Are you getting married, Takeo?
I'm sorry, what can I say?
Welcome!
Sunshine Chapter 20 "A TOAST TO WOMEN" Episode 118
Written by: OKADA Yoshikazu
Music by: WATANABE Toshiyuki
Maruyama Yoko: INOUE Mao
Maruyama Kazunari: KORA Kengo
Sudo Shigeki: NAGAYAMA Kento
Miyamoto Takeo: EMOTO Toko
Kurata Kyoko: ITO Yukari
Tadokoro Ryoko: KONNO Mahiru
Mitsu: ANDO Sakura
Sudo Ryoichi: TERAWAKI Yasufumi
Miyamoto Takeo (present day): INUZUKA Hiroshi
Haraguchi Fusako: SAITO Yuki
Maruyama Yoko (Narrator): WAKAO Ayako
Sub>titles adapted from original English subtitles created by Nippon Golden Network Timing brought to you by The Sunshine Lovers @ Viki
Is anything wrong?
Oh . . . . no.
Enjoy your meal.
She's so cute!
Thank you.
Welcome home, Kazu.
Welcome!
Thank you.
Pardon my rudeness, but may I ask you something?
Yes.
How do you like the taste of the konnyaku soba?
Ah . . . . it's so delicious!
Really?
- Thank you. Thank you! - Not at all.
Thank you very much.
Hinako . . . she said the konnyaku soba is really delicious.
You're happy, aren't you?
- Hinako! - Welcome home.
- Here you go. - Welcome back.
How is the
konnyaku soba doing?
It's been really popular. Dad was happy.
I'm so glad.
Excuse me . . .
- Did you want to pay for your meal? - No.
Um, I . . .
I . . .
Yes?
I'm going to get married!
How nice. Congratulations!
- Congratulations! - Thank you.
It's . . .
well . . .
you see . . .
I'm going to marry Miyamoto Takeo.
What?
What?! Takeo?!
Really? Really?
I'm Mitsu. Pleased to meet you.
I'm Maruyama Yoko.
I'm sorry!
What a surprise!
Sincere congratulations, Takeo!
Thank you.
- Shigeki . . . - Yes?
Your mouth is open.
What is she like?
I don't want to say!
She's cute, and very nice.
She comes from Asahi-mura, but
she's really very nice, isn't she?
She'll make a good wife.
Is that right? You must be glad.
Oh gee . . . !
Here you go.
Thank you.
Not at all.
You should have said something right away.
I was just going to see what you looked like, and go home.
- You wanted to see me? - Yes . . .
but then I wanted to talk to you.
I've heard about you from Takeo.
Huh?
Yoko?
Yes.
I'm going to be your husband. Which means we'll live together.
We'll be together until we're old and gray. Isn't that right?
Yes.
So I don't want to lie or hide anything from you.
So I'll be honest. Please listen.
So about Yoko . . .
ever since
we were little, from the time she moved here to Azumino,
I've always
always loved her.
And still,
I love her more than anyone else.
But . . . I'm going to marry you,
so I'll do my best to love you the most.
I'll do it. I'll do my best to love you the most.
Is she that beautiful?
Yes.
She's really beautiful.
Do your best.
Oh.
I'll do my best.
That's what happened.
That's why I wanted to see what you were like.
But,
when I saw you with your husband and his family,
you seemed so happy, and it didn't matter anymore.
But I won't let you beat me.
What?
I'll be even happier!
I won't lose to you either.
I'll be even happier.
Okay.
Congratulations.
My father and older brother live close by, so please look after them.
I will. Leave it to me.
Thank you.
You won't tell Takeo about today . . .
- Shall we keep it a secret? - Yes.
All right.
I have a favor to ask you, too.
I'd be happy if we could become friends.
Really?
Of course! I'm so excited!
I'm so glad.
But I won't let you beat me.
- Let's all be happy. - Okay.
Have some tea.
Right, Takeo?
Really?
What can I say?
I'm still good friends with Omitsu.
Is that right? Then she's alive and well?
Of course, she's healthy and all.
She's full of spirit, isn't she?
Then you're happy, aren't you, Takeo?
I suppose.
That' right. He has six children, and how many grandchildren?
I have eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
You have an entire clan, Takeo!
What can I say?
That's wonderful.
Then, well, now, Takeo . . .
what about Yoko? Are you still . . .
Huh?
No. ..
To me, Yoko is just . . .
Just . . . ?
Yes, just . . . ?
What would you call it?
My idol!
Thank you.
Not at all.
That's so nice.
But we've known each other a long time, haven't we?
We sure have.
