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Good morning.
Week 12 of "Hiyokko" is starting.
Two months have now passed since Mineko began working here at Suzufuritei.
She's gotten thoroughly used to the work here, as well.
Hash is ready!
But...
Oi...
Mineko, you were running away, weren't you?
Yes.
Sorry to have kept you waiting. Excuse me.
...she's not quite so good when it comes to Hash and Rice.
Whaa! This Hash and Rice looks so delicious, doesn't it?
But she's managed to even overcome that...
Good luck this week too, Mineko!
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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 12 "Secret Talks and Spring Breeze" (Episode 067)
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
Shimatani Jun'ichiro: Takeuchi Ryoma
Asakura Takako: Sato Hitomi
Igawa Genji: Yatsui Ichiro
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
Maeda Hidetoshi: Isomura Hayato
Kashiwagi Yasuharu: Furutachi Yutaro
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
若い広場 楽しいドラマ Wakai hiroba tanoshii dorama Plazas filled with youths have such fun dramas
Makino Shogo: Sasaki Kuranosuke
Tachibana Tomi: Shiraishi Kayoko
夢膨らむ 青い空 Yume fukuramu aoi sora Bursting with dreams, full of blue skies
Makino Suzuko: Miyamoto Nobuko
肩寄せ合い声合わせて Kata yose ai koe awasete Arms around one another, their voices unite
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: Watanabe Tetsuya
Showa 41, 1966.
1966/Showa 41, March
The season is Spring, March.
It was announced by the Ministry of Justice during that month, that the population of Japan...
...had gone over 100 million people.
Population over 100 million
The number of people in Tokyo, where Mineko lives, was steadily increasing as well.
Dad... It's getting warmer, isn't it?
Today I'm picking up a delivery from a nearby restaurant.
Being in a world I had never seen before left me a little scared somehow.
I've come here and will play truant for just 5 minutes.
College Student Shimatani Jun'ichiro
I'll come again, okay?
I have just returned.
Thanks for your hard work.
Sorry about this before we open the restaurant.
Not at all! Um, I've brought it.
Were you okay? Did you get lost? You got lost, right?
Yes.
I knew it.
It's tough figuring that area out, isn't it?
Yes.
But I asked someone and found it. And then...
I'm sorry, but on my way back, I took a brief side trip to Miyashita.
Really?
Yeah.
But that restaurant is incredible. I was so surprised by it.
Ah, they said they hoped everyone here would eat some.
And then someone who seemed important said, "Give my sincerest regards to Suzuko-san."
Ah, really?
He's must be an acquaintance of yours, Suzuko-san.
Daikichi was a classmate of mine back at Akasaka Elementary.
Ehh! Then he must be an important man.
It's said he'll be a candidate for the next Prime Minister.
Eh!
He's an important man now, but he's not that big a deal.
He's a crybaby; is weak at fights and I had to help save him a lot.
And I'm smarter than he is.
I know lots of embarrassing things about him.
That's scary.
Such is the town called "Akasaka."
There are all sorts of people here.
That elementary school is near Nagatacho, too, so the children of lawmakers and ministers go there...
(where the Diet is)
...as well as the children of the shopping districts, like me.
The children of the greengrocers and the fish shops, too.
The children of geishas and the children of mistresses go there, too...
...as well as the children of company presidents go there, too.
They all go there the same.
Whether their parents are important or not or rich or not doesn't matter.
Rather, the guy who acts self-important is the one made a fool of.
That's the sort of town this is. Right?
Yeah, that's right.
That's interesting.
Really?
Yes.
Say Taka-chan, weren't you listening to that?
Eh? Ah, because that story is...
One you've heard a 100 times, right?
100 times...
Right? I've told it that many times, right?
More than that!
More than that.
Huh?
Can we open this already?
Well, okay let's do that.
Whaa! Incredible!
There's one too many, Mineko.
Huh?
So take one over to Tomi-san.
Eh? Are you sure?
Yeah.
