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Carnation

小さく丸めた躯は今

Chisaku marumeta karada wa ima

My body, tiny and curled up, is right now

Week 1 "Yearning" Episode 6

かなしみ隠し震えて

Kanashimi kakushi furuete

Trembling with hidden sorrows

Screenplay Watanabe Aya

Music Satō Naoki

Musical Performance Face Music

Theme Song "Carnation" Sheena Ringo

命を表していろのね

Inochi o arawashite iro no ne

My life is represented by my color, isn't it

Cast

Ohara Itoko Ono Machiko

Ohara Itoko (11 years-old) Ninomiya Hoshi

Ohara Chiyo Asau Yumi

重く濡らした瞼は今

Omoku nurashita mabuta wa ima

My eyelids, heavily soaked, are right now

Ohara Haru Shoji Terue

Yoshida Natsu Kuriyama Chiaki

Kioka Yasuo Uesugi Shōzō

Yasuoka Taizō Suga Takamasa

よろこび映す日の為

Yorokobi utsusu hi no tame

Reflecting my rapture of this day

Ohara Shizuko Yagyū Miyu

Ohara Kyoko Maki Mei

Kioka Miyo Iijima Junko

Yoshida Natsu (11 yrs old) Takasu Ruka

Yasuoka Kansuke Yoshioka Ryūki

Ohara Mitsuko Yoshida Aoi

Matsuzaka Isamu Ooyagi Kaito

Ohara Shizuko (8 yrs old) Arata Yūra

Ohara Kyoko (7 yrs old) Murakami Rin

Ohara Mitsuko (5 yrs old) Hanada Tsutsumi

心を育てているのね

Kokoro o sodatete iru no ne

That's how a heart is raised, isn't it

Matsuzaka Seizaburō Takarada Akira

Matsuzaka Sadako Toake Yukiyo

Ohara Zensaku Kobayashi Kaoru

Kioka Footwear (clogs) Store

"Compared to wafuku... (Japanese clothing)"

"...women's Western clothing is extremely suitable for their movement and health..."

Kioka Footwear (clogs) Store

"...as well as being clearly economical."

Daily Newspaper

"It's only natural that as the Japanese progress..."

Itoko's Father Ohara Zensaku

"...towards an international lifestyle..."

"...that they would dress in Western styles of dress."

Next Door Footwear Store Kioka Yasuo

Gimme a break! What kind of newspaper is this to say such things? Huh?!

In the past, Japanese Princesses and Lords would have fought to keep kimonos.

I don't understand why they want to switch to Western clothes now of all times!

That's right! And shoes, too! They would have fought for waraji, too!

Waraji - straw sandals

Western clothing and shoes might be fit for the military.

Right? But I guess all we need are kimonos and waraji! Right?!

Yes! You're right!

Kioka.

Huh?

It's got nothing to do with me if the world changes.

Kimonos are the soul of the Japanese.

I'm gonna keep my pride as a dry-goods owner!

Zen-chan...

I'm... a shoemaker.

I...

...was born in a geta shop. (wooden clogs)

Geta is all I've got!

That makes me happy. Hearing such words from you.

We're pals.

No matter what the times are doing, we have to fight this!

Yeah! They better be scared...

...of making fun of us!

It's useless!

Look at this!

Ehh!

No, no, I want to see it, too. Lemme see.

It's on the back side, too, isn't it?

Well here, there's an obi around it. (kimono sash)

You're right; just like a kimono's.

What's the obi holding up though?

Thank you for showing us something this unusual!

Lemme see! Lemme see!

You'll break it if you touch it!

Look only! No touching!

Well, I might buy one for the kids, but no way we'd buy that for ourselves, right!

Yeah, you're right!

With a face like mine, to be seen walking around wearing something fluttery like this!

I'd be like a Shishi-mai!

Shishi-mai - Japanese Lion Dance performed at festivals

How true!

A Shishi-mai!

A Shishi-mai!

But if you go to Shinsaibashi...

Shinsaibashi - district of Osaka that is the city's main shopping area

...you can see lots of people walking around in Western clothes these days.

Ah, Western clothes, huh? Well, I wish I could wear my Appappa though.

Appappa - loose fitting summer dress

An Appappa! They're so refreshing!

What's an "Appappa"?

What they call an "Appappa"... it's what people wear when summer comes.

It's Western clothing.

Western clothes?! Oba-chan, you have some Western clothes?

Suttonton Suttoton to kayowasete imasara Gently, softly making my way home late

Kioka Footwear (clogs) Store

Good afternoon!

Well, wait there.

An Appappa, huh?

Here!

What? This is it?

Yeah. This is an Appappa. You know it?

I do. I've seen you wearing it.

So that's Western clothes, too?

Here, take a close look. It's totally different from Japanese kimonos.

Oi!

Oi!

Huh?

Tea!

Hold on a minute!

I'm with a guest, aren't I?

Oba-chan, what's this here?

Huh?

Ah, that's sewing.

Sewing! You did this?

Yeah.

Incredible!

Nothing incredible about it, right?

It's simple. You just cut it like this, then sew it like that!

Really? Could I sew one, too?

You can sew one, you can sew one.

Didn't you learn sewing at school?

I did learn!

