Since Yuki . . .
has to go to work due to family circumstances,
she's going to Nagoya.
Yuki.
Yuki!
Sunshine Chapter 1 "MOTHER'S TEARS" Episode 4
Written by: OKADA Yoshikazu
Music by: WATANABE Toshiyuki
Narrator: WAKAO Ayako
Yoko (as a child): YAGI Yuki
Takahashi Natsuko: ITO Ayumi
Sudo Ryoichi: TERAWAKI Yasufumi
Sudo Hiroko: HARADA Tomoyo
Yuki!
Yoko!
Stop! Stop! Please!
Yuki!
Yuki . . .
You ran all the way from school . . .
just for me?
I had to . . . I just had to.
Thank you. Thank you!
I'll be okay.
Even if I'm working, I can study. Natsuko Sensei told me to work hard at it.
So I'm going to do my best so I can continue studying.
You do your best too, Yoko.
Okay.
But Yoko . . .
don't forget how lucky you are that
you can study.
Okay.
And I'm going far away, but
promise me you'll always be my friend.
Please.
Yuki!
Yuki looked so grown up.
Yuki!
Yuki probably had a painful and harsh life, but
she never gave up.
She grew up to be a wonderful and respectable woman who would help me later on.
And you know . . .
when I think about it now,
it might have planted a seed in my heart at that time.
"You're going to take my life, so please let me play a song to bid farewell to this world."
Listen carefully . . .
The most important thing
is to think.
That's right.
I thought then for the first time that
I wanted to become a teacher.
♫ The road that I walked before ♫
It was probably because I thought I would fulfill Yuki's dream for her.
No, I thought I had to do it.
April 1933
I was now in the fifth grade.
You're studying hard, aren't you, Yoko? What are you studying?
I'm not studying.
I'm copying the textbook.
Please mail this.
All right.
I continued sending them.
Until the time I graduated from the girls' high school,
every time I got a new textbook, I would copy it a little at a time,
and send it to Yuki.
Are you okay?
My mother couldn't take walks with me like she used to do anymore.
Please pass these out.
Here . . .
Here you are.
Thank you.
Things to be Aware of when Climbing Jonendake
Wow!
Listen everyone . . .
next week we're all going to climb this Jonendake.
Really?
We'll leave in the morning at the crack of dawn, spend a night at this mountain cottage, and climb to the top.
It's the first time for me too, so I'm really looking forward to it.
Wow! I want to go!
It's a really hard climb up the mountain, but
the view from the top is supposed to be so beautiful that we'll never forget it!
After all, we're going to be above the clouds, aren't we?
Above the clouds?
How are you feeling?
What are you doing home?
- What about work? - I left early.
- You left early? - It's okay.
You must really love me.
Don't be ridiculous.
- I'm happy. - That's enough.
Hiroko . . .
Are you all right?
I'm home!
Jodendake . . .
is awesome!
It's close to the sun, isn't it?
I'm home!
Huh?
Shige . . . what's wrong?
Shige!
Shige, where's Mom?
Where's Mom?!
Doctor! Doctor!
Please help us! Doctor!
Is Mom . . .
Is Mom . . . going to die?
What's wrong?
Haruki!
Dad said to stay home, didn't he, Shige?
He said he and Mom would
come home soon,
so just wait here.
But I want to go to Mom.
- Don't! - But . . .
I think we should do as Dad told us to.
Believe in Mom.
I'm sure she'll come home.
Has Mom ever lied to us?
No, she hasn't.
What did Mom say?
What did she say to do
when things are painful or sad?
She said to smile.
Good answer.
Is Mom . . .
going to die?
Thank you.
Hiroko?
I'm so glad.
What?
I'm still alive.
Ryo . . .
I want to go home.
But you can't go home now.
I don't want to stay here.
The children . . . are waiting . . . for me.
Ryo . . .
Please!
It's beautiful, isn't it, Ryo?
Yeah.
I'm glad we came . . .
to Azumino.
Ryo . . .
What is it?
I'm sorry for being so selfish in the end.
What are you saying?
You've always been selfish.
Ever since we first met.
My! That's not nice.
Mom!
Welcome home.
I'm home.
It was getting closer to the time when I would
be parting with someone who was dear to me.
Sunshine
Doctor! Doctor! Please help us!
Is Mom . . . going to die?
I want to go home.
The children . . . are waiting . . . for me.
Mom!
Welcome home.
Sunshine Chapter 1 "MOTHER'S TEARS" Episode 5
I heard you're going to climb Jonendake, Yoko.
Uh . . .
yeah.
What's wrong?
Umm . . .
Don't say you won't go.
But...
Go.
If you don't go, I'm going to be angry.
But...
I envy you.
I wanted to climb . . .
I wanted to climb up a high mountain.
There are so many things I wanted to do.
That's why . . .
I want you to go in my place, Yoko. Okay?
It's going to be your first step.
Go, and see the sun close up.
Okay?
You're Yoko, the sun.
Okay.
I'm leaving now.
Do your best!
Do your best, Yoko!
I will.
Have a good time, Yoko.
I will.
I'm leaving now.
♫ Around Shinano ♫
♫ ♫
♫ the mountain soars so high ♫
♫ the river flows so far ♫
♫ the Matsumoto rice fields ♫
♫ Senkouji (temple) ♫
♫ ♫
It won't be long before we reach the mountain cottage.
