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I hope something fun happens for Minkeo.
Whaa! Whaa! Whaa!
Huh?
The Beatles Are Coming
"The Beatles are coming."
What is it?
What's 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 13 "The Beatles Are Coming" (Episode 075)
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 miteta 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来たのさ Zutto kono mune ni dakishimete kita no sa One I've held in my heart all this time
Yatabe Minoru (flashback): Sawamura Ikki
Koiwai Muneo: Mineta Kazunobu
Shimatani Jun'ichiro: Takeuchi Ryoma
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
Fukuda Goro: Mitsuishi Ken
Asakura Takako: Sato Hitomi
Fukuda Yasue: Ikuta Tomoko
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
Koiwai Shigeko: Yamazaki Shizuyo
Kusaka Sanae: Shishido Kafka
Igawa Genji: Yatsui Ichiro
Maeda Hidetoshi: Isomura Hayato
Tsubouchi Yuji: Asaka Kodai
Nitta Keisuke: Okayama Amane
Kashiwagi Yasuharu: Furutachi Yutaro
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
Makino Shogo: Sasaki Kuranosuke
Kashiwagi Ichiro: Miyake Yuji
Makino Suzuko: Miyamoto Nobuko
World's Top Pop Group
The Beatles have decided to come to Japan
First reported in 1966, Showa 41, on April 26th, in the evening paper...
World's Top Pop Group
...and then in all the papers the next morning, it was announced that The Beatles would be coming to Japan.
...have decided to come to Japan
Uncle Muneo's Home
I can't sit still like this...
Staying still...
I'm just itchin' ta do it...
I just can't stay still...
This throbbing in my chest!
Whaa!
When ya weren't in da field and I thought about it, I figured ya'd be here.
Muneo's Wife Koiwai Shigeko
She's appeared at last, hasn't she?
'Cause dey're comin' ta Japan!
Who is?
Like I tolds ya before, The Beatles, The Beatles.
Ta where?
"Ta where"? Ta Japan!
Dey comin't ta Ibaraki?
No! Ain't no reason dey'd come here!
Den dat ain't got nothin' ta do with us.
No, no, it ain't "got nothin' to do with us"...
Ta me, The Beatles are...
Guess I should bust all dis apart?
No, no, no, no! Ya can't! What're ya sayin'?!
Since dis is da place where I kin commune with da precious outside world.
Ya could say dat if I could, I'd wanna be alone here ferever.
Huh?
Ah, ah, sorry.
Yer too scary.
Wanna go at it?
I don't.
Da Beatles are British, huh...
My! That was a totally adorable look just now, wasn't it?
Be that as it may, Muneo-san keeps a British flag on his motorcycle, doesn't he?
The Beatles are also British.
Beatles
He must have some special feelings for them, right?
"The Beatles are coming"?
His name is Muneo-san and he's an interesting man...
...who lives about 5 kilometers from my village...
Ah, and he's my Dad's younger brother and he wears weird clothes, has a weird head of hair...
...and is always laughing in a loud voice.
And, um, since my Dad went out to be a migrant worker...
...he often comes by my home to help out and he comes to see how we are...
Ah, and he has this weird motorcycle.
He's all weird, right?
Yes. But he's a good man and I love him.
Still, what does he mean by, "The Beatles are coming"?
It doesn't make sense, does it?
Say, say. How about occasionally during our break...
...we all eat some sweets out back?
Ah!
That would be good! The weather's nice out.
Let's do that! Mineko, you and Hide go get some anmitsu from Kashiwagi-do.
Yes!
Yum!
That's good!
Thanks for this, Suzu-chan. It's a help since it's been quiet at my store today.
It's been a problem since we hadn't made any sales at all. Right, Yasuharu?
Yeah.
I'm glad to hear that. Those times can be a bit annoying, can't they?
There are times like that.
There are.
There are! Lots for us recently, too.
Stop it with that bad economy talk.
Really? That's true, isn't it?
Yes, yes, yes.
Why are you eating alone over there like that, Yasuharu?
Can't help that, can I?
He's like that.
Though when he asked what we wanted to eat, we all ordered the same thing...
...he's the only one who ordered something different.
Sorry about that. Since he's no good with sweet things.
Don't say that in your son's place.
Still, when just one someone is eating something different...
...you could say the rest become strangely curious or even feel envious over that, don't they?
They do, they do! Ah, do you remember, Mineko?
The day before yesterday we had a group of five...
...and though four of them asked for pork saute, just one asked for curry and rice.
I remember, I remember!
Yeah, yeah.
What do you mean?
That is...
That curry looks delicious, doesn't it?
It does, doesn't it?
Is it delicious?
Wonder if I should've ordered that?
It's like that, isn't it?
It is, it is.
It is like that, isn't it?
What is it?
The Beatles, huh?
Do you like them, Takako-san?
I don't know them...
...but then I'm not very good around foreigners.
But they're awfully cool. That's what our female customers say.
