Massan (マッサン)

Serial TV Story

I will accompany you to Japan.

That's Japan?

Yes!

Along with her beloved Masaharu...

...Ellie came across the seas from Scotland to Japan.

However...

I will never approve of a foreigner as my daughter-in-law.

Wanting the approval of Masaharu's Mother...

...Ellie worked desperately hard to learn the unfamiliar Japanese etiquette.

How many times did I wipe your butt!

In moving towards his dream of making whiskey...

...Masaharu received much encouragement and love from his Father...

As far as this country is concerned, you could never be a Japanese person.

For mercy's sake, please return to your country.

It's fine not forcing yourself into becoming Japanese.

It's fine if Ellie is just Ellie.

This hand...

Don't let go of it.

This Drama, set in an era when international marriages were still rare...

...is the saga of a married couple...

...whose lives were jam-packed with laughter, tears and love.

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Massan

??????? ??????? Natsukashii hitobito natsukashii fuukei Nostalgic people, nostalgic landscape

Week 2 "Turning Misfortune Into Fortune"

Screenplay: Habara Daisuke

Music: Fuuki Harumi

????????? ???????? Sono subete to hanarete mo anata to arukitai Even when away from all those, I'll want to walk with you

Narrator: Matsuoka Yoko

Theme Song: "Song of Wheat" Nakajima Miyuki

Cast

?????? ?????? Arashi fuku daichi mo arashi fuku jidai mo When tempests blow at both the earth and at the times

Kameyama Masaharu Tamayama Tetsuji

Kameyama Ellie Charlotte Kate Fox

Tanaka Yuko Aibu Saki

???????????????????? Hizashi o miageru youni anata o mitsume tai I'll want to gaze at you, looking up towards the rays of the sun

Okazaki Chikako Nishida Naomi

Kameyama Sumire Hayami Akari

Yoshiko Eguchi Noriko

????????????????? Mugi ni tsubasa wanakute mo uta ni tsubasa ga aru nonara Even for wheat without wings, as long as songs have wings

Yaguchi Shirai Akira

Tanaka Kayo Natsuki Yoko

Shimajii Takahashi Gentaro

????????? ????????? Tsutaete okure kokyou e koko de ikite yukuto Tell my hometown that while late in telling, I'm coming there to live

???? ???? Mugi wa naki mugi wa saki The wheat cries, the wheat blooms

Kameyama Masashi Maeda Gin

???????? Ashita e sodatte yuku And grows up into tomorrow

Tanaka Daisuke Nishikawa Kiyoshi

???? ???????????? Mugi wa naki mugi wa saki ashita e sodatte yuku The wheat cries, the wheat blooms and grows up into tomorrow

Kameyama Sanae Izumi Pinko

Production Integration Sakurai Ken

Director Noda Yuusuke

Kameyama Brewery (Hiroshima, Takahara)

Ellie and Masaharu...

1920 (Taisho 9)

...were about to set off on their journey to Osaka, where the company Masaharu worked for was located.

Kameyama Masaharu

Masaharu's Mother Kameyama Sanae

Mom, it's a shame that you can't approve of Ellie...

From here on, the two of us will combine our powers and do our best.

Thank you very much for caring for me for a long time.

Masaharu's Father Kameyama Masashi

Let's go.

Wait.

Mother... I will do my best.

Kameyama Ellie

At Japanese words, cuisine, sitting correctly, using chopsticks...

...I will work my very hardest to become a Japanese person.

And when I have become a good wife to Masaharu-san...

...I will come and see you again, Mother.

Though I am an inexperienced person...

...please watch over me from here on.

Ellie... Let's go.

Ellie-san.

Please take care of Masaharu.

Father...

It's best just to leave your Mother to me.

Someday, when you've made a whiskey I'll feel is delicious from my heart...

...then come back here with it.

Until then, it's best you don't go crossing this house's threshold. Got that?

Yes!

Thank you very much, Father!

Ohh...

Ellie, Ellie...

Don't hug people!

That surprised me.

Sorry, Dad.

I'm sorry.

Onii-chaaan!

Sumire! What's the matter?

This is from Mom...

From Mom?

Chopsticks...

Ellie-san, good luck.

Yes... Yes!

Probably...

Homework.

Homework?

Yeah.

Mother wants me to be able to use chopsticks properly.

Ah...

Masaharu-san.

Huh?

I will absolutely become a Japanese person.

Ellie...

I want to be with Masaharu-san in Japan forever.

I want to support Masaharu-san's dream until it comes true.

That's why... I'll work my very, very hardest at it.

And so Masaharu-san, you absolutely have to make a delicious whiskey.

Yeah.

Masaharu-san...

I love you.

I love you.

Say it louder.

No, because...

Why not?

Ow!

That didn't hurt, Massan.

"Massan"?

What's that "Massan"?

"Masaharu-san" is hard to say.

It's hard to say?