No matter how hard it was . . . I always knew I had a friend.
That's why I could keep going.
Yuki . . .
It's not a sad parting like the last time, is it?
Sunshine Chapter 22 "FINDING A PLACE AGAIN" Episode 130
Written by: OKADA Yoshikazu
Music by: WATANABE Toshiyuki
Narrator: WAKAO Ayako
Maruyama Yoko: INOUE Mao
Maruyama Kazunari: KORA Kengo
Sudo Shigeki: NAGAYAMA Kento
Natsukawa Yuki: HASHIMOTO Mami
Sudo Ryoichi: TERAWAKI Yasufumi
Miyazawa Setsuko: SHIRAKAWA Yumi
Iwamoto Yasuko: YOSHIMURA Jitsuko
Maruyama Michio: KUSHIDA Kazuyoshi
Maruyama Tokuko: HIGUCHI Kanako
This is Tanaka Yuki.
Oh, that's right, now you're . . .
I'm Natsukawa Yuki.
Since getting married, I don't know if my name is hot or cold. ("Natsu" is summer, and "Yuki" is snow.)
"Natsu" and "Yuki."
Pleased to meet you.
What are you doing?
She's my childhood friend. She's the very first friend I made after I moved to Azumino.
Oh, you told us about her before, didn't you, Yoko?
- Yes. - Welcome!
I'm pleased to meet you. I'm Yoko's husband.
Nice to meet you.
Oh! No way! He's exactly like you wrote in your letters.
What do you mean?
If you look like that, he'll think I wrote something strange in my letters.
No, she didn't write anything strange!
She didn't write anything what you look like.
What?
That was cute.
Hello. Nice to meet you.
He looks like it.
He does!
That's right! I remember!
Come on.
Go over and introduce yourself, Hinako.
Can you do it?
I'm Hinako. Welcome!
So you're Hinako?
That's great! You know how to greet people properly.
Yes, I'm great!
You have a boy, don't you, Yuki?
He's the same age as Hinako, isn't he?
He is.
Is that right?
Oh . . . this is Kyoko.
She was one of my students. But now, she's more like a daughter to me, right?
I see. Hello.
Hello.
So you're one of Yoko's students?
Yes.
Yuki's the reason that I became a teacher.
- Really? - That's right. She owes me.
This is a wonderful place, isn't it?
I've always wanted to come here.
Ever since I read about it in Yoko's letters, I kept imagining what it was like.
But just as Yoko said,
it's a really wonderful place.
Thank you.
I love the idea of a store.
Is that right?
I love a store that sells things.
After all, at a store, the entrance is always open.
It makes you feel welcome, doesn't it?
That's why I love it.
Oh, she's right.
I agree!
Yes.
Here you are.
Thank you.
You have a wonderful family, don't you?
Yes, thank you.
Are you happy, Yoko?
I am.
How about you?
Yes, I'm happy.
You are?
It must have been terrible in Kobe.
It was.
My husband and I started our own business,
but it was destroyed in an air raid.
But we both survived, so
it was better than most.
It was.
That's why we worked our hardest from there.
It was our life, so we tried our hardest.
I see. You did?
Yes.
If you ask me why I love stores . . .
Yes?
When I was sent off to Nagoya,
it was almost like working for free,
so I couldn't buy anything.
Maybe a single piece of candy.
Still, I wanted to go to the street of shops.
There was a store that I really liked.
It was a store that had food, candy, and all sorts of things.
I used to go there.
I couldn't buy anything, but just stood and stared at different things.
The lady at the store was really nice, and
she told me it was okay to look as long as I wanted.
If you look, and see something you really want, you can work hard for it, right?
And once in a while, she'd give me a little discount.
Really?
It made me want to work harder.
So I owe it to that store.
That's why the kind of store I love
is one that has a lot of different things
that make people want to work hard to buy them.
A store I think of that way.
Really? A store that has everything?
They have them in America. Big stores . . .
And this is the store that I started.
This one?
It's called, "Food and General Merchandise Natsukawa."
Wow! It looks magnificent.
Yes . . . so it was always my dream . . .
What?
to open a store in Azumino.
What? Really?
Yes. I'll let someone handle the store in Kobe,
and move back here to Azumino.
So are you going to be in Azumino from now on?
Are you going to live there?
Yes. I will.
I'm so happy!
