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Serial TV Story

I had found it. My Danjiri!

Heiwa Fansubs Presents...

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 2 "My Destiny Is Opened" Episode 8

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 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

Kinomoto Eisaku Kōmoto Masahiro

Masuya Kōkichi Thomas Ken

よろこび映す日の為

Yorokobi utsusu hi no tame

Reflecting my rapture of this day

Kioka Yasuo Uesugi Shōzō Ohara Shizuko\h Yagyū Miyu

Ohara Kyoko Maki Mei Ohara Mitsuko\h Yoshida Aoi Okunaka\h Komatsu Ken'etsu

Sakamoto Kanaya Katsumi Okamura\h Kawano Tomohiro Yamaguchi\h Nakamura Daiki

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

Tanaka Yuasa Takashi

Shingūji Genzō Ishida Tarō

Ohara Zensaku Kobayashi Kaoru

Izumikawa Senior Girls School

Stand!

Bow!

Good morning!

Yes. Well then, turn to page 49 of your textbook.

Me!

Sensei!

Ohara-san, you should open your textbook first, shouldn't you?

Ohara Itoko

Yes.

That's true, but I really have something I want you to teach me.

Textbook!

Yes!

Yes, Ohara-san.

Um...

...what is the name of the thing that sews and looks like a Danjiri?

A Danjiri that sews?

Um, it does really fine work...

...and goes "bata-bata" and you have to step on it with a taaap while it's sewing.

Dunno.

Sensei, you don't know what it is?

I have no idea whatsoever what a "bata" or a "taaap" is.

Yoshida Natsu

Sensei...

...could it be a sewing machine?

Ah, a sewing machine?

That's called a sewing machine?

Well, you wouldn't know about that.

A "sewing machine" is a machine that sews cloth together.

Thank you very much!

Sewing machine...

A sewing machine, huh?

I'd better write that down or I'll forget it.

Sewing machine

Sewing machine

Sewing machine.

Masuya Patch Store

Masuya Patch Store

Masuya Patch Store

Masuya Patch Store

Masuya Patch Store is a prosperous store.

They even have a sewing machine.

After that, I would drop by Masuya Patch Store every day on my way home.

On rainy days, too...

On windy days, too...

I would stare at the sewing machine until it got dark.

Ah... so slow.

Third Daughter Kyoko

What is?

My sewing.

You're not slow, you're fast!

I really want to sew so much faster!

Faster!

Itoko.

Eh?

Your father...

...doesn't want you making Appappa anymore.

Huh? Why not?

Itoko's Mother Ohara Chiyo

Since we're a kimono dry-goods store...

...It would be strange for us to be making Western clothing.

Why out of the blue like this?

Don't cry anymore! Here!

Second Daughter Ohara Shizuko

If you change clothes, your father won't scold you anymore. Okay!

Here, Kyo-chan, you get changed, too.

Dad.

Why?

Huh?

Itoko's Father Ohara Zensaku

Why... can't we wear Appappa?

There is no why.

Wearing them is fine!

It's okay for daughters of a kimono dry-goods store to wear them!

So noisy!

It's no use for you to ask.

I will never consent to you sewing something like that!

Shingūji-san's son...

...is getting married this Fall.

The Shingūji family...

Itoko's Grandmother Ohara Haru

...are major landowners around here.

Your father was tickled pink...

...at getting a certain opportunity to sell them some kimonos.

However...

Thing is, he's just returned from being overseas.

Where from?

Kishiwada Major Landowner Shingūji Genzō

France.

He's gone head over heels about it.

He eagerly does anything and everything according to the French style.

He doesn't want my daughter wearing a kimono, but a dress.

My son doesn't want to wear a Montsuki, either...

Montsuki - kimono decorated with the family crest

...but says he wants to come out wearing a tailcoat.

Eh? A tailcoat?

Western clothes.

No, no, no.

That's no good!

This is your son's treasured coming out day, isn't it?

Yeah.

As master of the house, you should stick to your principals...

...and tell him, "A man has to be in a Montsuki."

Yes, that's what I was thinking, too!

The fool! My son is just a misguided fool wanting to wear Western clothes!

Yeah!

That's what I thought... but, well...

Huh?