So let's all make our best effort.
We will!
Can't you sleep?
I want to hurry and reach the top.
Sensei . . .
Will we be able to see the sun tomorrow?
The weather's supposed to be good tomorrow.
I'm glad.
We're almost there.
Let's all do our best!
We will.
I'll . . . cure your illness, Mother.
So please wait a little while longer.
Thank you.
You're a straightforward and strong boy, aren't you?
But Haruki . . .
even you must have some weaknesses.
There must be times when you want to get angry or cry.
It's okay!
You can get angry, or cry, and sulk once in a while.
Okay.
Shigeki . . .
Because Haru is good at everything,
you compare yourself and think you're no good.
But you're more kind-hearted than anyone.
And you're also very strong-willed.
I've never seen you give up halfway on anything.
So . . . be proud!
You're a very good boy.
Okay.
I want to see the sun.
That's awesome!
It's so beautiful!
It's really beautiful.
Girls are the sun.
The "yo" in your name is the "yo" in "taiyo" (sun).
Go, and see the sun close up.
Mom!
Mom.
It was the strangest thing, but I knew . . .
that my mother had passed away.
So I made a promise to myself
that I would use my own strength to shine, and be a person who
would brighten the world just as my mother hoped when she named me.
Sunshine
Go, and see the sun close up.
Okay? You're Yoko, the sun.
Mom!
It was the strangest thing, but I knew . . .
that my mother had passed away.
Sunshine
Subtitling adapted from original English subtitles created by Nippon Golden Network. Timing brought to you by The Sunshine Lovers @ Viki
What's that now . . .
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
You don't have to apologize.
Here you go.
Thank you.
Yoko, the sun?
The sun has gotten quite worn out.
It must be almost evening.
It is, isn't it? You're right.
What?
I'm sorry, I didn't mean that!
That's okay.
Yes, but 1931 . . .
That was before the war, wasn't it?
What was it like in the pre-war period?
Hmm, pre-war? I don't really like to refer to it that way.
What do you mean?
It's not like we were living our lives thinking that it was before the war, were we?
I don't think there's such an era as "before the war."
I suppose you're right.
I didn't think it was that bad of a period.
Especially for a woman.
I see.
But a woman didn't have much say back then,
so I think it was rough.
There were a lot of girls like Yuki.
I want to become a teacher.
I want to be a teacher like Natsuko Sensei.
I'm sure you can be.
But like my mother said, the time would come when women could do almost anything.
I think there was a feeling in the air at the time that
women who had been seen as the moon would start
to shine like the sun.
But it might have been the war that stopped them from heading in that direction.
In that sense, my mother might have passed away at the right time.
She might not have been able to bear it.
To send her sons off to battle.
What?
Oh, that's right. On the day of my mother's funeral,
Spring 1933
"Mercy and salvation for the late Sudo Hiroko"
A lot of people came, didn't they, Dad?
Yeah, there were a lot, weren't there?
Those people were . . .
Were what?
You know . . . in other words . . . that.
- What's that? - You know . . .
In other words, this.
All those people were "sakura" (stand-ins).
"Sakura" (cherry blossoms)?
Is that a play on words?
That can't be. Dad wouldn't . . .
Oh, I get it now.
It's a play on words, isn't it?
Dad . . . is that right?
It's too late to laugh, you fools.
Cheer up, Yoko.
This is my treasure.
Is it that funny?
It's really boring.
Then don't laugh!
But . . .
Cheer up, okay?
Stop it already. Don't get carried away, Yoko.
I'm sorry.
Before long, the war with China started.
September 1938
Then in 1938 . . .
Good morning, Mom.
I was sixteen years old.
I'm going to be busy!
Good morning, Dad!
Good morning! That smells good.
My father had been promoted to the superintendent at the silk-reeling factory.
And my brother Haruki was living at the dormitory at what was formerly called Matsumoto High School.
Shige!
My brother Shigeki was going to the local agricultural school.
It's the same thing every morning.
Every morning, every morning. Get up!
Okay.
Get up!
Leave me alone.
Ouch!
Good morning!
You kicked me. You just kicked me, didn't you?
No.
Yes, you did.
A young maiden wouldn't do anything like that.
You kicked me!
I'm up now.
Here you go.
Let's eat.
- Let's eat. - Let's eat.
You kicked me, didn't you, Yoko?
For a boy, you sure are persistent.
It's delicious, isn't it Dad?
Yes . . . it's good.
What is it?
It's delicious.
Thank you.
I know you kicked me.
After graduating from Jinjo Grade School, I was going to Azumino Girl's School.
Oh, no!
I'm leaving now!
Have a nice day!
Good morning.
Good morning!
- I'm going to school. - Have a nice day!
- Good morning, Takeo. - Good morning!
Miyamoto Takeo
I'm leaving now, Mom.
Good morning.
Excuse me . . .
This person would later play a big role in my life.
She was a beautiful woman.
Yoko's first love?
The taste of first love . . .
is sweet, and a little sour.
That's the taste of first love, isn't it?
What kind of guy is he?!
Onion?
- Onion? - Onion.
An ideal woman is . . .
gentle and virtuous!
Even though you're a woman!
Sunshine (To be continued)