Kazu?
Sunshine Chapter 24 "A LOVING SEND OFF" Episode 142
Written by: OKADA Yoshikazu
Music by: WATANABE Toshiyuki
Narrator: WAKAO Ayako
Maruyama Yoko: INOUE Mao
Maruyama Kazunari: KORA Kengo
Maruyama Michio: KUSHIDA Kazuyoshi
Maruyama Tokuko: HIGUCHI Kanako
♫ Butterfly, butterfly ♫
♫ Land on the nanohana flowers ♫
Look at this, Mom!
What's wrong, Kazunari?
Hinako . . .
do you want to play house with me?
I do.
Let's go then.
Mom, what are we having for lunch today?
We're having soba with mountain vegetables today.
Oh? I can't wait!
It's from one of my war buddies.
Actually,
his wife wrote it in his place.
We were together
all the way through.
We fought together, and
both came back alive.
Is that right?
He's a really nice guy.
No matter how hard things got,
he'd always have a smile.
Always boosting everyone's spirit,
and making us laugh.
Is that right?
His name is Shigemori . . .
Shigemori Kosuke.
Kosuke was
the son of a potter in Gifu prefecture.
His family's been making ceramic ware for generations.
I love pottery, too . . . bowls and things.
He taught me a lot.
He was drafted into the war
a year after he was married,
so he left his wife and son behind.
He's the same age as me.
His wife is the same age, too.
He promised
that when he
took over the pottery business
he was going to
make something for me.
He's suffering from
tuberculosis and won't live long.
After we made it back alive,
he said when his son grew up,
they'd drink together.
They would
drink sake
in the cups that he made.
That's what he said.
He wants to see me.
And wants to talk with me.
He wants to see me
while he's still alive.
Can I go to see him?
I know it's far,
but can I go to see him?
Go and see him.
Don't worry about us.
Of course you can go.
Go, and see him.
Thank you.
There's no problem at all if you're gone for a little while.
How can you say that?
Are you taking the first train out tomorrow?
I think so.
Tajimi is quite far away, isn't it?
How long will it take?
I think it'll take half a day.
That long?
Well, then, you should get the ticket.
I'll go to the station.
I can do that.
Never mind . . .you have to get his things ready.
Okay.
Let's see . . .
There she goes.
Here you are.
Please enjoy it.
Thank you.
Can Dad play too?
We're playing house. Do you still want to?
Oh . . .
Sure. What should I do?
Let's see . . . you come home from work.
Okay.
I'm home.
Welcome home!
Thank you for working hard.
Thank you.
Let's eat.
Thank you.
Do your best, Dad.
I'll get your things ready.
Hurry up, and eat.
Let's eat.
You're wrong, Dad . . .
it's soba noodles.
Oh . . . I'm sorry.
What are you laughing at?
Nothing.
- Why, Kyoko? - Stop fooling around!
I'm sorry.
Well, let's start over from the beginning.
I'm home.
Welcome home!
This . . .
What?
Is it all right . . . if I take this?
I want to show it to him.
Okay.
Thank you.
What's wrong?
I was wondering how he was feeling.
It must be unbearable.
It's unbearable.
It must be hard
for his wife, too.
Right.
Are you okay, Kazu?
I'm okay.
I'm fine.
Okay.
What is it?
She's make a bento lunch now.
We'll leave her alone.
Got it!
Good!
I'm going now.
Kazu! Here. I made you a bento lunch.
Wow.
It's heavy.
I made enough for breakfast and lunch.
Thank you.
Be careful, Kazunari.
Have a good trip.
I will.
Take care of things while I'm gone.
We will.
Please be careful.
Give my regards to everyone.
All right.
So, I'll be going then.
Oh!
What's wrong?
Is it okay if I go with him to the station?
I'll be right back. Sorry!
Kazu!
What is it?
I'll go to the station.
Thank you.
For some reason,
it seemed like Kazunari was going far away, and
I was afraid.
Sunshine
He wants to see me one more time while he's still alive.
Can I go to see him?
Here . . . I made you a bento lunch.
Please be careful.
Sunshine Chapter 24 "A LOVING SEND OFF" Episode 143
Several days after that,
I received a postcard from Kazunari.
In that short message,
he wrote that his friend Shigemori had passed away,
and that he'd made it there in time before he died,
and also
that they'd had the chance to talk together.
And he wrote at the end,
"I'm going to stay here for a while.
Don't worry. I'll contact you again."
