The Blue Sky Maiden (青空娘)

DAIEI PRESENTS

The snow behind the window

Is your light like snow too?

People in the past made wonderful songs.

Singing them makes me cry.

So that song was the reason you kept crying at the graduation ceremony?

- That's half the reason. - And the other half?

- Oh, all kinds. - For example...

How about you? You cried much more than me!

Only natural, separating from everyone after all these years.

Once you're married you will forget us.

So Junko, you are getting married.

And Yuko's going to Tokyo. I'll be so lonely...

Hey!

Maybe I'll go with you!

With these hips I could join the Miss Japan Contest!

Just like Gina Lollobrigida.

What a waste just staying here in this backwater town.

Didn't you say it was like Sophia Loren?

They changed a lot. I am still growing.

You know what? I don't want to go to Tokyo!

What? But it's great you can go.

Your parents are in Tokyo!

- I feel a little scared... - Scared?

Of four children I am the only who was sent to the countryside...

Granny says it was because I'd been so sick as a child...

But I've always been healthy!

That's right! In school you did athletics!

With your shining arms and legs and your pink cheeks.

Maybe my parents think of me as a burden.

Stop being so worried. That's not how I know you.

It should not be called "Boys..." but "Girls, be ambitious!"

- Ah, it's Futami-sensei. - Where?

Over there.

Sensei! Sensei!

I knew you'd be here!

- Did you smell us? - I did.

And you are smelling of your paintings.

- And of dried radish. - I had it for lunch.

By the way...

Yes, we had a call from the police.

Hey, Ono!

- Come quickly. - What's wrong?

Your grandmother collapsed.

Ah, Yuko. Hurry up.

- Yuko! - Auntie!

It's her heart. She fainted.

She's had an injection.

All she can move is her mouth now.

Grandma.

Yuko...

How is she, doctor?

Nothing can save me now.

Stop talking nonsense. You'll be alright very soon.

But I know it.

Yuko.

- I must tell you something. - What?

I had planned on telling you

when you are just a bit more grown up.

- But now... - What do you mean?

Yuko...

Your mother in Tokyo

is not your real mother.

Your mother's name is Machiko Mimura.

She worked in the same company as your father.

Your father wanted to get married to Machiko.

But he was already married.

And they had two kids after all.

They sent you here to keep you away from all the gossip...

But... where is my real mother now?

I think she moved to Manchuria back then.

But now after the war...

So you don't know if she's still alive?

Doctor! My grandmother...

Camphor!

- Ono... - Sensei!

Mother!

Mother!

Ono.

Oh, Sensei?

Look at this blue sky.

Isn't it great?

You gain hope by looking at it.

Makes you feel stronger.

Sensei! Do they have a blue sky in Tokyo?

Of course.

There's the same sky over everybody's head.

Some people don't even bother looking at it.

But if you keep your gaze turned up to the sky,

you can see it everywhere. Even with closed eyes.

Right? See it?

Yes, indeed I do.

Good.

Ono.

I'm also going to Tokyo.

A friend of mine has a visual advertising agency.

He invited me to work there.

So we might meet again in Tokyo.

Yeah.

It's farewell to this sky.

- Farewell! - Good-bye!

- Farewell! - Goodbye!

- Farewell! - Goodbye!

THE BLUE SKY MAIDEN

Produced by Masaichi Nagata

Script: Yoshi Shirasaka Based on a story by Keita Genji

Camera: Michio Takahashi Sound: Takeo Suda

Light: Koichi Kubota Music: Taiichiro Kosugi

Starring:

Ayako Wakao Keizo Kawasaki - Kenji Sugawara

Ryuji Shinagawa - Yuko Yashio Yoshiko Fujita - Hiroko Yajima

Noriko Hodaka - Kuniko Miyake Chieiko Higashiyama - Tamae Kiyokawa

Sadako Sawamura - Hiroko Machida

Sadako Sawamura - Hisako Takibana Miyako Chocho - Yuji Nanto

Directed by Yasuzo Masumura

EXIT

- Sorry. - What?

- To go to Aoyama- - Toden line!

Otherwise the subway.

This is the address...

- Excuse me... - What?

How do I get to Aoyama-minamichō?

That way.

Hey, George!

Sorry, Mariko.

Lipstick trouble!

A total war using atomic weapons

would mean the end of mankind.

Strontium will rain down on us.

And the Martians are ready to invade earth.

We must be worried.

But we will resist.

"Resistance"!

"Resistance"!

"Resistance"!

Miss, aren't you Miss Yuko?

I have recognized you.

How lucky we are.

You could say, C'est si bon.

But who are you?

Yae, the housemaid.

- Where is father? - He suddenly had to go to Kyushu.

Hey, Taxi!

Here, 260 Yen.

Father's house?

So it's yours too.

Let me open the door for you.

- You threw this ball. - Yeah.

Give it back to me.

You must be Hiroshi.

As a maid you must treat me with respect.

Maid?

Right, you are here to be our housemaid, aren't you?

Me?

Dopey cow.

Hey!

Head-turner in the garden.

- Liar! - But it's true!

A real stunner!

Shoji! Brother Shoji!

Shut up! We're rehearsing right now.

She's arrived. The new housemaid.

Get lost!

I threw the ball at her.

Throw! Straight by Sakaue!

Hey, sis!

The girl is here.

Stay away, it's too hot.

Is she really a maid?

Dad told me to call her sister.

Dad is too indecent.

What does indecent mean?

Just a moment.

Here you are.

What is so great about that kind of music?

Young master Shoji is a 'Cleaning.'

"Cleaning?"

That means interested in western stuff like dry cleaning.

Doesn't go to college, just plays mah-jong and music.

Pom and Bam, it's really stupid.

- Hey, Yae! - Yes?

Miss Teruko. She's also a type of 'Cleaning.'

There aren't polished.

I am sorry.

Sis...

I am Yuko.

You call me "Miss." That's how a maid has to behave.

Here you are.

Don't be shocked by that.

Our madam here is even tougher than that.

Welcome home. Madam...?

I am Yuko. Thank you for your kindness.

So you are here.

You must be tired. Have a rest.

- What about her room? - Ah, the room.

- What shall we do? - Everything's fine with me.

Then prepare the room under the staircase.

But that room...

Oh, and Yuko.

For the time being help Yae until the new maid comes.