"Serial TV Story"
If I eat lots, I figure I'll get big and flabby.
Is this... because you like Haruki-niisan?
I'll keep her company, too.
It may not mean much, but I'll keep her company.
You don't have a mother, do you?
Eh?
When in someone else's home and those people are absent...
...you shouldn't think up those sorts of things.
Have you ever thought, "if only Mom was here," Shige-niichan?
People don't know how you feel, Yoko.
You're really trying your hardest.
So you should feel pride, Yoko.
Yeah.
Heiwa Fansubs Presents "Ohisama" "The Sun"
Week 3 "First Love" (Episode 18)
Screenplay by: Okada Yoshikazu
Music: Watanabe Toshiyuki
Sudo Yoko: Inoue Mao
Sudo Shigeki: Nagayama Kento
Tsutsui Ikuko: Mitsushima Hikari
Soma Machiko: Maiko
Miyamoto Takeo: Emoto Tokio
Nakahara Takeo
Sudo Ryoichi: Terawaki Yasufumi
Haraguchi Fusako: Saito Yuki
Kirino Fujiko: Watanabe Misako
Sudo Yoko (Narrator): Wakao Ayako
Shige-niichan.
Huh?
Shige-niichan, do you know what sort of person Mom was?
We don't keep in touch at all with any of Mom's relatives.
That's true.
We didn't hear anything from Mom about them, either.
That's right.
Why?
No reason, just curious.
Say.
I haven't heard or know what might have happened, but...
Yeah.
Would you like me to keep what happened today a secret from Dad?
Yeah.
Okay! Leave it to me.
You owe me one.
Yes.
Then please take my side someday.
Eh?
Please.
"Take you side"? Who are you fighting?
It's not a 'fight' per se... but it's Dad.
I can't say it right now.
But I'll be announcing the big news soon.
So when that time comes, please be on my side.
All right.
"I knew Shige-niisan was being serious."
"He was serious about taking that prep training course."
Yoko!
Machiko-san, Ikuko.
- 'Morning. - Good morning.
'Morning. What's up?
Is your stomach feeling okay?
Yeah, thanks. All back to normal.
I even ate breakfast. I'm made of strong stuff.
Thank goodness! Ah, I was worried.
Thank you.
I've been curious about this since before, but...
What is it?
Who's that?
Ah, Takeo-kun.
We were in grade school together and he's a friend.
- Ehh...! - Ehh...?
Hello.
Good morning.
Go... good morning.
This is Machiko-san and Ikuko-san. My friends from the Girl's School.
They're both cute, aren't they?
Eh?
Ah, well...
To... me...
...Yoko's the most... well...
Um, there's one other thing that's been bothering me.
What is it this time?
What could it be?
Aren't we running late?
Eh?
Ah! Oh no! What'll we do?
Ah, hey, get on? The three of us can't.
It's best if Yoko rides alone. We'll go on ahead.
Wait up!
Yoko!
Wait up!
"I wondered who that was."
"It was the first time I had ever seen such a car."
Hurry! Yoko-san!
Yes!
Fly!
I can't fly! Wait!
Who was that?
Ehh.. Who was that person?
Eh... I'm curious.
Well, don't be in a rush. You'll find out soon enough.
Really?
But that was good somehow.
What was?
I guess what you'd call those times.
All of you were so adorable then. All of you were adorable!
Really?
Yeah!
Because the time you were then is about the same age as my daughter is now.
Ahh...
But, I don't think the roots of today's children have changed.
Really?
That's right.
Hmm... I wonder?
I don't think their roots have changed.
Ah...
Excuse me... Yoko-san, I have a question for you.
Yes, Fusako-chan.
Yes.
Um... What sorts of people were your father and mother?
Ah, no, no. Um...
You were living in Tokyo when...
...due to your mother's illness...
...your father gave up his job as an airplane researcher in Tokyo...
...and then you all moved here to Azumino.
That much I know.
But except for that, I don't know anything about them.
So I was wondering what sorts of people they were to begin with.
Fusako-chan.
Yes. Eh?
Did I... Did I say something I shouldn't have?
That was a good question.
Thank you very much.
Ah, thank goodness.
Ah... I'm so happy. You praised me.
But I won't tell you that just yet.
Ehh!?
Well then, itadakimasu.
- Itadakimasu. - Itadakimasu.
"When I thought about it, I really didn't know much about my mother."
"What sort of daughter she had been..."
"...or how she had fallen in love with my father."
"But I just couldn't bring myself to ask my father about such things."
Something the matter, Yoko?
Ah, no.
Really?
Um, Dad.
Yeah, what is it?
Um, Dad...
Um...
Huh?
No...
Um...
What is it?
Please ask me anything.
Um...
How do you like your job?
My job?
Yes.
You want to know about that?
Yes.
Ah, I see.
Yeah.
It's a good thing for you to have an interest in people who work and the jobs they do.
Yes.
Shigeki, you listen to this, too.
Yes.
Well then, where should I start?
Yeah!
The silk industry in which I am engaged is a very important industry.
For Japan as a country.
Yes.
And I don't think I'd be exaggerating if I said...
...the spinning technology of our country was the best in the world.
But, whatever the height of the technology...
...it must be supported by the people who work with it.
Understand?
Yes.
"My father meandered endlessly, talking about his work."
"I feel sorry for my father, but I don't remember much about it."
Yoko, are you paying attention?
Yes, of course I am.
In short, as well as my research with a handful of engineers...
...I also have a high awareness of the various people who work at the factory...
"In the future, you will definitely be a beauty."
"After all, you are my daughter."
"Whatever painful things may happen, you must smile."
"Never forget to smile."
I'm home!
This is... your grandmother.
Truly...
She was truly a fool... to die in such a place.
"It was the first time I had seen my mother's mother..."
"That is, this was my grandmother."
"And it was how I came to know the things I didn't know about my mother."
"To Be Continued"
Week 4: "Mom's Secret"
"Ohisama" "Chikuma River's Goosefoot Flowers"