We'll be able to see each other a lot now, won't we?
Yes.
I'm so happy!
You really worked hard, didn't you, Yuki?
I'm a company president now.
Wow.
Here's my business card.
Oh, thank you. Please.
You're really the president!
President NATSUKAWA YUKI
But I want the store in Azumino to be a success.
I want it to be a store where
children who are poor like I was can come.
I see.
I worked hard.
We both worked hard, didn't we?
So, tell me more.
Where are you going to open the store in Azumino?
Let's see . . . in front of this . . .
I thought Yuki was really awesome.
And I was so happy.
After the way we had parted,
it made me happy to see Yuki find happiness,
and come back to Azumino.
And what Yuki said really stayed in my heart.
"I love a store
because the entrance is always open."
I thought it was such a good thing to say.
I can't wait!
I want to go see it, too.
I'm home!
Hello!
Oh! I'm glad you came.
I'm sorry . . . we haven't had many chances to come.
That's fine.
Where's Hinako?
It's just the two of us today.
Why?
I'm sorry. Hinako went to play with Kyoko.
Is that right?
You don't have to be so disappointed.
We're not disappointed. Are we, Shigeki?
Huh? No, you're the one who's disappointed.
You have that . . .
This is for . . .
Why did you say that, Shigeki?
I'm sorry.
What do you think?
We thought we'd serve something like that at the restaurant.
It's good.
We can't count on Shige.
Why not?
What do you think, Dad?
- What? - Sorry.
This is delicious.
I think it's good, Kazunari.
Really?
Yes.
I'm glad!
It was Kazu's idea.
Is that right? That's good.
Thank you.
What do you think, Shigeki?
Hey!
- Oh, Yoko . . . - Yes?
Give this to Hinako for me.
No . . . give it to her the next time I bring her here.
No. Take it with you.
But . . .
Don't worry, Yoko.
Dad's going to buy something else right away, so you don't have to worry.
He's a regular customer at the new toy store.
Is that right?
Shigeki! Don't tell them that.
I'm sorry.
Thank you.
The shopping street in Azumino has changed.
There's going to be a Food and General Merchandise store opening there.
So I heard.
That's . . .
What?
Yuki's store.
Remember my good friend in grade school?
Is that right?
Yuki? Really?
So, how's it going, Shige?
I'll just ask how you're doing studying for your medical school entrance exam.
What do you mean by that?
I'm getting closer and closer.
Hmm . . . getting closer and closer?
Never mind! I'm getting closer, so
I'll pass it some day.
Some day?
You're so persistent.
After all . . .
That's okay.
When you say "itsu ka" (someday), you don't mean "itsuka" (five days), do you?
Again, Dad?
Maru-An
Thank you for waiting!
Welcome!
Please have a seat here.
Soba with mountain vegetables, please.
Soba with mountain vegetables, right?
The entrance was always open to the store.
I'm home!
Welcome home.
Let's do "origami" (folding paper), Kyoko!
Okay. What shall we make?
A crane.
That's right . . . the entrance was always open at our restaurant.
Stingy!
You nouveau riche old hag.
What about you?
Yoko! What are you laughing at?
Nothing at all.
What are you saying?
I just came into the restaurant, and you started laughing.
No . . .
That's right.
I told you, nothing at all.
What are you...
Look at that . . . the customers are all laughing at you.
Just come inside.
What are you eating?
It's okay, just come in.
Sorry!
Sunshine
The entrance to a store is always open.
That gives you the feeling that you're welcome.
That's why I like it.
Sunshine Chapter 22 "FINDING A PLACE AGAIN" Episode 131
The other day . . .
Yuki said
that she loved stores.
Because their doors were always open.
She did.
I was happy to hear those words.
Yes.
I was
always in the restaurant from the time I was born, so
I never really thought about it, but . . .
Yes?
When you're running a business, you can always be cheerful, right?
Right.
But when you think about it, you can't run a business if you look gloomy, can you?
Yes, that's true.
It really made me happy to hear that.
I thought so, too.
You did?
Yes.
Oh ...
it's been a while, hasn't it? Just the two of us alone.
It has.
So . . .
I was thinking that
maybe we should try what a man and woman do
in the American movies.
What?
It doesn't suit the Japanese, does it?
It doesn't.
How about this, then?
Yes.
It's not bad.
