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Serial TV Story

My body's so heavy...

Serial TV Story

Grandma?!

Grandma?!

Grandma?!

Grandma, what happened?

Grandma, are you okay?!

Grandma!

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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 24 "Declaration" Episode 135

かなしみ隠し震えて

Kanashimi kakushi furuete

Trembling with hidden sorrows

Screenplay Watanabe Aya

Music Satō Naoki Musical Performance\h 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 Natsuki Mari

Ohara Yūko Niiyama Chiharu

重く濡らした瞼は今

Omoku nurashita mabuta wa ima

My eyelids, heavily soaked, are right now

Ohara Naoko Kawasaki Asami

Yamaguchi Takae Takeuchi Miyako Ohara Rika\h Kojima Fujiko

Mizuno Kōji Kozasa Masatsugu Shinoyama Makoto\h Nakayama Takuya

よろこび映す日の為

Yorokobi utsusu hi no tame

Reflecting my rapture of this day

Ohara Itoko (flashback) Ono Machiko Ohara Chiyo (flashback)\h Asau Yumi Ohara Haru (flashback)\h Shoji Terue

Kitamura Tatsuo (photo) Hosshan. Ohara Shizuko (flashback)\h Yagyu Miyu Masako (flashback)\h Genkaku Yūko

Ohara Kiyoko (flashback) Maki Mei Ohara Mitsuko (flashback) \h Yoshida Aoi Ohara Yūko (flashback) \h Noda Kotono

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

Ohara Naoko (flashback) Ninomiya Akari Ohara Satoko (flashback) \h Sugimoto Korin

Ohara Zensaku (flashback) Kobayashi Kaoru

Due to circumstances we will be closed temporarily

I'm home!

Welcome back!

Ala? Where's Mom?

Naoko-san and Kō-chan left just now to pick her up from the hospital.

Ah... Really.

Come in the back and have some tea, Yūko-san.

Ah, thank you.

Ah, welcome back.

Rika...

Wait, Rika?

Ah, they've returned.

Welcome back!

Mom!

Are you okay?

It's not that big a deal.

Why are you so late, Nee-chan?

Eh?

Shouldn't you have come first thing in the morning?

Well, I had to stop by the company for something, making me late.

Huh? You stopped by the company?

What about it?

Why would you stop by there at a time like this?

Huh?

When Mom had fallen down the stairs!

I had some things that absolutely had to be done. And that's no way to be speaking to me!

Do the right thing!

What? I came as quickly as I could!

You didn't come quickly at all!

I came quickly.

You didn't!

Enough already!

Thanks for your hard work!

I came as quick as I could, so what's the matter with her?!

Don't be angry, geez!

What's that?

Ah, Kō-chan, just go ahead and put her down there.

Yes.

Nice and easy.

Yes.

Really; take your time, take your time. That's it, that's it.

Hey Sensei, I'm putting you down.

I've got you.

Nice and easy!

Ah!

What's with this bed? What's happened to the table?

For the time being, we've put it in the back.

Just laying out a futon on the second floor is fine, isn't it!?

Even so Mom...

...if we take you up to the second floor, you won't be able to get to the bathroom.

You did fracture the bone in your foot.

We had this put in first thing this morning.

It seems to be state-of-the-art in nursing care.

Nursing care?

This here has a reclining system...

...that allows you to raise your back.

If you put such a huge bed in a place like this...

...I won't be able to eat meals at the table.

Excuse me...

What is it?

The young man from across the street brought you this.

He was greatly worried about you.

Really? Well, he would be worried.

Wait, Mom?

Are you okay?

What are you doing?

Lend me a hand.

Huh?

Wait, where are you going?

Going over to see that young man.

Eh?!

You mustn't, geez! Stop this!

It's difficult for you to walk with crutches, so it's best not to wander around!

The doctor trained me.

Eh?

I'm just going over to give him my thanks.

Wait!

Sensei!

I'll do as I please!

Say Kō-chan, carry her on your back.

Yes.

Never mind that.

Sensei!

Thank you very much!

Nii-chan!

Thanks for worrying about me.

Shinoyama Makoto

Are you okay? Please take care of yourself.

Thank you for that.

Thank you.

So pitiful.

As I grow older...

...I mustn't take things for granted.

I will have to endure this pitifulness.

What's more...

...from here on out...

...there'll be more and more things I won't be able to do.

I'll have to endure my fear.

Because I'm alone.

Why is that, I wonder?

My plan...

...was to have the number of births in this house increase.

But in the end...

...I'm all alone.

Did I make a mistake somewhere along the way?

Or else...

...is this how human beings...

...were meant to be in the first place?

When I think of him, I want to cry.

I won't cry.

Won't cry.

What is it?

Mama and Aunt are snoring so much I can't sleep.

Good night.

Grandma.

Huh?

I'll be here.

Be here...

...forever.

Serial TV Story

Ichiban Daiko (The Best Drum)

"Ichiban Daiko" ran as an asadora from October 1985 to April 1986

This was the first...

...I had watched something on TV at this time in the morning.

Mom.

Look, we have to get back to Tokyo for now...

...but could we have a little chat before that?

I'm watching this.

Hey, Mom. We don't want to go either.

You can watch the rebroadcast of this at noon, can't you?

That's right.

What is it?

Look, Mom.

Last night...

...I talked to Satoko by phone...

...and then after that, Naoko and I had a long talk.

I didn't want to do it alone...

...so I thought I should get all three of our opinions.

What is it?

Mom.

Isn't it already time...

...for you to retire and take it easy from here on?

What?

We think you've been doing well up until today...

...but I guess at seventy years old...

...your body just won't let you burn with the same desire for your work.

What are you guys...

...saying at this late hour?!

If I quit working...

...who would be there to help you out?

Help us?

Who would you call every day when you needed some favor done?

Ah.

When you talk about those situations...

...those are things we could have done ourselves.

What?

We know you love to work...

...and since we didn't want to burden you too much...

...we would just ask you for little things here and there.

That wasn't for our sakes. It was for your sake.

Even so, you really can't do such work.

It's best for Mom not to worry about anything.

Whenever you feel ready for it...

...we'll make preparations for you to come to Tokyo at any time.

To be honest, that'd also be a help to us.

What with you being all alone here in Kishiwada...

...we worry so.

If something happens to you, we can't always drop what we're doing at work...

...and come back to Kishiwada, right?

We beg you, really give some thought to this.

Mom?

Leave.

Eh?

Leave! Hurry up and leave, you guys!

Why?

Quit my work!?

Retire and take it easy!?

Are you guys trying to kill me?

What?

Kill you?

Mom, we weren't doing any such thing.

Shut up! Leave!

We didn't say anything like that!

That's right! What is this?

Leave, leave!

Ow! What is that?!

Go back to Tokyo!

Huh?

I said, go back to Tokyo! Ala! Quickly!

We're worried about you.

Leave! Leave!

Don't be so persistent!

Leave!

Even so...

...it's true that if I fell down now...

...I couldn't pick myself back up.

Such a thing is fine.

It's fine for me to be like this.

You go back to Tokyo.

Soon.

I'm no good if I can't get up.

To Be Continued

Carnation

End

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