What is Kazunari thinking, anyway?
I wonder.
What could have happened?
I don't know . . .
Listen . . .
What?
How should I put this?
For example . . .
For example what?
What is it?
What I mean is . . .
his war buddy's
widow left behind.
He probably couldn't just leave her like that.
What do you mean by that?
Why get mad at me?
He's so serious-minded.
It makes me worry even more.
You know what I'm trying to say, right?
I do, but . . .
I do.
After all, I was thinking the same thing.
Huh?
Gee . . .
What should we do?
How would I know?
Mom . . .
does your stomach hurt?
What?
I don't overeat oyaki dumplings like you do, Hinako.
Really?
Kyoko . . . let me see what you're drawing.
Your drawings are so good, Kyoko.
- Really? - Yes, they're so sweet. I love them.
Thank you.
Hinako . . . aren't you lucky
that Kyoko draws so many pictures of you?
Yes.
Kyoko . . .
Yes?
I can't tell you yet. It's a secret.
Huh?
It's still a secret.
What's the secret?
What? It's nothing.
Nothing at all.
What's wrong?
Nothing in particular . . . is there?
Right. Nothing.
Ms. Maruyama! I have your mail.
Coming.
- Here you are. - Thanks.
The two girls in the garden are cute, aren't they?
Do you have two daughters?
Yes . . . they're both my daughters.
Cute, aren't they?
They really are.
Well, then . . .
Thank you for your hard work.
What?
What is it?
Is it from Kazunari?
No . . . I just got one from Kazu, didn't I?
Oh, that's right.
So then . . .
who is it from?
About Kyoko . . .
Oh, that!
Is it okay?
Is it? I'm glad!
There . . .
Perfect timing.
This . . .
just came from an artist in Matsumoto.
It's a letter saying that he'll help you with your studies in art.
Aren't you glad?
Do your best! Commuting to Matsumoto will be hard, but . . .
What's wrong, Kyoko?
But . . .
but I'm . . .
just happy that
you let me stay here.
What are you saying?
You have to study.
She's right.
We want you to be a good artist.
Do your best, Kyoko!
I'm finished.
That's awesome!
Isn't it? I really love Kyoko's drawings.
I'd like to become someone who draws like this.
Do you think I can?
Yes.
You can. You definitely can.
Okay!
Oh, I almost forgot.
I planned on giving this to you when we found a place for you to study.
Look at this!
Kazu went to Matsumoto to buy this for you.
You'll need it in order to learn how to draw.
Here you are!
All of this?
Does your stomach hurt, Sis?
What?
Hinako . . . people don't cry only
when their stomach hurts from eating too much like you.
What?
Hinako . . . a lot of things happen when you grow up.
That's true.
That's right, isn't it?
- Do you really understand? - I do!
That's it .. .
keep rolling it until it takes the shape of a pear.
Be careful that it doesn't get too long and narrow.
Thank you for waiting!
One plain soba, and one soba with mountain vegetables.
Enjoy your meal.
"S . . . T . . . U . . . "
"V . . . "
"W . . . "
"X . . . Y . . . Z . . . "
Right! That was very good.
I worked hard. I just kept on working.
I worked hard to keep from thinking about Kazunari.
"This is my pen."
"That is your book."
Now . . . Hana's turn . . .
You try it.
It's okay if you make a mistake.
Okay.
"This is a pen."
"This is my pen."
That's very good!
Next . . . Keiko . . .
Aside from that postcard,
I didn't hear anything at all from Kazunari.
The tempura is ready!
Okay!
Here you go.
Okay.
Keep your hands moving
as you add the water.
Evenly . . . evenly . . .
mix it evenly.
Kyoko . . .
you start from today, right? Are you nervous?
I've been so nervous since this morning that my stomach hurts.
Does your stomach hurt, Sis?
But I didn't eat too much like you, Hinako.
I'm going now.
Have a nice day!
Be careful.
Have fun.
I will.
Do your best, Sis!
I will. I'll do my best.
- Good-bye now. - Have a good day.
Well! Shall we get to work?
Okay. Let's go, Hinako.
Ms. Maruyama! I have your mail.
Coming.
Thank you for your hard work.
Thanks.
Is it from Kazunari?
Maruyama Kazunari in Tajimi
Sunshine
Maruyama Kazunari in Tajimi
Is it from Kazunari?