Listen carefully . . .
the more love you put into each stitch, the better your clothes will turn out.
Dressmaking is life on a smaller scale.
Do you understand?
- Yes. - Yes!
Do you understand it, too, Hinako?
Yes!
This is fun, isn't it?
Yours is beautiful, Machiko!
You think so?
Let me see . . .
Oh, really! It'll look good on you.
Thank you.
Yours is pretty, too.
It is, isn't it?
There's no mistake, look . . .
it looks good on me!
Yes.
I wonder if this will good on me.
What?
Will I even have a chance to wear it?
I'm sure Takeo will be surprised!
He'll fall in love all over again.
More than he already does?
Oh?
Do you think my husband will fall in love with me again?
I'd hate that. It'd be too troublesome if he loved me more than now.
I'll show you how good I am with my hands.
Good idea! I'll come.
Good, good.
I'll bring a delicious sake.
Delicious sake?
Sounds good!
You should see when my mom and Mitsu fight!
They normally get along, but for whatever reason,
when they fight, it's more than I can handle.
So Dad and I will run somewhere with the kids.
Women are scary.
When Yoko gets mad, she's scary too.
But in Mitsu's case, she's head over heels in love with me.
So if I scold her, she'll quiet down right away.
Really?
Have you ever scolded her?
No.
What is this?
What about Machiko?
She's scary!
When she gets angry, she uses honorific language.
Honorific language?
Yes.
Honorific language scares me.
- What about you and your husband, Machiko? - Me?
Let's see . . . I don't know.
What do you mean by that?
- Ms. Sudo! - Yes?
Oh, it's Maruyama.
- Ms. Maruyama . . . - Yes?
Stop moving your mouth, and move your hands more.
Why are you only scolding me?
Because it's easy to scold you.
What do you mean by that?
Mitsu . . .
Mom made a funny noise!
Hinako!
What about you, Hinako?
She did it!
Just like Mom!
Begin!
Go! Both of you!
Go! Go for it!
Winner!
It's your turn!
Sit down.
Go!
Go for it!
You try it , too!
Everyone comes here. They all gather here.
I really enjoyed that.
I loved things like that.
I wished things could be like that forever.
But . . .
But you know .. .
Are you studying?
Yes. I'm studying so that I can teach the children.
They progress so fast, so it takes a lot of work.
Is that right?
What about you, Kazu? What are you reading?
Oh . . . this?
It's the book that Ikuko sent me
about Tokyo soba noodle restaurants.
I see.
It's interesting that there are so many differences.
Is that right?
It's a fire.
Really?
It's far away, but I'll just go and take a look.
Okay. Be careful.
Is it close by?
- Far away? - Yes.
It's okay, it's okay. I'm going to take a look.
Be careful!
- Sis! - What's going on? Is it a fire?
Yes. Kazunari went to take a look now.
Maybe I'll go, too.
You stay here, Dad.
Yoko!
Mom . . .
Don't worry . . .
it's nothing serious.
- It's okay. - All right.
Hey, how was it?
The fire's far away, but . . .
How was it, Kazunari?
The fire is far away, but
the wind has gotten really strong.
The wind is really awful.
I think it's okay, but
just in case, let's take only what's important, and get away from here.
What?
All right.
What are we going to do?
Will it be okay?
Everyone, pull yourselves together.
- You too, Aunty Setsuko. Take only what's important to you. - All right.
- Let's go together. - Hurry!
Hurry, and let's go.
Hinako . . .
Wake up, Hinako!
Hinako!
Okay now.
I'm sorry.
Hinako!
Kyoko . . .
Are you ready?
Yes. Thank you.
- Let's go. - Okay.
- Do you have everything important, Kyoko? - Yes.
Let's go.
It's okay.
Let's go.
Are you all ready?
Okay, let's go.
- Okay! - Where are we going?
Let's move to a place that's safe from the way the wind's blowing.
Dad and I will come back one more time.
It'll be okay, won't it?
This is just in case. Isn't it, Kazunari?
We'll be back before you know it. It's all right.
That was
the last time that we saw Maru-An.
Okay . . . let's go!
I bought a book, too.
- Say, Yoko . . . - What?
Aren't you hungry?
Yes.
Let's go in here.
Dad!
Let's go, Yoko.
Will you
marry me?
Please . . .
take care of me.
And also
please take care of me.
Maru-An . . .
burned to the ground.
