Nakanishi's death has been confirmed.
If you learn that I'm not coming home, will you give this to her?
I will.
Sunshine Chapter 11 "LOVE LETTERS FROM THE RAVAGES OF WAR" Episode 64
Written by: OKADA Yoshikazu
Music by: WATANABE Toshiyuki
Maruyama Yoko: INOUE Mao
Soma Machiko: MAIKO
Kurata Kyoko: ITO Yukari
Sudo Ryoichi: TERAWAKI Yasufumi
Miyazawa Setsuko: SHIRAKAWA Yumi
Soma Gozo: HIRAIZUMI Sei
Maruyama Michio: KUSHIDA Kazuyoshi
Haraguchi Fusako: SAITO Yuki
Maruyama Tokuko: HIGUCHI Kanako
Excuse me!
Coming . . . welcome!
You . . .
I'm sorry to stop by dressed like this.
Oh . . . hello.
Yoko! Yoko!
Coming!
Machiko!
I'm sorry to drop by so suddenly.
Mom . . .
Come upstairs, Machiko.
Thank you . . . thank you.
Sit down.
Thanks.
Are you okay, Machiko?
I'm going to Kobe after this.
Mr. Nakanishi passed away.
Rather . . . we just learned he passed away.
I see.
My father said I don't have to go.
His mother said that
she and his grandmother feel bad about what they did to me,
so they want me to forget him.
But I'm going. After all, we were engaged.
I'm not wrong, am I?
You're not wrong.
Go, and say "good-bye."
I wonder what happened.
She said they hadn't been able to contact her fiance overseas all this time, didn't she?
I wonder if that's what it's about.
Why does someone so young have to go through something like that?
There are only painful things happening in the world now, aren't there?
- Dad . . . let's make "that." - Huh?
You know, "that!"
I . . .
Yes?
can't cry.
I just can't.
I'm sad . . . but the tears don't come.
I'm an awful woman, aren't I?
Even though the man I was to marry died . . .
the tears don't come.
They don't.
I'm . . . the worst. I'm the devil.
Why do you say that?
Because I . . . because I . . .
Somewhere in my heart . . . in my heart . . . I thought . . .
that now I don't have to marry Mr. Nakanishi.
"I'm free now." That's what I thought somewhere in my heart.
I . . .
I'm the devil.
I'm the one who should die!
You're not the worst! You're not the devilf!
Don't you ever think that.
Not ever!
It's okay.
You'll be okay, Machiko.
You have me . . . and Ikuko.
I promise to protect you.
I couldn't tell Machiko that Haruki had gone off to war.
- So, Machiko . . . - Yes?
We just happened
to make this today.
Our children used to call this the "magic candy."
When you eat this, you forget about anything bad that happened.
Okay! Open your mouth.
You too, Yoko.
How is it?
It's good!
Isn't it?
If you ask how I make this...
I won't go into it now.
Thank you.
I'll see her to the station.
Take care.
I'll be right back.
I'll take that.
Thank you.
Meanwhile, Machiko's father was . . .
I . . .
wanted my daughter . . . wanted Machiko . . .
to be happy.
So why . . . why did this happen?
I'm sure that Machiko . . . understands how you feel.
Thank you. Thank you!
I'm glad I came all this way to see you.
I like you.
You're a good man.
Don't tell anyone this . . .
What is it?
This country is . . . going to lose.
There are people preparing for that.
You should prepare for that, too.
Do you understand?
Don't you dare! Don't you dare say that!
Because . . . if that's true . . .
we should end it now!
Get them to end it now!
I . . . sent two sons off to war.
I sent both of them to war.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry!
Wait a moment, okay?
It's the "magic candy."
It's delicious.
Is it?
I somehow feel really strange.
Strange?
I don't know how to put this . . . maybe I can't put it into words, but . . .
. . . please don't get angry when I say this, Yoko.
I won't get angry. I'm quite used to you by now.
Thank you.
Anyway . . .
well, I'm sure it was really unbearable, but
I wish that I had lived through
that era with you.
I know it's wrong for someone like me who's never
suffered any hardships to think that, but...
Thank you.
I'm sorry to say something so improper.
Not at all. But the thing is . . .
What?
If you think why you would feel that way . . .
Yes?
it's probably because the way I told the story is so good.
Huh?
That's it. I'm sure that's it.
No . . .
No, that's . . . I see. I see what you mean.
Welcome.
Hello!
Sensei, I'll leave this over there, okay?
Thank you, Kyoko.
Well, I'll be going. Enjoy your visit.
Thank you.
That person . . . I met her before, right?
So, at that time
you told me she was your student, but hadn't appeared in your story yet.
Is her name Kyoko?
That's right. She's a student from my next class.
Her name is Kurata Kyoko.
April 1944
Maruyama Yoko
I'm Maruyama Yoko. Pleased to meet you.
Pleased to meet you!
She was a student who had been sent to Azumino to escape the bombings in Tokyo.
