"Serial TV Story"
It came.
It's come. It came at last.
The call for Takeo to join the Army.
Eh?
It's not about who's home you're in.
It's okay to express your honest feelings here.
Heiwa Fansubs Presents "Ohisama" "The Sun"
Week 8: "Each Morning" (Episode 44)
Screenplay by: Okada Yoshikazu
Music: Watanabe Toshiyuki Performance: Face Music
Sudo Yoko: Inoue Mao
Takahashi Natsuko: Itou Ayumi
Soma Machiko: Maiko
Miyamoto Takeo: Emoto Tokio
Miyamoto Haru: Tsunogae Kazue
- Muramatsu Toshifumi - (Flashback) Katsu Ryoichi
(Flashback) - Yagi Yuki - Arakawa Chika
Miyamoto Takeo (modern era): Inuzuka Hiroshi
Sudo Ryoichi: Terawaki Yasufumi
Haraguchi Fusako: Saito Yuki
Sudo Yoko (Narrator): Wakao Ayako
Oi!
Always crying like that. It's unseemly!
But...
Why? Why our family?
Why our Takeo?
He's our only son.
It's too much...
Too much.
What are we going to do?
Our boy...
This boy is useless.
He's not suitable to be a soldier.
Eh?
Because he takes after this guy with all his faults.
That's why he shouldn't be turned into a soldier.
He'll get killed.
Even if everyone else was saved, he'd get killed.
Takeo, what'll I do?
If you disappear, what am I supposed to do?
If it gets dangerous, you run right away.
Avoid all the bullets!
Got that? Understand?
Ma, I get it already.
I get it, so stop it.
I...
I'm happy.
You're happy?
Why?
When I went for the draft physical exam...
...all the men lined up were the same age as me.
They were all nervous.
On the first round...
...they said "Grade A, Pass" and tapped me on the shoulder.
The guy behind me was a Grade C and he was crying...
Crying.
That's why I was kinda happy.
'Cause I guess I am kinda stupid.
So when I'm told, "you pass," it makes me feel kinda happy.
I haven't been told I passed at anything since I was a kid.
I guess I'm happy just to have passed something.
You are an idiot.
This was one time where you didn't have to pass.
Nothing I could do about it.
It was Ma who made sure I was born with good health...
Besides, besides...
Because I'm not clever, I don't understand it well, but...
I'm happy I've been called to work for the country's sake.
Happy.
From someone who looked like a professor I was told, "you're needed."
"Japan needs you," he said.
"Very well!" I said.
My body trembled.
I was happy as a man.
Happy.
Besides, besides...
I thought for that guy who had been behind me crying...
...I should do my best and fight hard.
Is that wrong, sir?
I think Takeo-kun's feelings are noble.
I think they're beautiful.
I don't think that is wrong.
Thank you very much.
But, Takeo-kun, understand how your mother feels.
Well... try to understand them.
Don't worry.
Press forward without apology.
Yes.
Yoko.
Yes?
Wait here just a minute.
I've been busy lately, so it's in a bit of a mess.
Okay, wait here a minute.
Sure.
I'm glad I passed.
I guess I am Grade A after all.
Come up.
Yes. Excuse my disturbance.
Have some tea.
Ah, yes.
This is your first time here?
Yeah.
Though you've been nearby all this time, huh?
Yeah.
Don't look like that.
Yeah. I'm sorry.
This isn't like you, Yoko.
Eh?
You don't smile as much anymore.
Like Yoko of the Sun.
That was your only merit.
What's that?!
Since we were kids, you'd smile, no matter what had happened.
Like a fool.
When you were a schoolgirl, too.
What's with the 'fool' bit? How rude.
When Ohisama doesn't smile anymore, the whole world goes dark.
And the fields become no good.
Eh...
That's why...
...so that Yoko can smile again...
...and so we can win this war...
...and bring it to an end that much sooner...
...I'll fight.
Takeo-kun...
There is something, Yoko.
Huh?
Didn't that make you feel just a little better right now? Right, Yoko-sensei?
Yeah. That was very good, Takeo-kun.
Hope so.
What is it?
Well...
Then, I'd best take my Ma home.
So long.
Takeo-kun!
Hey, are you okay, Takeo-kun?
Takeo!
I'm fine, I'm fine.
Because I passed Grade A, after all!
"Takeo-kun was sent to the front several days after that."
"The people of the village saw him off..."
"...and he looked proud as he started off on his journey."
- Good-bye. - Good-bye.
"Good-bye, Miyamoto Takeo"
Natsuko-sensei?
This day has come at last, hasn't it?
When I became a teacher...
I never thought I would be sending my students off to the battlefield.
"He was surrounded by the lights."
"There was no escape, even if he could run away..."
Takeo-kun!
It's nothin'!
Akashiya no... And the proof is...
Painful, isn't it?
I never thought it would be this painful...
Takeo...
Takeo...!
Is Takeo-kun your favorite?
How do I put it...
What you said was about how gentle a person he was, didn't you?
Hmm...
Takeo...
He was gentle by nature.
Takeo!
Ala?
But, that's right. Ah, thank goodness!
Eh? What about?
Because I met Takeo here the other day.
That means Takeo returned safely, doesn't it?
Yes, that's true.
Thank goodness!
For what?
But, there is that, Yoko-san.
What is it?
That kind of insensitivity is a crime in a woman.
Ala, you think so?
Of course I do!
Shame on you!
What is that for?
After all, those words he used earlier in your room...
...that was a total confession, wasn't it?
You didn't notice it at all!
Well, still... it was Takeo, after all.
Well, you could say that, thinking upon it now. Yes...
Still, well... Takeo couldn't make himself clear anyhow.
Why is she using my name without the honorific?
And, did Takeo confess to you?
Yes, he did.
Eh! When? Where?
You'll just... have to look forward to that.
Takeo!
"Dear..."
"What is it?"
"4, 5..."
"Sure, leave it to me."
Welcome back, Yoko-sensei.
Machiko-san...
Machiko-san!
Machiko-san! Machiko-san! I'm so glad to see you!
"After 4 years, Machiko-san and I had met again."
"To Be Continued"
"Ohisama" "Togakushi Mountain Range and Soba Field"