"Serial TV Story"
Be quiet!
Why am I doing this for just women!
You're just women.
What I can't forgive most is when he says "You're just a woman," right off.
How about if everyone protests by handing in their test sheets all blank tomorrow?
Really? All blank?
"But, just what development was waiting for me?"
Heiwa Fansubs Presents "Ohisama" "The Sun"
Week 2 "The Maiden's Prayer" (Episode 8)
Screenplay by: Okada Yoshikazu
Music: Watanabe Toshiyuki
Narrator: Wakao Ayako
Sudo Yoko: Inoue Mao
Tsutsui Ikuko: Mitsushima Hikari
Soma Machiko: Maiko
Sudo Shigeki: Nagayama Kento
Miyamoto Takeo: Emoto Tokio
- Saiki Shigeru - Umezawa Masayo
Takeguchi Akiko
Iida Kotaro: Kondo Yoshimasa
Murakami Kayo: Watanabe Eri
Sudo Ryoichi: Terawaki Yasufumi
Do you know why you were called out?
"Of those who had promised to turn their tests in blank..."
"...just the three of us had."
I can't forgive those traitors!
Ala. That's how the world is.
Eh?
Machiko, why didn't you betray us?
I was the one who suggested it.
Besides, I don't lie.
Ehh...
How about you, Yoko? Why didn't you betray us?
I trusted in everyone.
True, I was a little scared.
But, if there was even just one person who turned their paper in blank...
I didn't want to betray them.
Besides, I wanted to protest against Octopus no matter what.
Ehh...
My mother...
Ah, my dead mother told me this.
"If someone tells you, 'You're just a woman,' you may fight them."
"I will forgive you."
I see...
You had a nice mother, didn't you?
Thanks.
How about you, Ikuko-san?
Me?
I just love doing these sorts of things.
Still, it was just the three of us, huh?
That's true.
The three of us are now comrades!
Yes. That's true!
We'll never betray one another; we'll be best friends forever!
I agree!
- Shouldn't we have a name? - A name?
Yeah. A name that's fitting for our alliance somehow.
Isn't there something good?
How about 'The Lavatory Gang?'
Eh?
What is that?
After all, we promised eternal friendship in the lavatory.
Even so, that's...
How about "The Blank-Sheet Gang"?
Yeah... That's good!
It's wonderful!
That decides it? The Blank-Sheet Gang.
It's decided!
The Blank-Sheet Gang! The Blank-Sheet Gang!
Ah...
Our hands are dirty, aren't they?
"That day, in the school lavatory..."
"...the three of us promised eternal friendship."
"One Year Later"
Oh no! We're late!
Eh? Ah!
The first hour is English.
- Octopus! - Octopus!
"The three of us were close friends who did everything together."
Haru ha na nomi no kaze no samusaya When it is spring in name only and a cold wind blows
Tani no uguisu uta ha omoedo I recall the valley nightingale's song
Ah, you can't do any of the basics. Loan it to me.
You there!
Do it yourself!
Yes.
"Murakami Sweets"
Yoko. No one's watching us?
Hold on a minute.
It's okay; no one's watching.
Let's go!
"Murakami Sweets"
Good afternoon!
You've come!
- Obachan, three starch syrups. - Sure, sure.
- Good afternoon! - Good afternoon!
- Here you go. - Thank you.
Itadakimasu.
- Itadakimasu. - Itadakimasu.
"It may seem silly now,"
"but in those days,"
"for students from a girl's school to stop on the way home after school to eat sweets..."
"...was a serious offence that could get you called before the Principal."
This is so good, huh?
Delicious.
"Murakami Kayo" Really?
My husband, he has bad looks and no brains...
...but he's peerless when it comes to making candy.
"Murakami Sadao"
Since I had an eye for sweets, he asked me suddenly to be his wife.
I didn't like the guy at all,
but I was blinded by his starch syrups.
So don't you mind him either.
Okay!
Thanks to that though, I got to eat too many sweets...
...and ended up like this.
You were that way before.
Huh?
Ah!
"It almost seemed like we were in love."
"I even saw those two in my dreams."
"Eh? About my First Love?"
"Ah..."
"That will have to wait just a little longer."
"Ideal Feminine Image" "Good Wife and Wise Mother" "Gentle and Modest"
We will now review this.
What is the ideal female image for a lady?
- Tsutsui-san. - Yes.
"Be the support for the man."
"Protect your family."
"Don't like standing out."
"Never let your smile disappear."
"Don't intrude and be patient."
This ideal of womanhood is for me...
I don't think it's ideal at all.
Eh?
I have no intention of ever becoming such a lady.
Eh?
My image of an ideal woman is one who is free and lively.
That is quite enough! I do not want to hear it!
That is regrettable.
How deplorable.
Listen up!
The ideal woman is gentle and modest.
"A lady is obedient and quiet."
"Also, firmly modest and graceful."
That is the ideal...
Rise.
Bow.
Thank you very much.
"Sweets" Murakami Sweets"
Ehh... Yoko wants to be a teacher.
Yeah. Well...
Then you'll be going to a school for teachers?
Yeah. Well...
What's this? You don't sound too sure.
Yeah. I haven't even talked to my father about it yet...
Hmm...
How about you, Ikuko?
For now, I'm going to Tokyo.
In the future I want to work making western-style clothes.
And then eventually I'll go to America.
Eh? Really?
Maybe I'll marry an American man...
Eh?!
Ah!
Ah, I'm sorry.
Ehh...
That's nice. You both have dreams.
Huh? What about you, Machiko?
I think I'm going to get married soon.
Huh? You "think"?
To who?
To my betrothed.
Eh?! Who is he?
I don't know since I haven't met him.
Eh?!
Ah...
You guys are amazing.
I'm not amazing.
"In those days, those who graduated from a girl's school..."
"...and who went on to a University or went to work were few."
"Most of them got married."
"It seems more like we were being trained to be..."
"...dutiful wives and devoted mothers, doesn't it?
Ah, that's right, that's right.
"Style" (Fashion Magazine)
Want to read it?
"In those days, just having a magazine like that was enough to get you called a delinquent."
Want to go see a movie? The three of us.
Eh? A movie?
"Futoukai no Techou"
("Dance Program" "Un Carnet de Bal" 1937 French film directed by Julien Duvivier)
Whaa... Wonderful!
Where is it playing?
The three of us would go to Matsumoto.
Eh... If they found us...
We'd be in serious trouble, wouldn't we?
That's true.
"Futoukai no Techou" ("Dance Program")
Ah... but...
We want to see it, right?
Right?
Yoko.
Ah...
You're going out?
Yes. To my friend Soma Machiko-san's house.
I see. Give my regards to her parents.
Eh?!
Huh?
Ah... I will.
So long, I'll be going.
Yeah.
Please don't worry about me. I'll be fine.
Huh? About what?
Ah... About nothing... at... all.
Whaa!
Oi, are you okay?
Ah... yes.
I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry.
So long, I'm off.
Whaa!
'Morning!
Ala?
Ah!
Shh! You're late!
I'm sorry.
Well then... let's go.
"Nagano-ken, Matsumoto"
"Futoukai no Techou" "Dance Program"
"That day, for the first time in my life, I felt like dying."
"To Be Continued"
"Ohisama" "Karuizawa-machi Shiraito Falls"