This is fine, comparatively!

When they're that young, they want to shine like that, don't they?

From here on, men from Japan will be going out into the world.

So not just kimonos; they need to be able to properly wear Western clothes, too, right!

Yeah...

But that's got nothing to do with Appappa.

You don't get it.

With this, those who wear Western clothes will multiply.

Sales of kimonos will increasingly dry up, along with your father's business.

I get it.

I do get that, but...

Ohara Dry-goods Store

You're changing your business?

Huh? What's this about?

To an electrical store.

An electrical store?

From here on out, it'll be the age of electricity.

Kinomoto Eisaku

Look around. Everything around is starting to work using electricity.

Huhh?

Next Door Footwear Store Kioka Yasuo

It's true!

For cooking rice and cleaning; they're all done using electricity!

He's been indoctrinated already.

Where'd ya get this?

Well, that's... At the wholesale store. That's the word around there.

Stop it already!

You already have a pool hall and now you're being tricked into starting that?

It's billiards!

Think this through. Isn't your pool hall profitable?

It's the first time since you started that pool hall, isn't it?

From here on, you'll be rolling in the money!

Yeah, well...

Actually... I'm not making a profit, though.

See, look!

You're just naive.

No! Electricity's the real deal!

This'll be the age of electricity from here on!

I'd be able to sew Appappas...

...if I had a sewing machine of my own.

Just looking at the sewing machine...

...made me forget all the bad stuff right away.

Miss.

Eh?

Whaa! The Big Boss!

Patch Store Owner Masuya Kōkichi

How would you know that I'm the Big Boss?

I watch you every day.

I see.

I know the names of all the others, too.

Really?

Yeah.

Tanaka-san was off yesterday, right?

That's right. He had a cold.

A cold, huh...

Miss, what business do you have that you come day in and day out to my store?

Eh?

What is it that you cling and stare like that at?

The sewing machine.

The sewing machine?

That's right.

Ah... the sewing machine, huh?

We have some handsome men here...

...so I was wondering what on earth a girl like you was staring at.

Ah!

Big Boss.

Huh?

Masuya Patch Store is successful, right?

Is it?

You've put in a sewing machine.

It must be very successful if you've put in a sewing machine.

Well, thank you for that.

Your fees must be good. That's a compliment.

Miss, what's your name?

Ohara Itoko.

Itoko...?

As in "sewing thread?"

That's right.

When you stand there like that, it interferes with my business!

Eh?

If you want to look, come in and look.

Are you sure?

Thank you very much!

Through here, here and like this...

And...

...then through here.

And there.

Okay.

Oh!

Okay.

Say, is it that interesting?

Yeah.

Here.

Never thought I would get to see it like this.

Chikichin, Chikichin, tokoton, tokoton!

Chikichin, Chikichin, tokoton, tokoton! Chikichin, Chikichin, tokoton, tokoton!

Yes, yes, that's it.

That's great!

When you reach the end...

There...

...raise this up. There!

Then pull on the thread slightly.

Then snip the thread. Here!

Whaa!

You did really well on that line!

Yes!

Most beginners aren't that good at it!

That's true.

I sewed it! I sewed this on a sewing machine!

That's great, Ito-chan. Now, have this.

I'll do that!

Eh?

I'll do it!

Here, thanks for your hard work.

Ah, thanks.

Here, you're working hard.

Thank you very much!

Thanks for your hard work.

Oh, thanks!

Well, Ito-chan!

Sorry 'bout this, but could I put you to use after this?

Yes!

Put it here!

Oh, this is a help.

Working like this was so much fun.

Thanks for dinner!

Mom, I'll wash the dishes.

You'll do them?

What about it?

It's just rare for you to offer.

It's the proper thing.

I'm not a child anymore.

Thank you for dinner.

With each piece that I worked at, each of the others would be happy.

And then, each time it would feel like I was coming one step closer to becoming an adult.

Mom! Grandma!

I'll put out the futons, so take a break.

What'll I do?

I'm quickly becoming an adult!

The entire family's

Work Notebook

Okay, tomorrow I have to do my best again.

I'm gonna become a successful adult!

To Be Continued

Carnation

End

Early Showa Era, Women in Appappas

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