why I'm so glad to see you!
Kayo-san, geez...
Kayo-san!
So Hinako-chan here is like our own granddaughter.
Oh, that's right. Yeah, yeah.
Can I hold her?
Of course. Please cuddle her.
Thank you.
Ah!
She's so cute!
"During my Girl's School era..."
"...I never really thought about Kayo-san's marriage."
"Because I was now an adult, I felt I understood... is what I thought."
Ah, so cute!
Delicious!
Yummy!
That's our special one. Right, Dear?
Yeah. Really enjoy the flavor.
- Yes! - Yes!
Yoko, when do you return to the school?
In 10 days.
Ala, that's soon, isn't it?
Yeah.
Ah... It'll be tough from here on.
That's true.
Cute, isn't she?
"To Be Continued" She looks so adorable when she's sleeping.
"Ohisama" "Ikeda-cho Omine Plateau"