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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 9 "A Tiny Star's Tiny Light" (Episode 049)
Screenplay: Okada Yoshikazu
Music: Miyagawa Akira
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"
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
Narrator: Masuda Akemi
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きたのさ 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
Mori Kazuo: Kageyama Hiroshi
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
若い広場 楽しいドラマ Wakai hiroba tanoshii dorama Plazas filled with youths have such fun dramas
夢膨らむ 青い空 Yume fukuramu aoi sora Bursting with dreams, full of blue skies
肩寄せ合い声合わせて Kata yose ai koe awasete Arms around one another, their voices unite
Nagai Aiko: Wakui Emi
Executive Producer: Kashi Hiroshi
希望に燃える 恋の歌 Kiboueru ni moeru koi no uta In a burning with hope, song of love
Director: Tanaka Tadashi
1965/Showa 40 - November 28th
What's up, Aiko-chan?
Eh?
Has something happened?
No...
Ah, working the dorm keeps us so busy, doesn't it?
I suppose. But I'm used to it already.
That's true, right?
Excuse me a minute, I need everyone's attention.
2 Days Ago
Eh... starting this month, your salary will be reduced by 10%.
I'm very sorry!
The cause is that the Apollon Company has adjusted their production volumes from us.
Demand had dropped in the aftermath of the Olympic Games boom...
...and businesses were stuck with excess goods.
In this period of a high growth economy, Showa 40 (1965) was the only year with a recession.
Even so, this year's end was a painful and uneasy one...
Yatabe Susumu-sama
Yatabe Chiyoko-sama
Tagami Manabu-sama
Yatabe Shigeru-sama
...for Mineko and the others.
Koiwai Muneo-sama
Dad...
This is the time I love the best.
A calm time when everyone...
...thinks about their own affairs.
We can have this feeling...
...because we're all living together at the same time.
I am writing a letter to Mom.
"I couldn't come home for Bon, but I will be home for New Year's."
Say... don't you think this is wonderful?
What is?
Look.
Ah, it really is!
What is it?
Take a look.
What is it?
Whaa... that is wonderful!
What is that? It's like something from a foreign country.
Right?
This furniture doesn't come with the apartment.
You have to buy it for yourself.
I know that much.
Still, look, by working hard you can have it like this someday, right?
Yes, that's true, isn't it?
Yeah!
What's that? It doesn't come with that?
Geez...
Still, we could win the lottery, right?
They said on TV that it's gotten really high.
Yeah, by 100 times, they say.
Eh!
Could it be, Sachiko-san...
...you'd get married and live here?
Eh!
That's too amazing!
I'll come visit you.
Me, too.
Well, I do think it would be wonderful if that happened.
Because the rent for this place is 7,500 yen a month.
Eh?
Right?
Yes, do hurry! You won't have time for breakfast otherwise!
Yes!
Sumiko, c'mon, hurry it up!
I'm sorry.
You've got soap on your face.
Eh?
Here.
Thanks.
Does anyone know where my towel is?
You've got it around your neck.
Eh?
You're right...
My glasses, my glasses.
Geez, look, right there! Right there!
Ah! Found 'em, found 'em.
Matsushita-san didn't come today.
Yeah. He said he had some business at headquarters. So he'd be late, he said.
Ah...
Thank you for your hard work.
Aiko-san...
Yes.
It's vexing.
I...
So that's it.
I'm sorry for my inadequacy.
Don't make that face! You're a man, Matsushita Akira!
Tell those girls about it firmly and steadily.
That's your job too, isn't it?
You really haven't changed since you joined this company!
Get it together!
Aiko-san...
Yes. I understand!
Yeah.
Get going.
Yes.
Everyone.
Once work is over, please gather around.
Yes.
All members have gathered.
Thank you.
Everyone... thank you for all your hard work today and every day.
Thank you for your hard work.
I've come to have a very painful talk with all of you.
Due to our poor business performance recently...
...Mukojima Electric...
...will be going bankrupt.
However... it is the intention of the creditors...
...that we continue producing radios with the parts we have left over for another month.
This Mukojima factory...
...will, as of December 20th...
...be closed down.
In regards to your re-employment, I will be asking our affiliate companies for their cooperation...
...and I will support you as much as I can!
The operations of this factory will continue until December 20th...
...but since I think it will be difficult...
...for those of you in the dorm to move out right away...
...I have made it possible for you to stay there until a little while after the New Year.
That's...
That's... their final decision, right?
There's nothing more that can be done for it?
Even if we worked hard starting today without sleep...
...we couldn't go on working here anymore?
Must we part with the friends we have here?
Is there nothing at all that can be done?
I am very sorry!
Very well.
Dad...
...the inside of my head has become a complete blank.
I'm dumbfounded somehow...
I have no idea at all what I'm supposed to think...
Dad...
...the factory will be no more.
I'm sorry.
Though it's my job to protect you, I couldn't do anything...
It's not your fault, Aiko-san.
Thank you.
My job now...
...is to try and reduce your anxieties, even just a little.
About getting you re-employed...
...a man from headquarters will be coming to talk to you about that.
But, about what's going to happen to you or whatever it is that's worrying you...
...you can discuss anything with me.
I may only be able to think about it along with you...
...but please discuss it with me.
It's painful, but stop looking downwards.
You guys...
...are all hard working girls!
You're good, hard workers.
Feel proud about that.
"Mom, it's gotten colder, but have there been any changes?"
"I will be coming home for this New Year's."
"I think I'll be home on the 30th..."
"...so I can help in making the New Year's dishes. Look forward to that."
"I've been dying to eat the zoni that you've made recently..."
(a New Year dish of rice cakes cooked with vegetables)
"...so it's like a dream to be able to come out there at last."
And then,
"And then..."
To Be Continued
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
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