"Serial TV Story"
When Ohisama doesn't smile anymore, the whole world goes dark.
And the fields become no good.
So that Yoko can smile again...
...and we can win this war...
...and bring it to an end that much sooner...
...I'll fight.
Heiwa Fansubs Presents "Ohisama" "The Sun"
Week 8: "Each Morning" (Episode 45)
Screenplay by: Okada Yoshikazu
Music: Watanabe Toshiyuki Performance: Face Music
Narrator: Wakao Ayako
Sudo Yoko: Inoue Mao
Tsutsui Ikuko: Mitsushima Hikari
Soma Machiko: Maiko
(Flashback) Tanaka Kei
- Maruoka Shouji - Yoshino Tomomi
Soma Gouzou: Hirazumi Sei
Sudo Ryoichi: Terawaki Yasufumi
Welcome back, Yoko-sensei.
Machiko-san...
Machiko-san!
Machiko-san! Machiko-san!
Machiko-san!
What's the matter?
Geez!
Yoko-san?
I've come to love him... your brother.
"I thought Machiko-san would enjoy this, so I left it with Yoko. Sudo Haruki"
I've made up my mind not to get married.
Do you understand and agree!?
You're just a woman, so what are you saying?!
Machiko-san! Machiko-san!
No! No! Machiko-san!
"To commemorate my resistance fight for freedom."
Hurry and come in!
Yes!
Hurry, hurry!
Yes, yes.
I'm home.
Welcome back.
Well, well.
I haven't contacted you in a long time.
I'm very sorry for the trouble I caused you that time.
No, no.
You seem well.
Yes, thanks to you.
Ready? Have you finished your greetings?
C'mon, hurry, hurry.
Please excuse my disturbance.
Come in.
Yes, come in already!
It's been a long time.
Truly.
Machiko-san, you've gotten much more mature somehow.
- Really? - Yeah.
Yoko-san, you haven't changed.
Eh? Really? That's not true.
No, you haven't changed.
Eh? But, look, even my hairstyle's different than before.
Your hairstyle's the only thing that's changed.
Eh? Really? That's strange.
You haven't changed, right?
"Right," you say. Yes, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, for not contacting you at all.
No. I just believed in our eternal friendship.
Thank you. So did I.
Still, I did worry about you.
I'm sorry.
It's a small town and since your family stands out a little, I did hear a few rumors.
You haven't gone to be a bride yet, Machiko-san?
Yes. I still remain engaged.
I see.
How's your fiancée? Still off in foreign countries?
Yes.
I see.
Since the war started over there...
...I haven't received any letters from him...
...and we haven't been able to make contact with him at all.
That's a worry.
Yes.
I've been in Kobe all this time.
Kobe?
Yes. I've been waiting at his parent's home for him to return.
Eh... Kobe, huh?
Kobe's a beautiful place. You can see the ocean.
Ehh... Sounds nice.
Eh? You've been there all this time?
Yes. Together with his mother and grandmother.
I see.
Both of them were so worried about him they made themselves ill...
So I've stayed by their side all this time.
I see... It must have been tough.
It felt rather strange.
After all, I've only twice met the person I'm supposed to marry.
Eh? Only twice?
Once at the omiai and then at the engagement party, so only twice.
Ah...
Yet even so, after being with his mother and grandmother...
...they have completely accepted me as their daughter.
That's why it's feels so strange.
I see.
And now... you've returned?
Yes, just a while ago.
Just a while ago?
Yes, I arrived at the train station just a short time ago.
When I arrived at the Hotaka station...
...somehow I felt just how much I had missed you.
So I left my luggage with Yae-san and flew over here.
I'm so happy!
I heard a lot about you from Yae-san.
You did? What sorts of things?
Let's see...
Ehh... How did she know about that?
Our Yae-san has sharp ears.
There isn't anything she doesn't know about Azumino.
Incredible... And scary.
Yes, she is scary.
Is Haruki-san doing well?
Ah... yes.
I was told he's at the University in Nagoya, right?
I heard that from Yae-san.
Yes. I think he's doing well.
I see...
I passed through Nagoya.
When I was returning here from Kobe, I passed through Nagoya.