Ah, since you're with a kimono dry goods store, you won't need to. You sure you want to sew one?

I'll do it!

Yeah, yeah.

Say Oba-chan, would it be okay if I borrowed this as a pattern?

Yeah, sure. Here! It's my pleasure!

How cute!

Maybe I could wear it?

No way, no way. Geez!

This would be definitely good for me.

That's true, isn't it?

Ma'am, I can tell you're someone with a good eye for these things...

...since you picked out our first-class goods.

But your price is first-class, too!

Ah... that hurts.

I can give you a discount on that.

I'm home! Dad, can I have any leftover fabric?

Huh? Go ask your mother.

All right.

Ah, wait, say your "good afternoon" to our customer.

Good afternoon!

Ah...

Good afternoon!

Mom!

Huh?

Mom, can I have some leftover fabric?

Itoko's Mother Ohara Chiyo

Leftover fabric?

Whaa!

Whaa, Grandma, this is pretty!

Ah, this is pretty, too!

Itoko's Grandmother Ohara Haru

I don't know if they're pretty or not.

Why?

It's different from cotton...

...and doesn't cling to the skin. It has to be put on directly.

To be pretty...

...it's best when it comes close to the skin.

I prefer that far more. Lots of things like that.

Here, take what you want.

That was the first time I had given any thought to what was pretty.

Grandma had given me some Sarashi.

Sarashi - bleached cotton

The Sarashi was old and a little yellowed...

...but I didn't mind at all!

Ahh!

Itoko...

Don't you want to eat?

Take that up again tomorrow. Okay!

Done!

My... Western clothes sewn by me!

Oi, hurry it up already!

Wait, wait...

Okay, here goes!

One, two...!

Oh, Itoko!

Haru yo koi hayaku koi Spring is coming, hurry and come

Aruki hajimeta michan ga I want to begin my walks

Akai hanao no jojo wa ite And here I am with my red getas on

On mo e detai to matte iru Just waiting to go out

It was the first Appappa I had made...

...but it was a little strange though...

Say, that would be cool during summer.

Seems easy to move around in.

Those in my family praised me.

In the end, what my father said was...

She has some prospects for the future after all, huh?

Oi, Itoko! You can sew all our kimonos from here on!

When he said that, I grew to love sewing more and more...

Hey, you should come, too!

We're going someplace really fun!

No way! I have to hurry home and do my sewing!

All I did every day was make things with needle and thread.

What's so fun about sewing!?

Something has arrived from Itoko.

What? From Itoko?

Oh!

Matsuzaka Isamu

Eh? This is for me?

Yeah, here's what she wrote.

"Please wear it when summer comes."

Is this really for me?

Itoko's Grandfather Matsuzaka Seizaburō

Ah, I see. It's a shirt.

Yes. "Please give this Suteteko to Grandpa."

Suteteko - men's underwear

Itoko's Grandmother Matsuzaka Sadako

Suteteko?

Ah... I see.

Like this, huh?

Aren't you gonna put that on?

It's embarrassing.

'Cause there's no one around here who wears Western clothing.

Ohara Dry-goods Store

Still, the time when I could make Western clothes that other people would wear...

...was still a long, long ways off.

Showa 2 (1927)

Nee-chan!

Itoko-neechan!

Itoko-neechan!

Lemme sleep... five more minutes.

Second Daughter Ohara Shizuko

It's already past eight.

Ah, all right, it's past eight...

Eh?

Eight?!

Why didn't you wake me earlier?!

I did wake you up.

Chatsubo ni owarete TOPPINSHAN nuketara DONKOKOSHO We top off the tea urn and it goes drip, drip, drip

Third Daughter Kyoko

Fourth Daughter Mitsuko

Tawara no nesumi ga komekuttechuu The mouse in the straw bag eats the rice

Thanks for waiting.

Let's go.

Yeah.

Is Itoko awake?

Ah, she's up. Go on, get going.

We're off!

We're off!

This is terrible. Terrible, terrible...

Terrible...

Ohara Itoko

G'morning!

Good morning.

You still do such ill-mannered things.

You'll get scolded by your father for doing that.

Ah, geez!

Here!

Oi, Chiyo!

Ah... yes!

Where did I put the fabric I kept aside for Nakamura-san?

Eh? Ehh...

If I recall... Let's see... Ah, where could it be?

At the end of the last year, the Emperor Taisho had passed on...

...and this was a new era called Showa.

I'm off!

Ito-chan, morning!

G'morning!

Be careful!

G'morning!

I was now a schoolgirl.

Ah, it's raining!

It's raining...

Yoshida Natsu

Natsu! Natsu!

Natsu, let me under your umbrella.

Huh? No way.

Why not? Lemme in.

I told you no!

Why would I let you in?

Lemme in already.

Don't be so stingy!

No! Definitely not!

Ito-chan, come under my umbrella. You'll get wet.

Yeah...

Taizō-niichan, g'morning!

Yo!

Be careful at work; it's raining, after all.

My love for the Danjiri was unchanged...

...but I no longer dreamed of becoming a Carpenter.

To Be Continued

Week 2 "My Destiny Is Opened"

Carnation

Stylishly Dressed Photo Gallery

End

Taisho Era, Okayama Schoolgirl