Thank you very much. I'm so happy; this will be a help.
Why would that be a help to you, Mineko?
Actually...
Here, your mail.
Landlady Tachibana Tomi
Thank you very much.
There is that, isn't there? All you get, Mineko-chan...
...are letters, don't you?
Huh?
You don't get many parcels, do you?
Ah... I'm sorry...
...is what I was told.
So that's it?
So she's saying, "No food is arriving from you"?
That's right.
Whaa, she's something else.
It's been terrible for a long time now.
Then why don't you take this over at once.
Along with some black tea.
That will be perfect! Thank you very much!
How wonderful!
Please have it.
And just at tea time! Wonderful.
Isn't it?
Eh?
You'll do this every day at this time from now on?
Eh?
No, I don't particularly think I'll be doing that.
You wouldn't, would you.
I'm sorry.
Why do I feel like I have to apologize?
To be honest, I'm the one who's hurt.
Still, she had a certain kind of freshness about her somewhere...
...that went far beyond my expectations...
People who are born and raised in Tokyo are interesting somehow.
Calm down.
Taka-chan, the man who'll inherit the butcher's shop. He's gotten this fat.
That's the second son.
Eh? Really?
The fat one is the second son.
Then which is the inheritor?
The one like this.
Excuse me...
Is there anything I can help you with?
Huh?
I thought it must be tough for you to do this alone.
You have the free time to worry about people?
Are you being sarcastic, Hide-san?
I guess. Ah, still, I'm fine.
Since making meals is an important part of my job and my studies.
So don't bother me.
Yes.
Dad...
Watching someone who is working their hardest...
I love that.
Genji-san, your hands have stopped moving.
I know that.
I'm taking a little break.
Wagashi Shop Kashiwagi's Noble's Son Yasuharu
Hide-san, what made you consider becoming a Cook?
Eh? Me?
Yes.
My Father died when I was young.
Is that right...
Yeah.
And, while I had my Mother, an older sister and a younger sister...
...my Mother was busy with her insurance work, so ever since we were little...
...my sisters and I would make the meals each day.
But however I thought about it, mine were the tastiest meals.
Eh!
Those two were terrible at it.
They were bad at it; slow at it; it'd taste bad. And lots went to waste.
They were the worst at it.
Then... before I knew it, I was making all the meals...
...and I was enjoying it and I thought I might as well anyway...
...so I figured I should make a living doing what I loved and what is my strong point.
And, I thought I'd open my own restaurant someday...
...and make my Mother's life more comfortable.
Ehh.
That'll be tough. Nice story and all, but that'll be tough.
How about you, Genji-san?
I'm not telling.
Why not?
Who knows.
Which is it?
Is there some deep reason he doesn't want to reveal to us...
...or else is it there's just nothing there for him to reveal?
Ah...
Yo!
That's right. Both Shimatani-san and Hidetoshi-san...
...both lived together at this apartment complex for awhile, didn't they?
Working hard, huh?
Yeah. You've been working hard too, right?
Yeah.
You have just one more year of college left.
Yeah.
College, huh.
So long; sorry for bothering you.
Are you two good friends?
Huh?
Somehow I just barely get along with the people in that apartment complex.
We might not be "good friends," as you say...
...but he is a good guy.
He asked me, "could you teach me..."
"...some simple ways of cooking?"
"Even if it's something simple, I want to be able to make it myself," he said.
Ehh...
He's an incredibly serious fellow...
...and he practiced just as I had taught him until he was able to do it.
He would bring it over for me to try out.
That's just a rich boy's hobby, ain't it?
He can't help being that. He was born to a rich family...
...who had his future decided for him right from the start...
That alone leaves him lonely and troubles him.
Not interested. It's just a story of the idle rich for me.
I can understand that, though...
What did you say just now?
Nothing.
I felt each of them were living their lives holding all sorts of feelings within them.
I thought Shimatani-san was a man...
...who was extremely lonely.
To Be Continued
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
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