You seem to be enjoying yourselves.
- Hello. - Kyoko.
- Kyoko, please sit here. - Yes, Sensei.
You're the Kyoko who evacuated to Azumino from Tokyo, aren't you?
Yes.
Evacuated to an outlying area?
I haven't heard that phrase in a long time.
That's right, "enkosokai" (evacuating to the home of one's relatives during wartime).
Sensei . . . how far along are you in your story?
I'm just at the part where Takeo gets married.
Oh, gee . . . .
So I haven't come back to Azumino yet, have I?
That's right. I'm almost there, though.
Is that right?
Don't skip over the part about me.
Oh, really?
Hinako . . .
What's wrong?
Let's be happy, Kazu.
Sure.
I'm happy now.
But . . . let's be much . . .
much . . . much, much happier!
- Much happier? - Yes.
Azumino's nice, isn't it?
It is.
Will you give me a break?
I'm sorry.
Okay, okay.
Hinako . . .
I'm sorry.
I've had enough of this!
I thought I'd have to quit.
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I've had enough of this!
Sunshine Chapter 20 "A TOAST TO WOMEN" Episode 119
I'm really sorry!
She's right! Give us a break already!
I'm so sorry.
- Ms. Maruyama . . . - Yes?
When I said "I've had enough," I didn't mean you.
Then who?
- You! - Huh?
What's wrong with you?
For a man, all you do is grumble all the time.
You're so pathetic! You call yourself a man?
When did the men in Japan become so pathetic?
Huh? . . . Well . . . huh?
What is it? Why don't you come right out and say it instead of whining?
- Um . . . - You be quiet for a minute!
Because it's hindering our work, and if
we make mistakes . . .
I totaled all the invoices that the three of us have worked on.
There wasn't a single mistake on any of the invoices that I worked on.
And there wasn't a single mistake on the invoices Ms. Maruyama worked on, either.
In your case, Mr. Takeuchi,
there were 45 mistakes on the invoices you worked on during the past month.
I fixed them all.
What?
But that's because...
You've been averaging 50 mistakes per month.
Huh?
In other words, your work has always been full of mistakes.
How . . .
- Well... - Don't say anything yet!
I have a year's worth of results here, and
if I were to submit this to the director,
I think it would be decided that it would be
more effective if Ms. Maruyama and I did the work.
What do you think?
It's not funny.
Actually, I . ..
that is . . .
Hinako's so cute, isn't she?
Yes, she is.
In that case, I won't submit this
for a while.
Oh . . . well,
I appreciate that.
- It's not funny! - I'm sorry.
Oh, did you know there's a new "oyaki" dumpling shop open in the shopping area? Did you know?
- Shall I go out and buy some for a snack? - You don't have...
How kind of you!
I'll be right back.
Go ahead.
Um . . .
Thank you.
Don't get me wrong.
I'm just
saying that you're doing your job properly.
And besides, I've been wanting to tell him that for a while,
so this was a good chance to do it.
I heard that you had your wedding on the day before he left for the war.
Oh . . . yes.
It was the same for me.
But . . .
my husband didn't come back.
I bought some!
I didn't make her cry.
Let's eat, okay?
I'm sorry . . . don't you like this?
No . . . I love "oyaki."
I'll make some tea.
I'll help you.
Okay. Thank you.
I thought there were such wonderful
women around me.
Welcome!
Welcome! Welcome!
- I'm home. - Welcome back!
- Welcome home. - Welcome back.
You worked hard.
You're home early today, aren't you, Kazu?
Welcome home, Hinako.
- Oh, Yoko . . . - Yes?
We got a little bit of buckwheat again.
So, from tomorrow, we're going to use 60 percent.
Really? I'm so glad!
I felt as if the smaller percentage of konnyaku in our noodles
meant that we were getting closer to finding our happiness.
Let's see . . . we'll call it "soba noodles with konnyaku."
What is that, anyway?
Then how about "konnyaku-like soba?"
That's no good!
It's silly, isn't it?
Oh, that's right.
- I brought something home today for everyone. - What is it?
A new "oyaki" dumpling shop opened near my workplace.
Really?
So I bought some. Here you go!
Here you are! And Dad too!
Mmm . . . good.
And one for me!
Mmm . . . delicious!
This is delicious!
Excuse me!
Oh!
Welcome!
That was Iida Kotaro and Octopus
with "Have a Good Life."
Next, we have our "Man on the Street" report.
Keiko . . . check this carefully.
If you make a mistake here, all the rest will be affected.
Okay.
You two have totally opposite personalities, don't you?