They do? Then I like them.
Right? There are no borders when it comes to handsome men, right?
What are you saying right next to your husband?
If there's no one else, anyone'll do.
What is that?
The Beatles, huh?
Do you like them?
No, no, they're too noisy for me.
I'm no good with them, either.
I guess it just has to be Japanese songs for the Japanese people.
It's not that I dislike foreign songs...
...but just I'm not so good with all that clatter that comes with it.
Wanna do that for a bit?
Huh? You're talking about that?
Hold on...
Chef.
Really? Even though we're not drunk?
The Japanese people!
Let's do it! One, two, three four!
Doopapa Doopapadapa Dooparaarapapa
The seven colors of the rainbow disappear
Nanairo no niji ga kiete shimatta no
My tears are like soap bubbles Parabapapa
Shabon-dama no youna atashi no namida
Don't forget you're the only one who makes life worth living
Anata dake ga ikigaina no wasurerarenai
Love You, Love You, Tears of Tokyo
Rabuyuu Rabuyuu namida no Tokyo
Ii-chan, that was great.
Thank goodness, thank goodness.
Hide! Why didn't you join in?
I won't do that.
Hide-san, do you sing?
No, I...
Eh? But you'll sing Kayama Yuzo songs sometimes.
(popular musician, singer-songwriter and actor in the 60's)
Eh? I don't sing.
I've heard Hide, too.
He'll sing sometimes when stirring the sauce. Right?
That's right. Definitely when it's time for the sauce.
Eh?
Really?
The two of us at dusk
Futari o yuuyami ga
Hidden from the windows
Tsutsumu kono madobe ni
The star of love in this chest...
Koisuru kono mune wa hoshi...
...is aflame
...honooto
Hide! Sing for a bit!
No way I'd do that!
Then I'll sing. I'm happy when...
That's enough from you.
What is this? That was quick.
Yasuharu...
You like the Beatles quite a bit, don't you?
Eh?!
Don't go saying things in my place!
You do like them?
Well, yeah.
Ehh... What do you like about them?
That is, you could say they're revolutionizing music...
Still somehow, young Japanese boys...
...are just imitating them, somehow.
Ah, don't like that.
I see. I can understand that.
That's okay, isn't it?
They start off by imitating, then come to make their own Japanese style...
...and then that becomes the real deal someday.
That's true for our Western-style restaurant, right?
Ah...
I see.
It's just like that, isn't it?
As expected, Sho-chan says some good things.
Ah, do I?
I envy him that.
About what?
Well, I usually mess it up...
...but I want to become a man who says good things when it's important.
But I'm never able to think up something good.
That's true, isn't it?
"That's true"? Suzu-chan!
Ah, there is that though, isn't there?
The Beatles are popular with the young girls, right?
Seems so.
Seems they're awesome to them. They chatter away about 'em.
Then I'm sure they're a good thing.
What do you mean?
Well, I don't know about the Beatles...
...but in every era...
...those things that young girls become absorbed in are the genuine deal.
Young girls have the power to discern what's good.
It's not from logic.
That's why I'm sure the Beatles are a good thing.
That's the sort of thing I want to be able to say.
But it just doesn't come out.
That's true, isn't it?
Dad. It seems Muneo-san's telegram...
...brought a fun breeze along with it somehow.
So, while I don't know a thing about the Beatles...
...I feel sure they must be fun.
Dad. The Beatles are coming.
They've been playing them a lot on the radio recently.
Really?
Yes. Right?
Yeah. I like them. You could say they cheer me up.
Our manga is moving forward somehow, too.
That's true. We've got a rhythm going somehow.
Well, moving forward is different from being entertaining.
Eh?
That's right, isn't it...
The Beatles, huh?
Do you like them?
Yeah. To me, Ringo is the best.
Apples?
(ringo)
Not apples, Ringo.
I'm sorry.
Well, probably this same conversation...
...is being exchanged all across Japan right now.
Ah, don't like that, don't like that.
I'm sorry.
That may be true.
Shimatani-san, do you like them?
Hmm... That's difficult for me to say.
Since I prefer classical music.
Ehh...
Hmm...
Ah... but there is one song I like.
I do think one song of theirs, "Yesterday," is beautiful.
I think it's very wonderful. The lyrics are very nice, too.
What are the lyrics about?
Let's see...
It's a song about a man whose lover has left him...
...but it's not just about that.
You could say it goes far beyond that.
Yes.
The person who was precious to them is suddenly gone from his sight.
Sadness suddenly sweeps over him.
"Why did she have to go away like that?"
He doesn't understand it.
Even though only yesterday everything was fun and shining.
You could say it's that kind of a song.
Ah! Ah, no... I'm sorry...
Somehow, I...
Dad...
I don't know them, but somehow the Beatles are amazing.
Even though they are British...
...they understand my feelings, too.
It really is okay.
No, no, I'm really very sorry.
To Be Continued
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
On the roof the world spread out before us