"Serial TV Story"
Dad, welcome back!
I'm home.
Hikari ga sashi The light is gentle
Kaze ga oyogi The breeze is swimming
Ikete yukeru to When you're alive
Sou omoeta no It really seems so
Anata ha watashi no kiseki You are my miracle
Anata ha watashi no kibou You are my hope
Dokoga de watashi wo kanjitete Somewhere I can feel
Soredake de ii no yo That that alone is enough
What do you think, Dad?
This is quite good, isn't it?
When you consider the color of our soba and the atmosphere of our store. Understand?
Ah, I see.
- Well, this is interesting. - Isn't it? Don't you think so?
Yeah. Well, it's interesting.
Yeah.
- All of the interiors are profound. - Yeah.
Ah, what do you think about a field motif?
A field, huh?
A field would be interesting, too.
Well, I think it would give off a sense of human wisdom.
Eh? What do you mean?
Hmm... Wheat is first sown in a field.
And then it's there that it's raised and then all tilled together and after that...
...it becomes the start for soba.
Well, what I'm saying is that to first get the wheat, you have to manure the field.
- Eh! - Ah, it's the earth...
Hey, hey, hey. Your talk exhausted her and now Hinako's asleep, Kazunari.
Ah... sorry.
Well, time for bed, time for bed! We have to be up early tomorrow, after all!
Yes, I'm sorry.
- I'll carry Hinako up. - Ah, please do.
Come on, Hinako. Here, say your "good night."
There, there.
Huh? Why do you have that look on your face?
Ah... well...
Once more... I'm home.
Welcome home.
Yeah, I'm home.
- I've done many bad things. - Many?
What bad things have you done?
Well, it's like not that.
Are things okay with them over there?
Yeah.
Is that right. Thank goodness.
Still, I was startled earlier.
I never imagined there would be a wedding going on here.
That's true, isn't it?
Well but, it couldn't be helped since you weren't here.
You don't know the half of what's been going on around here.
Eh...
When you're not here, you never know what might occur.
Yes, yes.
Recently, a customer who totally bore a resemblance to Humphrey Bogart...
Eh?
...didn't come into the store.
Ah... What's that?
Eh! Kazu-san, was that your heart breaking just now?
Were you filled with jealously, Kazu-san?
Serves you right!
What is this?
Thank you very much for coming home.
What are you saying? Obviously I would.
Ah!
Huh? What's the matter, Shigeki?
Ah...
- Well, Dad. - Huh?
You've been coming home quite late these days.
Have you been busy at work?
Huh? Ah, no...
It's nothing important.
I see.
Please don't push yourself too hard.
What are you saying? Don't treat me as if I were elderly.
You promised you'd become a doctor while I was still alive, didn't you?
Eh? Ah... yes.
Please do so, Shigeki.
Yes, please leave it to me.
Ah... the food was good.
I'm going on ahead. Sorry for having you do the cleanup.
Ah, no. Have a nice day.
Yeah! I'll be going.
"Something unforeseen would occur on that seemingly ordinary day..."
Onee-chan, have a nice day!
Well then, I'll be going.
Yeah, get going. Be careful.
Yes!
Be careful!
Yeah. So long!
Have a nice day!
"It was just a usual day as always, where nothing changed."
- Thank you very much. - Thank you for the meal.
Ah... Be careful.
I'll get it!
Make sure you speak properly.
Hello? This is Hyakubyakka.
Yeah, I'm Hinako.
- Mom, it's Shige-niichan. - Huh?
This is rare.
Hello? Yeah, it's just me.
Eh?
No...
Yes.
Yes...
Eh?
All right.
I'll come right away. Yeah.
What's the matter, Yoko?
My Dad...
My Dad collapsed in Matsumoto.
He's in the hospital right now...
He's having an operation.
Dad is...
We should go, Yoko. Let's go!
Yes.
- Yoko... - Shige-niichan.
His appendix had aggravated and now he seems to have peritonitis.
The operation just ended.
However...
With his high fever, they say he's in a grave condition.
Why?
You know that movie theatre in front of the station in Matsumoto?
That's where he collapsed.
I heard that people from the movie theater had carried him here.
Movie theater?
Yeah.
Dad was?
He was watching a movie?
I met with someone from the movie theater a while ago. They spoke about him.
He seems...
...to have been coming to see a movie every day.
Every day without fail.
Every day?
The same movie?
Yeah.
It seems every day after work he would come back by himself and watch the same movie.
They said that the people at the theater were curious since it wasn't that popular a movie.
And so...
...they once asked him, "Do you like this movie that much?"
"Is it that good?" they asked Dad.
And then...
Dad told them this.
"Please don't laugh."
"Truth is, I don't know if it's a good or bad movie."
"It's just she's similar."
"Somehow the actress in it is similar."
"Ah... to my dead wife."
Dad...
"I felt as though I didn't know anything at all about my father."
"Since the death of my mother..."
"...I didn't understand at all what thoughts my father had been living with."
"Parents selfishly think they must be strong at all times."
"I didn't understand what was in my parent's heart at all."
"To Be Continued"
Final Week: "From All the Mothers"
"Ohisama" "Suwa-shi, Suwa Grand Shrine"