Sunshine
Do you mean that Maru-An was destroyed?
All of it?
Not completely, but we didn't have a place to live.
It managed to survive the war, and yet . . .
unexpected things do happen, don't they?
That's true.
♫ In the streaming sunshine ♫
♫ and the running breeze ♫
♫ I felt that I could go on living. ♫
♫ You are my miracle. ♫
♫ You are my hope. ♫
♫ If, somewhere, you keep on thinking of me ♫
♫ that is all that I need. ♫
Subtitles adapted from original English subtitles created by Nippon Golden Network Timing brought to you by The Sunshine Lovers @ Viki
I'm very sorry.
All of us barging in on you like this.
What are you saying, Kazunari?
He's right. It's only natural.
I'm sorry.
Taking in a stranger like me . . .
I'm so sorry.
Please don't.
Let's just forget about things like that, okay?
Hey!
Okay. Okay.
Mom . . .
What?
Oh. Yes.
I'm sorry.
The one who took the loss the hardest
was Mom.
Shall the menfolk go to Matsumoto then?
Okay.
Aunty Setsuko . . .
Is there anything you'd like us to look for?
Oh . . . gee . . .
I don't really know.
I'll leave it to you, Kazu.
All right.
Well, shall we go?
Yes.
I'll be back soon.
Before you know it.
All right.
We'll leave it to you.
Okay.
Yoko . . .
- take care of Mom. - I will.
Please.
Oh, Yoko . . .
we'll probably all come back hungry in the evening.
We'd like to have something delicious to eat.
Okay. Leave it to me.
I can't wait. It'll be nice
to have a lively meal.
That's true. It's always just Shigeki and me. I'm tired of looking at his face.
What do you mean? So cruel!
We'll be going then.
Okay. We're counting on you.
Are you okay?
Wait! I'll go with you!
Takeo!
- Are you okay, Takeo? - Takeo!
Let's see . . . I'm okay!
- Let's go. - Okay!
Were you hurt?
Hinako . . . shall we go out and play?
Yes!
Have a good time.
Please look after her, Kyoko.
Have fun, Hinako.
Okay! We're going!
Have a nice time.
This is a nice house, isn't it?
Thank you.
Isn't it, Tokuko?
It's a nice house, isn't it?
Huh?
Oh . . .
yes.
Don't worry about me!
What are you saying?
You are?
Oh, my . . .
What is it?
I can't believe it.
This is really unpleasant.
Isn't it?
Are you . . .
okay, Yoko?
Yes.
Because you're here with me.
Is that right?
It's gone . . .
Maru-An . . .
is gone!
Mom . . .
It's gone!
It'll be okay.
It's okay.
It's okay., it's okay!
We're . . .
going to be even happier from now on.
We definitely will.
I'll make it happen.
We won't let something like this beat us.
We've been through an awful lot, so
let's make up for that,
and be even happier.
Let's become . . . many time more happy!
Let's build . . .
an even more splendid . . . Maru-An than we had before.
Did you hear me, Mom?
We're going to make it, right?
Yes.
If you keep on crying, I'm going to decide everything by myself.
You will?
Don't complain to me later.
I won't let you.
Pull yourself together!
Listen! Maruyama Tokuko!
Be quiet!
That hurt!
I won't let you do as you please!
What?
That's no fun.
What isn't?
I wish you'd just keep on crying.
You looked so adorable. Like a little wimp.
That didn't last long.
Ow! That hurts!
You're getting too sassy!
What are you doing?
Just go on and keep crying.
This girl is annoying!
You looked so adorable, Toku-chan!
Come back here, Yoko!
Sis! Catch Yoko for me!
Hello!
Wait, Yoko!
- Catch Yoko! - Watch out, be careful!
Where are you?
Where are you going?
What I thought was
being in a pinch gave us a chance.
A chance to make up for our loss and get closer to our dreams.
I thought that.
Toku-chan!
Come back here!
What are you doing, Sis?
I'll get you!
I want to play, too!
Grandma's the ogre!
I'm the ogre!
Come back here!
Come here, Hinako!
I got you!
About Shigeki . . .
Do you love him?
- Do your best, okay? - Okay.
Is this a strategy meeting?
Damn it! Tokuko and Michio . . .
It's frustrating.
My dream is to make everyone's dream come true.
Sunshine To be continued . . .