Keiko's the impatient type, and then we have easygoing Hana.
Okay, let's do our best.
- I'm done! - I'm done!
You finished at the same time? Let me see.
Okay.
You're both correct.
- Yoko Sensei . . . - Yes?
This is for you.
It's so pretty!
What's this for?
We both got paid the other day.
We bought this together for you.
But you're giving your pay to your families, aren't you?
But . . . we're not paying you a tuition.
- Right? - Right.
So this is in place of our tuition.
Thank you.
I'll treasure this. I really will.
I'm so happy.
Thank you.
Oh, Keiko . . .
Do you want a different job than you have now? Accounting work?
Yes.
I see.
What about you, Hana?
Well . . .
I don't really know.
But I wanted to come here.
Is that wrong?
No, it's not.
I'm so glad! But I enjoy studying.
Me too.
You do? I'm glad.
Actually, I want to go to dressmaking school, too.
Oh? I want to, too.
Even if I can't go to dressmaking school, I'd like to learn a little bit.
Is that so? Dressmaking school?
Don't you know about it?
It's really popular with girls now.
Everyone says they want to go.
Is that right? Dressmaking?
That's something I can't teach you.
I know that.
- We do know that, don't we? - I'm sure you do . . . huh?
Dressmaking . . .
Several days later . . .
So . . .
We're here to learn.
All right, then.
Today, we'll start with the backstitch.
You each have a needle and thread in front of you.
Yes.
Let's get started then.
Yes!
We're going to make cute dresses, aren't we?
- Yes! - Yes!
Ms. Sudo . . .
It's Maruyama now.
Oh, that's right. Ms. Maruyama . . .
Yes?
You've gotten a little better, haven't you?
Really?
Was she that bad?
She was.
She really was.
But I'm so happy to have one of
my students ask me to teach her again. It makes me happy!
I'm going to start teaching you how to make soba noodles
a little at a time.
Okay!
Since you married into our family during the war,
you don't know what a real soba noodle restaurant is like.
But it won't be long now. Soon Maru-An
will return to being a real soba noodle restaurant.
Yes.
So start learning it a little at a time when you can.
- Okay? - Yes!
Please teach me.
Okay!
Good! First of all,
I'll show you how to mix the flour.
- Watch carefully. - Okay.
Mix it quickly like this. Evenly. And once in a while . . .
Here Mom was the teacher,
and I was the student.
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Cheers!
I thought I'd go, and see if I fail this time.
I see . . . I understand.
Go, and fail earnestly then.
Sunshine Episode 120 ♫ The light is streaming, and the breeze is flowing ♫
♫ I felt like I could go on living ♫
♫ You are my miracle ♫
♫ You are my hope. ♫
♫ If, somewhere, you're still thinking of me ♫
♫ That is all that I need. ♫
The New Year started. It was January, 1948.
I received a long letter from Ikuko.
I was so happy, and a little bit relieved.
I saw she wasn't trying too hard to impress us.
She wrote about what it was like in Tokyo, too.
Tokyo was recovering a little at a time,
and there was a lack of goods.
And she wrote about her job, too.
- Iku . . . - Yes?
- What do you think of this? - Which one? Let me see.
It was a small publishing company, and she wasn't getting paid much,
but she was busy, and enjoying herself for now.
- It's wonderful! - Really? Okay, I'll go with it then.
I'm counting on you too, Iku.
- Okay. - If you run into trouble, you can ask me for help.
Really? Thank you!
It looked like Ikuko had finally found a place where she belonged.
It sounds like Auntie Ikuko is doing her best over there.
Shigeki's entrance exam for the medical school in Matsumoto was coming up in February.
Subtitles adapted from original English subtitles created by Nippon Golden Network Timing brought to you by The Sunshine Lovers @ Viki
- Shigeki . . . - Yes?
How's it going?
- I'll do my best. - You will?
It's going to be a long battle. Hang in there.
Thank you.
But Dad . . . there's still a possibility that I might pass.
So saying that before I take the exam is a little disconcerting.
Oh, I see. Sorry for that.
So what are your chances?
It'll never happen. I'm sure of it.
What are you saying, without any pride?
I'm sorry.
- Do your best. - I will.
Do your best on your first try at the entrance exam.
So how many times will you have to take the exam?
I hope you're not thinking that you're going to pass it on the first try.
But you never know what can happen in this world, so do your best . . .
Shigeki . . . KUN! . . . from . . .
Ikuko.
It's Shigeki SAN . . . SAN!
Did you say something?
- No. - Is that so?
Then it's okay, Shigeki SAN.
Huh?
