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This Mukojima factory...
...will, as of December 20th...
...be closed down.
Dad...
...the factory will be no more.
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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 050)
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
Takashima Yudai: Inowaki Kai
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
Mori Kazuo: Kageyama Hiroshi
Harada: Suwa Tarou
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
December 11th; 9 Days Until Factory Closes
Since then, 10 days have passed by in the blink of an eye.
Ah...
There it is. Sumiko's stomach clock.
Right on time as always.
Switching off.
Yes.
Ah. It's Keiko, Kanako and Tsukiko.
A number of the girls who had connections transferred to other workplaces right away.
It seems from the moment their salaries had been reduced...
...they had started looking for new jobs.
Nobody blamed them for not staying around until the factory closed.
Yes.
Forever and ever...
...I will be your Tokyo... What is it?
Right, Mineko-san?
Eh?
Dad... that time had come.
Their Tokyo big...
Big sister, right?
Right! Your beautiful, Tokyo big sister, right!
Well, I wouldn't go so far as to say "beautiful."
Huh?
Aiko-san is incredible. She's always smiling.
This is so good...
The goat appeared.
It's so behbehbehbehry good!
Behbehbehbehry good!
That I could make this is all thanks to Sumiko-san.
I want to become your daughter, Kazuo-san.
I'll turn down a big eater such as you.
Ah!
Too bad.
But I understand how you feel.
Thank you.
Everyone, with the meaning of showing our gratitude to Kazuo-san...
...let's be goats! One, two!
It's behbehbehbehry good!
We were in agreement.
That it was probably Aiko-san who was the one having the hardest time of it right now...
...and that Aiko-san was smiling all the time for our sakes.
And so we would smile, too.
We decided we would be like her.
Ah!
And then each of us started to move.
Towards our next life.
Tokiko was referred to a large coffee shop in Ginza by her fellows in the theatrical troupe...
...and got a job there as a live-in employee.
It seems while working there she'll enter an acting school to study.
Tokiko Changing jobs to a coffee shop in Ginza
Toyoko was referred to a clerical job at a food company and went in for an interview.
Only two cards left.
Your writing is excellent...
...but you haven't gotten your studies farther than one year out of middle school.
I have to wonder just how excellent you are.
Most likely I'm far more excellent than you are.
Eh?
She passed, somehow or other.
Toyoko Changing jobs to a food company
All of us were thrilled when she said...
...she'd be able to attend a regular high school part time.
Sachiko-san will be working together with Yudai-sensei...
Sachiko Changing jobs to Yudai's factory
...at the large factory he works at. I'm happy for her.
But apparently what Sachiko-san had really been thinking...
...was taking this opportunity to get married...
Sachiko's Fiance Takashima Yudai
Want to come with me to Yamagata for New Year's?
Really? Are you sure? Well, I'd be happy to do that.
What kinds of foods do they have there? What sort of zoni does Yamagata have?
Ah, I'm looking forward to that!
I don't know the countryside at all. This'll be fun!
"He's hopelessly thickheaded."
"The fool doesn't get it at all. That I'm thinking about marriage."
What's the matter?
And... they had a huge fight that day.
Even so, they're still on good terms.
Geez, Sumiko! Hurry up!
Just me and Sumiko are left.
Sumiko Job change in progress
Both of us had taken interviews with a soap factor in Ryougoku...
Mineko Job change in progress
...and are waiting for the results.
Compared to here, it's tiny and, to be honest, seems a little difficult...
...but we'd be grateful to get the work.
Yuko-san hasn't decided yet.
Yuko Worried about a job
It seems she's at a loss.
Ah, Old Maid? I hate that.
Eh?
Ah, Mineko-san, Sumiko-chan. The President of the soap factory has come to see you.
He says he'll recruit the both of you.
Really?!
Thank goodness.
Soap Factory President Harada
Harada-san, I've brought them.
Hello, nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Ah...
Yeah. It's nice to meet you, too.
Have a seat.
I just now needed the help of two girls.
This was probably told to you during the interview...
...but we're a soap factory.
Yes.
Yes...
These girls will do fine. I can guarantee that.
Pretty, aren't they? If these two have been working here...
...and have a solid background, then I'm okay with them.
Having this place shut down was a big help!
Please, take good care of them.
If anything happens, please feel free to talk to me about it.
Yes, yes. Then you can start work after the New Year on the 4th.
You can move into our dorm before that.
Sorry that our dorm's not as fancy as this one though.
Thank you very much.
Well then... Ah.
This is for all of you to eat.
It's delicious.
Baumkuchen! It costs 400 yen.
(a German variety of split cake)
It's delicious, after all.
Thank you very much for coming out of your way.
No, no, not in the least.
So long. I'll be waiting for you. This is good, this is good. Bye.
Ah... busy, busy...
That's great, isn't it?
Ah, but since his coming was a bit spur of the moment...
...I will go there one more time and do some checking on how the conditions are. Okay?
Yes.
Thank you very much.
It's great you've found a job.
Thank you...
It's a relief.
I'm relieved, too.
Still, we'll be separated, Tokiko.
That's true, huh.
Will we be okay?
I don't know...
...but we can't help but work as hard as we can on what's right before us.
That's true, huh...
We should be able to do that.
Yeah.
Tokiko, are you following the path to your dream?
I don't know.
How long it might take me or if I'll even make it as one in the first place...
But unless I do my best at it however long it takes, I won't make it as one, now will I?
That's true. It's best to keep doing your best, right?
Isn't that what "being alive" means?
Oh?
We had fun, didn't we? I'm glad you and I were together.
I'm glad Mineko was there with me, too.
I was under your care.
Now, time for bed.
I'll turn off the lights.
Ah, um...
I thought I would tell all of you this once you had decided on a job.
I...
...will be going back home to the countryside.
Eh?
When I wrote to my Mom about what to do, she said, "Come back home."
She feels there isn't anything I could work at...
...so she said, "Come home for now."
I have taken some interviews...
...but all of you know about my performance evaluation?
It says I'm apt to take breaks and slow down performance...
So I think I can't help but do this...
Still, the hardest part will be separating from all of you...
Since while all of you will go in different directions, at least you'll be here in Tokyo together.
Only I will be separating from you...
That's the thing I hate the most...
I really... enjoyed it here.
I... love all of you.
I love you...
Even though I'll be separated from you...
...don't forget about me, okay?
Fool! There's no way we could forget about you!
Dad... We had decided we would smile...
...but sure enough, we cried.
To Be Continued
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
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