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Um, Tokiko-san.
Huh?
You deliberately made that mistake today, didn't you?
I suppose.
Why would you do that?
I had to make one.
After seeing that look of desperation on Mineko's face, I just had to do something.
Even if it was for such a thing...
...I think it strange you'd do it at our job.
Like I said, you should understand that I had to make a mistake, don't you?
In that case, nevermind then.
Dad. They're arguing over me.
I want to get up...
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Hiyokko
愛の言葉をリルシャイなハートがドキドキ Ai no kotoba o riru shai na haato ga dokidoki A shy heart saying sweet nothings beats so fast
Week 5 "Young Girls, Safety First!" (Episode 029)
Screenplay: Okada Yoshikazu
あの日観てたサウンドオプミュージック Ano hi mite ta saund oopu myuujikku That day when we saw "The Sound of Music"
Music: Miyagawa Akira
Theme Song: Kuwata Keisuke "Wakai Hiroba" (Plaza of Youths)
瞼閉じれば蘇る Mabuta tojireba yomigaeru I can relive that day just by closing my eyes
幼い頃の大事な 宝物だけは Osanai koro no daijina takaramono dake wa It's the only precious treasure of my youth
Cast:
Yatabe Mineko: Arimura Kasumi
ずっと この胸に抱きしめて来たのさ Zutto kono mune ni dakishimete kita no sa One I've held in my heart all this time
Sukegawa Tokiko: Sakuma Yui
Akiba Sachiko: Kojima Fujiko
Kanehira Toyoko: Fujino Ryoko
夜の酒場でロンリーあの子今頃どうしてる Yoru no sakaba de Ronrii ano ko imagoro doushiteru The girl that night at the bar "Lonely," I wonder what's become of her
Nabatame Sumiko: Matsumoto Honoka
Natsui Yuko: Yagi Yuki
さなぎは今 蝶になってきっと誰がの腕の中 Sanagi wa ima chou ni natte kitto dare ga no ude no naka That pupa is now a butterfly and is surely in someone's arms
Matsushita Akira: Okuda Yohei
肩寄せ合い声合わせて Kata yose ai koe awasete Arms around one another, their voices unite
希望に燃える 恋の歌 Kiboueru ni moeru koi no uta In a burning with hope, song of love
Nagai Aiko: Wakui Emi
Neither Mineko-san nor Sumiko...
...can readily do this work, now can they?
Those two seem similar, but I think they're different.
What do you mean?
Sumiko is a simpleton. Anyhow, she's slow.
Whatever she does, she's slow at it. To be honest, she even talks slow, too.
And so, while it's not that she can't do the work...
...it's just that it takes her more than double the time of anyone else.
Still, just as Aiko-san told us...
...she has gotten used to it and is able to do it.
I see... Eh? And what about me?
I think Mineko-san has the bigger problem.
It's not that Mineko-san is slow, but that she's clumsy...
And, since she tries to be too quick, she moves her hands without thinking.
And so she forces the pieces in too hard with the result being she fails at it.
It's a personality problem.
What she's saying is right, but hearing it like this...
...is quite the painful thing.
Toyoko, stop this. You're making me angry.
What is?
I'm telling you, stop that way of speaking!
This conversation is going off in a different direction somehow.
I'm telling you to stop...
...talking so calmly and so coldly like that all the time.
You're just trying to say you're different from other people, aren't you?
That's how you want to be seen, isn't it?
That's not true!
When you looked around, you hated being seen as one of them.
That irritated you the entire time you were in Aomori, didn't it?
"I'm so different from the rest of you." That's what you were dying to say, isn't it?
That's why you're always speaking so cynically, isn't it?
"I'm different from other people. I hate being buried away in a place like this."
You wouldn't understand my feelings...
I do understand them! Because I'm the same way!
But I put a stop to those sorts of things.
Since you've come to Tokyo already, you have to put an end to your strained atmosphere.
After all, there's no point in doing such a thing anymore!
You've come to a new place, after all! That's enough of that, isn't it?
That may have been how it was in Aomori...
...but this is enough, isn't it?
Since you've come to Tokyo, after all.
You don't need to speak so coldly about each and every thing anymore!
You can become a new person already!
Be a sweeter person! Be honest with yourself!
That's just the way I am!
That's not true. You can be sweet, Toyoko.
Such a nice scene...
Ah, I want to get up... I want to see their faces...
Are there tears? Is it a moving scene?
What is this! Don't!
Hey, stop it you two!
Why? What happened to that nice scene?
Dad... what's going on?
Yuko! Are you okay, Yuko?
Dad... now's my chance.
Ehh? What's going on?
It's nothing.
What happened? A fight?
Are you crying, Toyoko?
I'm not!
You are crying.
I'm not!