I'm Maruyama Yoko.
Pleased to meet you!
There was one student who I couldn't help but notice.
Sunshine Chapter 11 "LOVE LETTERS FROM THE RAVAGES OF WAR" Episode 65
Ready! Begin!
Ready!
Strike!
Ready!
Strike!
Ready!
Strike!
That's right!
Strike!
Ready!
Her name was Kurata Kyoko, who had been sent from Tokyo
to her relative's home here.
Lower your hips!
Strike!
Your class is an excellent group.
Magnificent!
Thank you.
Strike!
Ready!
Strike!
I refused.
It's not like we're that close.
Their father is ill in the hospital, and their mother is worried about taking care of them alone with the bombings,
so they begged me to take them in.
They should be grateful that I agreed to take them.
We don't really have the means to care for them.
Imperial Army Activity . . . Protecting the Home Front
Oh! What's wrong?
Oh, um . . .
She's your little sister, isn't she, Kyoko?
I'm sorry.
That's all right.
It's okay. You want to be with your sister, don't you?
Come on in.
Here you go.
Sit here.
I'm sorry.
It's okay. What's your name?
Chizuko.
It's great that you can tell me your name.
Nice to meet you, Chizuko.
That's an awful drawing, Sis. Why is that?
If you're not quiet, they'll send you home.
Good-bye.
Good-bye! Be careful on your way home.
Good-bye.
Kyoko!
Yes?
If you have any hardships or problems, you can always talk to me, okay?
Okay?
We don't have any.
Good-bye.
Sis! Sis! Yoko Sensei's really nice, isn't she?
We're going home.
Yoko Sensei!
What is it?
I got a letter from my sister yesterday.
You did? That's great! Is she okay?
Yes.
That's right . . . do you remember this boy?
He's Ikuko's younger brother, Ichiro.
I hope you get along like this all the time!
Well, then . . . good-bye.
Good-bye. Take care going home.
I will.
The ration for flour started to fall behind,
so Maru-An couldn't make much udon noodles,
and they started closing the shop after lunch.
Oh . . . Yoko, welcome back. You worked hard.
I'm back.
It's really tough, isn't it, having a business with nothing to sell.
- That's why... - That's foolish!
- That's not so! - It is!
Welcome home!
Sorry.
What's going on?
We have so much free time on our hands.
We were going over the history of our marriage up to now.
He's lying. We were going over all the fights we've had up to now.
The conclusion is that I haven't been wrong even once.
It's just the opposite!
No, it's not!
Yes, it is. We found that most of it is when you jump to conclusions.
Idiot! If I jumped to conclusions, that means I wasn't in the wrong, was I?
Wait a minute! There's something wrong with that logic.
- Where is it wrong? - It's, it's . . . .you're right, there's nothing wrong.
- Sorry. - I told you!
We're done.
What's wrong? You look out of sorts.
Does your stomach hurt?
No . . .
Will the shop be okay if it goes on like this?
We'll manage somehow. Go upstairs and change.
Okay.
Be sure to say, "I'm home, Kazu!" to his picture.
Huh?
Did she see me?
I'm home, Kazu.
We have to do something.
We can't go on like this.
You're right.
The two of them never looked gloomy in front of me.
But Maru-An couldn't go on like this much longer, could it?
Ah! Maruyama Sensei, there's a letter for you.
Thank you.
From Kurata Kyoko
You mean the student from Tokyo who was sent here to stay with relatives? Her name was Kyoko?
Yes.
I thought how lonely and hard it must be for her
to be sent to relatives with her little sister when she's
at an age when she needs her parents.
So I can't blame her for feeling depressed.
I see.
But it just bothered me. I felt that wasn't the only reason.
So I wrote a letter to her teacher in Tokyo
to ask what Kyoko was like, and received an answer.
And?
She was . . .
really cheerful, loved to study, and did well.
She loved to sing, and she especially loved to draw. She even won awards.
Really? Like that?
Completely different from how she is now.
Even though she's a child, she thinks about what's going on, and is probably holding back.
She feels indebted to the relatives who took her in, so doesn't want anyone to think she's impertinent.
That was a letter that Kyoko had written to her mother in Tokyo.
"Dear Mother, How are you?
How is father doing?
I'm doing fine over here.
Chizuko is fine, too.
In Azumino, we have all the food we want,
and we can eat a lot of delicious food.
I feel bad for all of you in Tokyo.
Uncle and Aunty are very kind to us.
Chizuko says she loves the house in Azumino.
She's always laughing, and runs around the hills and fields.
I've made lots of friends at the national school.
I look forward to going to school every day.
So please don't worry about me and Chizuko.
We're both doing well here.
Please take care of yourselves.
I'll write to you again.
. . . Kyoko"
Wait, Sis!
There it is!
Sis! Draw a picture of Mom.
What?
I know you're really good at drawing, Sis.
All right. I'll do it, so don't cry.