"He's here," I thought...
...so I got off the train and breathed in the air.
Machiko-san, you still...
I like him.
I love him.
I probably love him to death.
Is that a bad thing?
Am I being unfaithful?
Ah... No...
Are you sure I'm not going too far?
Yeah. I think it's fine.
Ah...
Look!
Ah, our bathroom handle.
I have mine, too...
Look! I've treasured it.
I'm so happy!
Yes, yes, when I was in Kobe, people would ask...
"What's that thing around your neck?"
Yeah. And then?
I'd say, "This is an object made by a famous Nagano Province artist living in Azumino..."
"...and it is very valuable."
And then those people would say, "Ah, I've heard about him."
"I see, that is a wonderful work of art."
Eh? Really? A bathroom handle?
Yoko!
Ah, yes!
Excuse me for interrupting your fun.
Yes.
I'll make dinner expressly for you today.
Eh? But...
You shouldn't...
No, no. Though I look like this, I'm pretty good at it.
While Yoko was at Teacher's School, I practiced.
Well, it's the times.
It'll be nothing luxurious, but it should be done in a little while.
Thank you very much. I'll look forward to it.
Dad, thank you.
Yeah. Well then, take your time.
Say, how is the other person we pledged eternal friendship with doing?
That's true. How is she doing?
I get a letter from her from time to time.
Just from time to time.
Moreover, although I'll write her long letters...
Ikuko just sends me these really short ones.
They're more like a telegrams.
That sounds like Ikuko.
It does.
It seems she's like a reporter for a magazine by now.
She was introduced to western style clothes and cooking at her job.
"Tokyo"
Tsuma ya ko ga chigireru hodo ni Wife and child will soon be torn to pieces
"Will Perform Ghost-Writing Services"
"I think I already knew, but of course what Ikuko had said was a lie."
"She was truly the peacock, wasn't she?"
Sir, a bowl of soba.
- Ah, Ikuko-chan, your usual, right? - Yeah.
How's business?
It's impossible for it to be good.
When I first started, I was ghost-writing love letters...
...but now it's all letters going to the front.
Ah, those are the times we're in.
Nothing we can do about it.
Just a minute.
There!
Here, extra onions.
Thank you!
- Itadakimasu. - Yeah.
Good, isn't it?
I guess Nagano Province soba is the best.
What's that?
Even so, nothing can be done about it.
- Ah, is that right? - It is!
I give up.
Looks like I've got a customer.
- Sir, put this on my tab. - Huh?
Do you need a letter?
Yes.
Have a seat.
Um...
It's for my husband who's at the front...
Don't worry. I'll put all my heart into the letter.
Please tell me what you want it to say.
You can't write, "Please come back alive," can you?
I'm sorry. I don't know.
I'm sorry.
Still, I think I can convey your feelings.
I know.
Where did you two have your first date?
Ah...
We went to see the sakura in Ueno...
Well then... I'll write this.
"The sakura in Ueno were truly beautiful again this year."
"Let's go see them together next year."
Thank you very much.
Please wait just a moment.
- Sir, one bowl of soba. - Sure thing!
For that wife and her son there.
Sure thing.
- Sir, this is your treat, right? - Eh?
Eh...
Thank you.
Ah, well... I give up.
You are a trueborn Tokyoite, indeed!
Please don't worry about it. Now, go on, go on.
Go ahead!
I'll make it right now. Yes.
This is great. You get soba.
There, there, there!
Ah, what is it?
Um...
Soma-san.
Excuse me.
Eh? Ah, wait...
Ah, um...
Ah...
Ah!
Father.
Huh? Ah...
What are you doing here?
It...
...may be all over for me anymore.
I was told by the country to cancel all my new business plans.
Everything I've invested in until now...
...has gone poof.
Are you saying we won't be rich any longer?
Well, there's that.
I would warmly welcome that, Father.
Huh?
Machiko-san?
All Japanese citizens should be sharing the same pain right now.
Because you're Father, you'll be fine.
"The war had become a part of Machiko's family, too, hadn't it?"
"To Be Continued"
"Ohisama" "Kiso-machi Kaida High Plain"