Hikari ga sashi The light is gentle
Kaze ga oyogi The breeze is swimming
Ikete Yukeru to When you're alive
Sou omoeta no It really seems so
Anataha watashi no kiseki You are my miracle
Anataha watashi no kibou You are my hope
Dokoga de watashi wo kanijitete Somewhere I can feel
Soredake de ii no yo That that alone is enough
"Yoko . . .
I'm sorry it took so long to write you.
I'm fine . . . "
And he wrote that he just couldn't leave his war buddy's widow
and the child who had just lost a father
like that right away.
And he was helping out with the work there,
and would come home once he finished that.
He wrote as if it were the most natural thing to do.
Kazunari was a kind man, but
I thought he really
didn't understand a woman's feelings at all.
I wonder what Kazunari wrote?
What is he doing, anyway?
I have no idea.
Oh . . .
Here . . .
Is it okay to read it?
Yes. Kazu sounds fine, so I'm relieved.
Is he? I'm glad.
Oh . . . where's Hinako?
She's reading her picture book upstairs.
Is she? Okay . . .
Oh, Dad . . .
Will you show me how to make soba noodles, and other work around here?
Huh?
Kazu might not be coming home for a while.
What?
I'm counting on you.
Um . . .
Hinako!
Do you want to play with me?
I'm reading my book, so later, okay?
Oh?
I don't want to play later.
How about . . . if we ate some tasty oyaki dumplings?
Okay?
If you insist . . .
What's that?
I won't let you get away.
Come here!
Gee . . .
That's . . .
What is that idiot son of ours doing anyway?
It turned out just the way I said, didn't it?
What?
What I mean is . . .
before he realized it, sympathy turned into passion.
How disgusting!
What? I'm not talking about me!
If that's the case, he wouldn't write something like this, would he?
I see . . .
Still . . . if they're together all the time . . .
What are we going to do with Kazunari?
Maybe it'll turn out to be like
you told Yoko once.
Why don't you tell her that?
What?
Remember what you said if Kazunari had an affair . . .
Just try having an affair with another woman.
What?
When that happens, I'll kick you out.
You would?
That's right, I will!
Oh yeah . . .
Even if I told Yoko that now, I don't think she'll be happy.
She won't?
That's something I should wait to tell her at the very end
when we know for sure that's what it is.
Right now, we don't know if that's what it is yet.
I see . . .
What am I going to do with the men in this family?
- What? - For one thing, you also . . .
What? Why me?
- I just remembered... - Pull yourself together!
♫ the bubbles flew up to the roof ♫
What's going on? You sound like you're enjoying yourselves.
I thought we'd have a snack.
Is that right? Is it that time already?
Sounds good!
Let's go, Hinako.
Here you go.
It looks delicious.
Shall we look at the garden while we eat this?
Yes.
Let's go.
Go ahead and eat.
I knew more or less
what Dad and Mom
had been talking about.
But I pretended like I didn't know.
Subtitles adapted from original English subtitles created by Nippon Golden Network Timing brought to you by The Sunshine Lovers @ Viki
What is it?
Nothing.
I hate this!
What is it?
You go ahead.
It's okay . . . just say it.
Okay.
I . . .
I . . . !
And . . . ?
Huh?
What? No, no . . .
I don't want you to say that you'll continue this later.
Is that wrong?
Of course it is!
Really?
In that case, let's take a short break.
Okay . . .
So . . .
But Kazunari really didn't know anything about a woman's feelings, did he?
Well . . .
I feel there were a lot of men like that in those days.
Really?
But isn't that okay?
You think so?
I do.
These days, there are too many men who want to know what women think.
All those men worry about nothing but
things like that.
Is that right?
It is! I think it's just fine if they don't understand.
That's fine with me!
Don't you think the men were wonderful back then?
Really?
But don't you think what Kazunari did
then was terrible?
Well . . . I guess.
I have to admit that wasn't good.
Right? That's why I got so angry, and . . .
And so what did you do?
Oh . . . well . . . um . . .
I should let you know that these tea cups
were made by Kazu.
Huh?
Kazu made most of the dishes that we have here.
Really?
Kazu made this?
Really?
My . . .
I . . .
I . . . !
I'm going to Tajimi!
Excuse me . . .
Yes?
Lunch is ready.
Oh . . . thank you.
I'll wait for you.
I shouldn't have come. I'm ashamed of myself.
Don't quibble.
I'm sorry.
I was thinking it's just women here.
Serves you right!
Dad . . . ? Dad . . . ?
I feel like I'm going to be here forever.
Sunshine To be continued . . .