Open your mouth, Hinako.
What's wrong? You don't want to eat any more?
- She ate it! It's delicious, isn't it? - Um . . .
Why don't any of you ask how the exam was?
How was it?
It's too late!
So how was it?
I didn't do well at all.
- What did you expect? - Don't worry,
You'll become a doctor. It doesn't matter how many years it takes.
Thank you.
- Kazunari . . . - Yes?
The results of the exam haven't come out yet.
That's right. What are you saying?
I'm sorry! I'm sorry.
- You're such a troublemaker. - I'm sorry.
Well then . . .
How many years do you think it'll take?
You might end up being Hinako's classmate.
- Listen here . . . - He's right, Yoko. That's going too far.
- It's not funny, so stop it. - Huh?!
I'm not being serious.
You scared me!
Give me a break!
- I'm sorry. - Have a drink, Shigeki.
Thank you.
Is it okay for a student studying for his exams to be drinking sake?
Of course it is. I'm an adult.
Entrance exams . . . it brings back memories.
Sorry if it took me so long.
I didn't mean it like that.
- Is that right? - That's right!
- She's getting to be just like you. - She is, isn't she?
Shigeki, help yourself.
Okay, thank you.
It is good.
I should have been the one to die . . . not Haruki!
It shouldn't have been Haruki.
Your life doesn't belong only to you.
It belongs to Haruki, too!
Hinako . . . Uncle Shigeki said he might be your classmate.
- Look after him, okay? - Take care of me, Hinako.
- "Shigeki" will be a "higeki" (disaster). - What are you saying, Dad?
I'll make the tea.
Will the day come when this house becomes
the Sudo Clinic?
Well, it doesn't matter how long it takes.
Please give Shigeki your support.
Maru-An
- Good evening. Good evening. - Good evening!
Good evening!
I almost forgot to mention something else that happened back then.
Machiko!
- Welcome. - Machiko!
- Good evening. I'm sorry for dropping by suddenly. - What's wrong?
I'm acting as a guide. Come inside.
- Hello! It's been a long time. - Hello.
You're from Murakami-Do.
Are you the owner of Murakami-Do?
- I've wanted to meet you. - I've wanted to meet you too.
What are you doing here, Kayo?
Machiko . . . you tell them.
I stopped by Murakami-Do, and we wondered how Yoko and Hinako were doing, and
- we decided to come here. - Oh, really? Thank you.
I'm so happy you came. And thank you for taking care of Hinako.
What are you saying? I'm so happy to be here.
Hinako . . . where's Hinako?
- She's inside. - Do you remember me?
I'm your Azumino grandma.
You're so cute.
How's the business going?
I think it's gotten a little better. We've been able to
- get more ingredients lately. - So have we.
-We've worked hard, haven't we? - That's true.
- I have something interesting. Come with me. - Oh, you do?
- I'm sorry to barge in like this, Yoko. - It's okay. Thank you.
Oh, I'm sorry to keep you waiting.
- Are they your students? - Yes.
They are?
You're adorable. Oh, the main reason Kayo came here is
I wanted to study!
We're classmates now. Pleased to meet you.
Okay.
I'm the junior member. I'm counting on your help, seniors.
- Kayo . . . - Yes, Yoko Sensei?
- Never mind moving your mouth. Move your hands. - Yes, Yoko Sensei.
Let's see . . .
hmm . . .
- Kayo! Don't look! - Okay.
"gen" . . . uh .. .
"genin" (cause)
Next we have Iida Kotaro and Octopus playing "Have a Good Life."
- How's Hinako? - She's sleeping.
Look at that.
It doesn't thicken without this.
- It's really puzzling, isn't it? - It is. There's still more to it.
- I'd like to know more about it. - You do?
- This is "karebushi." - "Karebushi?" (high grade of dried sliced bonito pieces)
And this is the regular "katsuobushi." The way they're aged is different.
This is what the winter of 1948 was like.
Everything was moving slowly, but it was moving toward better times.
- Okay, are you all done? - Yes!
It was then the spring of 1950.
- Welcome! - Welcome!
Hinako has grown this much.
- Here! Two extra-large servings of cold soba noodles. - Okay!
We were no longer mixing konnyaku in our noodles.
Maru-An finally returned to being a real soba restaurant.
Thank you for waiting! Your extra-large serving of cold soba noodles.
Here you go. I'm sorry.
- Machiko! - I decided to get married.
I wish I had seen her at her wedding!
- We have lottery tickets. - Don't fool around!
What about the war that we just went through?
What is everyone's dream?
Sunshine To be continued . . .