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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

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"

瞼閉じれば蘇る Mabuta tojireba yomigaeru I can relive that day just by closing my eyes

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

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

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

さなぎは今 蝶になってきっと誰がの腕の中 Sa nagi 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

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

Week 1 "Dad Is Coming Home!" (Episode 002)

Screenplay: Okada Yoshikazu

Music: Miyagawa Akira

Theme Song: Kuwata Keisuke "Wakai Hiroba" (Plaza of Youths)

Narrator: Masuda Akemi

Cast:

Yatabe Mineko: Arimura Kasumi

Yatabe Minoru: Sawamura Ikki

Yatabe Miyoko: Kimura Yoshino

Koiwai Muneo: Mineta Kazunobu

Sukegawa Kimiko: Wada Michiko

Sumitani Kiyo: Shibata Rie

Sukegawa Tokiko: Sakuma Yui

Sumitani Mitsuo: Izumisawa Yuuki

Tagami Gaku: Tsuda Kanji

Sukegawa Shoji: Tooyama Toshiya

Sumitani Masao: Asakura Shinji

Sukegawa Hosaku: Shibuya Kento

Sumitani Taro: Onoue Hiroyuki

Yatabe Shigeru: Furuya Ikko

Good morning!

Let's take just a quick look back, shall we?

Today will be another fine day, too.

Grandpa, 'morning!

1964/Showa 39 Ibaraki Prefecture, Ookuibaraki Village

This is the northern part of Ibaraki Prefecture...

...in the little mountain valley village of Ookuibaraki Village.

Yatabe Mineko

Itadakimasu.

Itadakimasu!

Mineko's family consists of five farmers.

Shigeru (Grandpa)

Little Brother - Susumu

Little Sister - Chiyoko

When's Dad coming back?

Miyoko (Mom)

Tokyo - Kasumigaseki

When it's time to harvest the rice. Very soon.

Her Father left their home as a migrant worker and is working at a construction site in Tokyo.

She's a pretty one, ain't she?

That's my eldest daughter, Mineko. She's in her last year of high school right now...

...but when she entered high school and it was time to take this commemorative photo...

...they were all so contrary about doing it.

Minoru (Dad)

This is my second daughter, Chiyoko...

...and this is my eldest son, Susumu.

And this is my wife.

When will Tokiko get out?

Dunno.

"Notice of Employment."

Students in their last year of high school are in the middle of consultations about jobs.

Sukegawa Tokiko Her dream is to be an actress in the future

This is an important season that will decide their futures.

Have you decided on where you'll be working?

Dunno.

What's with the "dunno, dunno"?

I wouldn't know about dat when ya just up and ask.

What are you angry about?

I ain't angry particularly.

Tokiko'll be going to Tokyo too, huh?

Dunno.

That'll be nice for you too, since you get to go to Tokyo with her.

So you'd wanna go.

What're ya saying?

I don't particularly wanna go, but I gotta.

Sumitani Mitsuo Third son of apple farmers

Since I was born da third son of farmers...

...it was a given I'd have ta leave ta find work someday.

You'll work at a rice dealer shop, right? In Nihonbashi or someplace.

Mineko, ya ain't...

...never given any thought ta going out ta Tokyo yerself?

Nope, nope.

I love working out in the fields and I feel I want to try my hardest in agriculture.

And I love my family, too.

Well, I wouldn't mind taking just a quick peek around Tokyo...

...but I haven't given a single thought to working or living there.

I love Ookuibaraki.

Ehh...

Sorry...

What're ya apologizing fer?

Dunno.

What's dat fer...

Still... Truth is, back when I was in middle school...

Look, I asked Dad and Mom if it would be okay...

...if I joined Takeo in going to Tokyo together as part of a group employment.

I thought that way Dad wouldn't have to go out as much as a migrant worker...

...and could stay with the fields.

But then he said, "Don't you worry about that and go to high school."

"Go and have fun there," my Dad said.

Ehh... It was like dat, huh?

Yeah.

Even though I'm none too smart, I really am grateful to him.

Yet considering all dat, ya didn't study, did ya?

Dad told me to go have fun at high school.

He didn't tell me, "be sure and study."

What is dat about?

Hello, hello! I've come over.

Kimiko! What's up?

I came to help out.

Tokiko's Mom - Kimiko

We've got men to help us.

So it's okay to leave them be.

Thank you.

You didn't come over to help out. You came over to chit-chat.

I'll do both. Shigeru-san.

I made a pumpkin, so cut some off whenever you want.

Oh, thanks for that.

Thank you.

That's okay, since I'm here to chit-chat, after all.