Something did happen, didn't it Tokiko?
It's too much of a pain to explain.
What's with the "too much of a pain"? Tell me!
Yuko-san... Sachiko-san.
Eh?
Where should we start from...?
Tokiko-san!
What is it?! You want some more?!
I understand!
I'll do exactly as you say, Tokiko-san.
Eh...?
I'm sorry.
Forgive me...
Dad...
...I do know what happened, but since I have to act like I don't know...
...I won't cry.
That's great, isn't it Toyoko.
Let's be good friends, okay?
I'm sorry.
If I wasn't so worthless...
...you wouldn't have had to say something like that.
I'm sorry.
Huh?
Ah!
Did you hear them, Mineko-san?
Eh?
Were you awake?
Huh?
Since how long?
"Since how long"...
For how long?!
Since when Toyoko said...
...that I was the bigger problem than Sumiko.
Eh?
That was from the start, wasn't it?
Because...
What is this?!
Why did you pretend to be asleep?
Because I was trying to sleep when I heard your voices...
...and you started talking about me, so I couldn't get up, now could I?!
Why not?
Well, I guess I can understand that.
Right?
But in that case, you should've stayed asleep til the end.
With what you were doing, and banging into me...
...I couldn't pretend to sleep after that, now could I?
I'm not Sumiko, after all!
Eh? Then, um...
When you said, "what's going on?"... That was just an act?
Whaa!
"Whaa," you say...
There was nothing else I could do!
What are you doing, Mineko!
What do you mean?
Thing is from the start, all this is because you're so irresolute, isn't it?
Well, that was the start of all this.
I thought you said you were going to speak much sweeter.
I don't know any sweet words to say...
Well, take your time getting there.
Yes.
Mineko.
What?
Why are you being so irresolute?
It's not like your clumsiness started just now, is it?
Is that right?
"Is that right," she says...
It is!
When we were in the 5th grade, you still couldn't do up your own buttons...
When we were in middle school, you sewed your apron pockets on, inside-out...
And when we were in high school, you were the slowest at knitting mufflers!
Geez, what is this?!
You don't have to go into specifics right now!
Thing is, you're making me look like someone who's never been able to do anything!
That's not what I meant.
Then, what did you mean?!
That no matter what time it was or what happened, you would always smile through it, wouldn't you Mineko?
By doing that, you got away with being irresolute!
That just makes me look like a fool.
That's okay, isn't it?
Even if you say that...
...this is different from when I was a child or a student!
What's different?
Because back then...
...even if I couldn't do something, I could get away with it by being cute.
That's why I would smile!
But... things are different now.
I'm not a child anymore. I'm working at a job!
I can't get away with things by saying, "Ah, I'm such a klutz, tee-hee-hee."
Because I'd lose my job if I tried doing that.
That's why I'm so troubled by this. I would be, wouldn't I?
I can't away with a "I can't do it," like I used to back then.
Each time I fail...
...it reminds me of how I was back home in Ibaraki.
That's why...
I see... That's true, isn't it?
Sorry. I was wrong.
Eh?
You've got a point.
I'm sorry.
Well, should you really be apologizing that quickly?
But that's what you love about me, isn't it?
You told me that before, didn't you Mineko?
I did say it!
That's right! I love you!
And that's what I love about you too, Mineko!
Thank you!
What was that all about?
Sorry.
I'm sorry, too.
I can overdo the irresolute thing a bit.
You certainly do, a bit.
Huh?
That's not true, now is it?
What was that? It was gross.
Huh?
Still... there's just one thing left that's bothering me...
What's that?
How could Sumiko sleep through all this?
It weren't me. It was Mineko-san.
Hey!
What are you dreaming about? What are you seeing in that dream?!
Stop that dream!
Ow...
I let out a sigh
Tameiki no deru youna
When you kissed me
Anata no kuchi dzuke ni
Well, that's okay. They're young, after all.
And then a second time...
Nidoto
Dad...
I felt that being able to work with friends like these, I could be happy...
That's why I want to do my work properly.
Ready, Mineko?
It's fine to take your time. We won't mind if you're slow.
The rest of your friends here will make up the lost time.
So trust in your friends here. Got that?
Yes!
Understood.
Yeah. Then let's do our best!
Yes!
Dad...
Somehow... Somehow or other that day...
Switching off.
Yes!
Eh?
You did it, Mineko! Sumiko!
...I never let it stop.
Thank you!
The conveyor belt...
Thank you very much. Truly, thank you very much!
With this, Japan transistor radios won't lose to those in Ireland!
What's that about?
Dad.... I feel at last and properly...
...that I'm a member of those who are working here in Tokyo.
I'm looking foward to work.
But tomorrow's my first day off.
To Be Continued
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
On top of a dry cleaning delivery car