"Serial TV Story"
The sun...
Bring it out for everyone to see right away.
Right?
Yoko-san of the Sun.
Mom!!
"It was a strange thing, but I knew."
"That my mother's life had gone."
Heiwa Fansubs Presents "Ohisama" "The Sun"
Week 1 "Mother's Tears" (Episode 6)
Screenplay by: Okada Yoshikazu
Music: Watanabe Toshiyuki
Sudo Yoko: Inoue Mao
Sudo Yoko (as a child): Yagi Yuki
Sudo Ryoichi: Terawaki Yasufumi
- Nakagawa Ooshi - Watanabe Jinbei
Takahashi Natsuko: Ito Ayumi
- Tsunokae Kazue - Muramatsu Toshihito
Sudo Haruki (Flashback): Tanaka Kei Katsu Ryuichi
Sudo Shigeki: Nagayama Kento
Miyamoto Takeo: Emoto Tokio
Haraguchi Fusako: Saito Yuki
Maruyama Tokuko: Higuchi Kanako
Sudo Yoko (Narrator): Wakao Ayako
Ala...
Excuse me. I'm sorry!
There's nothing for you to apologize for. Here.
Ah... Thank you.
Yoko of the Sun, huh...
The sun is quite worn out, too.
It will soon be evening for it, won't it?
Ah... I see.
That's true.
Huh? Eh?
Oh no! No...! That's not... I'm sorry.
It's okay.
Ah... Still, Showa 7, huh... (1932)
Those were pre-war days, weren't they?
I wonder what that era was like, pre-war?
Hmm, pre-war, huh...
Still, I don't like it when it's called that.
Eh?
Because we didn't really think of ourselves as living in a "pre-war" time.
We didn't think of it as being a pre-war era.
I see.
Well, I thought of it as a time that wasn't all that bad.
Especially for a young woman.
Ah...
Well, but... It was still a time when a woman's position was very weak.
There were many children just like Yuki-chan.
"I'd like to become a teacher."
"I'd like to be a teacher just like Natsuko-sensei."
"Whaa! Yuki-chan, you can become one!"
Still, my mother had told me,
"From here on, a time will come when a woman can do anything."
"Like the moon is for the earth..."
"...a time will come when the existence of women will shine like the sun."
I thought I had found just such an atmosphere.
Ehh...
But perhaps it was the war that stopped that flow.
In that sense, my mother may have died at a good time.
My mother may not have been able to bear it.
Sending her sons off to war.
Eh?
Ah... Ah, yes, yes, um...
On the day of my mother's funeral...
"Showa 8, Spring (1933)"
"Mercy and Salvation for" "Deceased: Sudo Hiroko-sama"
A great many people came, didn't they Dad?
Yeah. A lot of people.
Those people were... that.
Eh?
"That"?
That is... In other words, that.
- What is "that"? - That is that.
That is, in other words...
This.
That crowd of people were like...
...sakura.
Sakura?
Ah! Was that a pun?
No way! Dad wouldn't do such a...
Ah...
Sakura and Sakura tree...
Right? He made a pun, didn't he?
Dad... was it?
Now you finally laugh like fools!
This should cheer you up, Yoko-chan.
This is my treasure.
Was it that funny?
Huh?
It was totally awful.
Then don't laugh!
But!
Hey! This should cheer you...
Give me a break!
Hey! Don't get carried away, Yoko!
Yes! I'm sorry!
"Shortly afterwards, Japan and China began their war."
"Showa 13, September (1938)"
"And then it was Showa 13." (1938)
Good morning, Mom.
"Sudo Yoko"
"I was 16 years old."
Okay! Get busy! Get busy!
Ah... 'Morning, Dad!
'Morning. Smells great, doesn't it!
"My father had become plant manager at the silk factory plant."
"And my older brother, Haruki-niisan..."
"...had been sent to the boarding school at the old-system Matsumoto High school."
"Sudo Haruki"
Shige-niichaan!
"Sudo Shigeki"
"My older brother, Shigeki-niisan, was going to a local agricultural school."
Hey... Get up!
Hey!
It's like this each and every morning...
Get up!
Yeah, yeah.
C'mon already!
You're so noisy, geez...
Ow!
Good morning.
Did you just kick me?
You kicked me just now, didn't you?
Not at all.
Oh, you kicked me, didn't you?
A shy young flower of a maiden such as myself wouldn't do such a thing.
Oh, you did kick me!
Ah... I'm up.
Here!
Well then, itadakimasu.
- Itadakimasu! - Itadakimasu!
Say... you kicked me, didn't you, Yoko?
Such an persistent man...
Ah! Delicious! Right, Dad?
Huh? Ah... It's great.
What?
It's okay.
Thank you very much.
You definitely kicked me.
"I had graduated from elementary school..."
"...and was going to the girl's school in Azumino."
Ah... Oh no!
There...
I'm off!
Have a nice day!
Good morning!
'Morning!
Good morning!
Yo! 'Morning, Yoko-chan.
I'm off!
Yes. Have a nice day!
Takeo-kun, 'morning!
'Morning.
"Miyamoto Takeo"
I'm off, Mom.
Good morning!
Ah. Say...
Eh?
"This person would have a great influence on me as I was growing up..."
"She was a beautiful person."
"To Be Continued"
Week 2: "The Maiden's Prayer"
"Ohisama" "Omachi-shi Soba Field"