Just as I figured.

About Tokiko-chan.

Huh?

Has she decided on a job?

Not yet. I wonder what it is she'll decide on.

Are you opposed to her getting a job?

Hmm... I'm not sure.

Well, I do understand how she feels though.

She's been saying she'll go to Tokyo and become an actress, right?

Look, back when I was at Girl's School, too...

...I was in the top one or two of beauties in this area, myself.

Well, I was one and you were two.

What are you saying? I was two?

I was number one, you number two.

One and two.

It's tasty.

Right?

Told you.

Still, is it a good thing for your children to go to Tokyo...

...or for your husband to go to Tokyo?

Why do they even have to go to Tokyo?

Right?

Excuse me. Thank you very much.

Tamagi-sensei

Yeah. Work hard at it, Tokiko.

I will.

Thanks for waiting.

How'd it go, Tokiko?

Yeah. It's decided.

A factory that makes transistor radios and such.

Ehh... That's great, isn't it?

Seems there's a dormitory at the factory and the workers at the factory are all women.

Sensei says it's a great job.

I see. Congratulations!

Let's not talk on the way back or we'll miss da bus.

Ah, you're right.

Dad, what sort of place is Tokyo like?

Tokiko!

Congratulations! Go!

Thanks!

See ya!

I've started hating Tokyo a bit...

All the people I love are going to Tokyo...

Why don't they all...

...want to stay here in Ookuibaraki forever?

I've decided... on a job.

Ah... I see.

Tokiko's Older Brother - Hosaku

Oh, I'm back!

Tokiko's Dad - Shoji

Wha... what's wrong with her?

Mitsuo's Mom - Kiyo

Mitsuo's Dad - Masao

Where ya been loafing around all dis time?

Hurry and help out.

I know.

What are you doing?!

Are ya thinking yer lucky fer gettin' ta go ta Tokyo? Huh?

Dat ain't true.

Mitsuo's Older Brother - Taro

What's with dat way of speakin' to yer older brother! What was dat!

These students in their last year of high school.

They're all suffering the pangs of youth, aren't they?

I'm home! I'm running late.

At the construction site for a building in Akasaka-Minato Ward...

...the ceiling of the first floor collapsed suddenly...

...and the five workers who were beneath it were killed.

Your Father was there...

According to the construction company, they said that the workers were mostly...

...migrant workers from the Tohoku and North Kanto regions...

They say the men who died were migrant workers.

You're thinking too much since he's a migrant worker.

Don't overthink things.

There might be such things going on, but you don't need to know about 'em.

I'm sorry. It's gotten late, so you must be hungry, right?

I'll make dinner.

Mom.

Huh?

Let's borrow a phone. Let's go borrow a phone.

Eh? But if we do that for every little thing...

Let's go!

Grandpa, we'll be out for a bit.

Mom!

Mom, hurry!

Wait up!

Wait up, Mineko!

Hatsue-san?

Hello, this is the switchboard.

I'm sorry, um, I would like the Akasaka station at 5782 direct, please.

Please hang up and wait.

Yes.

In those days, it was normal when making a call from Ookuibaraki to Tokyo...

...to have to wait 30 minutes.

If the phone lines were busy, you could sometimes be kept waiting for an hour.

Hello?

What's the matter?

Ah...

What's the matter? Miyoko, are you there? Huh?

Yes... Um...

I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I shouldn't have called you...

I don't mind, but... What's up? Are you crying?

I just... I just...

Minoru-san, hold on a minute. Just a minute! Mineko.

Hello?

Hello.

It's me, Mineko....

Oh... Mineko, huh?

Dad...

Yeah?

Dad!

What's the matter?

You were worried about me, huh? Yeah...

You don't have to cry. I'll be sure to be back for the harvesting.

Until then, keep it together. Got that? Huh?

I got it...

Yeah.

I've got it.

Relieved about that, we're hungry now, aren't we?

I'm starving here, geez...

Starving, huh?

Ah, Father-in-law!

Grandpa!

I'm sorry for having troubled you.

Minoru-san is just fine. I made sure to talk to him over the phone.

That's what I was telling you.

I'm sorry.

Eh? You called and talked to Dad?

Yeah.

And I got to, too.

That's unfair!

Unfair!

It is unfair, isn't it?

Was it unfair?

Unfair.

Mineko!

Mineko!

This person is Muneo-san...

...and he is Mineko's Father's younger brother and her Uncle.

He's a somewhat strange person, isn't he?

Strange older men often show up in "asadoras," don't they?

I wonder why that is?

To Be Continued

Showa Era Trip

Hiyokko

End

These family members are off on a drive!