Then you'll draw it for me?
Yes!
Wait a minute.
It's our house in Tokyo . . . and Mom!
This is Dad, this is you, and this is . . . me?
That's right.
Sunshine
It's Mom!
This is Dad, this is you, and this is . . . me?
That's right.
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I miss Mom.
I want to go home to Mom.
Do you love Mom, Chizuko?
Yes.
So do I.
That's why I don't want to give Mom any trouble.
Right now, it'll be hard for Mom if we're there with her.
Dad is sick and in the hospital.
She has to take care of him.
If we're there with her, it'll wear Mom out, and she'll get sick.
Do you want that, Chizuko?
No, I don't.
Then, let's just bear with it.
We'll bear it together.
I'll bear it. Will you sing me a song when I go to sleep?
Okay.
But I'll sing softly.
So, shall we go home?
♫ We leave our country ♫
♫ vowing victory, so we ♫
♫ can't die without achieving honor.
Huh?
What's this?
That's why I keep saying women teachers from teaching school are no good.
Can't she do things properly?
This is what happens when you let up just a little.
She's all mouth!
Okay . . .
I'm sorry, Kyoko.
You're very good at drawing, aren't you, Kyoko?
Your big sister's really good, right?
Yes. Because she...
Chizuko!
But . . .
Listen . . .
This brings back memories.
No one lives here now.
In the drawing you did before, there was a house behind the family, wasn't there?
I thought it looked a little bit like this house.
Hey!
It's so big!
The kitchen!
What a pretty lady.
Who is she?
She's my mother.
She passed away when I was just about Kyoko's age.
My dad is working at a factory in Nagoya now.
I have two older brothers, but
they both went off to war.
So, Kyoko . . .
Yes?
Your teacher in Tokyo told me all about what kind of student you were.
It made me happy.
I learned that you're actually very cheerful, talkative, love to sing and study,
and you're very talented at drawing.
It made me happy.
So, Kyoko . . .
don't hold back, and go back to being how you really are.
If you run into any hardships, I promise to protect you.
I . . . like it the way it is now.
It's okay.
I don't want to enjoy myself.
After all, my mother's not enjoying herself.
My mother loves both of us,
and even though my father's been in the hospital, she told me as long as she sees our faces, she'll be okay.
As long as we were there, she'd be okay.
That's what she kept saying.
But now, she's all alone.
I know she must be having a hard time, and she's feeling lonely.
But she's still doing her best.
There's nothing enjoyable for my mother in Tokyo.
That's why I'd . . . rather not enjoy myself.
That way I can do my best just like my mother.
Chizuko, we'll be leaving now.
I'll see you home.
It's okay. We can get home by ourselves.
Good-bye.
I hadn't understood how Kyoko felt at all.
I was ashamed of what I had done.
But I wanted to tell her
that it was okay if she were a little weak.
"In Dairen, there's a special express train
that will take you to Halpin in twelve and a half hours.
And there's a ship that sails to the homeland, so you can reach Kobe in four days."
Sis!
Later.
We haven't received a reply from Mom, have we?
It hasn't come, right?
I wonder if something happened . . .
After all, she's been diligent about writing letters to you all the time.
It's our house in Tokyo.
It's Mom! This is Dad, this is you, and this is . . . me?
That's right.
Chizuko . . . shall we go to see Mom?
Ah! Yoko, Yoko! You're just in time.
Hello.
Never mind that. You have a phone call . . . from the school.
Oh? Thank you.
Hello! This is Maruyama.
Natsuko Sensei . . .
What?
Where's Kyoko?
They haven't found her yet.
We asked at the station, and there were two girls about their age seen at the station.
Were they trying to get back home to Tokyo?
So it seems.
Is there anywhere else they could go?
The principal asked the voluntary defense unit to search around the area.
Is that right? Okay, thank you.
It's all been arranged.
Thank you.
I'll be right back.
Excuse me.
Kyoko!
I'm so glad.
I want to see my mom.
I want to see my dad.
Sis . . . Tokyo?
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Several days later, Kyoko got a letter from her mom.
But it seemed to me that Kyoko was even more withdrawn than before.
Okay! That's all for today.
All rise!
Bow.
Thank you!
Okay.
Kyoko . . .
. . . have you ever been to the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo?
Yes.
Then have you seen an elephant?
My sister lives in Tokyo.
She sent me a drawing of the elephant at Ueno Zoo, but she's terrible at drawing, and it's awful.
Just a second.
Look at this.
You've seen one before, so draw one for me. An elephant.
What?
I want to see what it looks like.
That's awesome.
Wow! Like that . . .
It has big ears.
I thought that look was so adorable.
It was the face of a child again.
- Get down! - It's an air raid!
Please let me go to Tokyo!
I want to go to Ikuko!
I'm so worried!
I received my draft notice.
Give me my mother back!
You're my daughter.
You know that, right?
Sunshine To be continued . . .