Sunshine (Ohisama / おひさま)

Takeshi!

Takeshi!

Will you get up already?

How annoying! You're yelling in my ear!

I can't be going up and down the stairs all the time!

Is that so?

Madoka! Hurry and eat your breakfast!

I don't want any.

What do you mean you don't want any?

If you didn't want any, you should have told me...!

Takeshi! How many times do I have to tell you...?

Will you stop yelling?

I've had it! Azumino is covered in white with the "soba" (buckwheat) flowers that have bloomed.

Azumino is covered in white with the "soba" (buckwheat) flowers that have bloomed.

It's a beautiful sight.

It makes you feel how good life is.

It makes you feel how good life is.

If you have a chance, be sure you go to see them.

This is from radio name, Azuminokko.

Life is good, huh?

Azumino, Nagano Prefecture

Is that the "soba" (buckwheat) field?

It's so beautiful!

What?

What!

What?

They're closed?

Sunshine Chapter 1: "Mother's Tears" Episode 1

Sudo Yoko: INOUE Mao

Yoko (as child): YAGI Yuki

Sudo Hiroko: HARADA Tomoyo

Sudo Ryoichi: TERAKAWA Yasufumi

Haraguchi Fusako: SAITO Yuki

Sudo Yoko (Narrator): WAKAO Ayako

I'm sorry to barge in on your day off.

Not at all. Here you go.

Thank you!

- What is this place? - This place...?

It's a general store.

It started as a soba noodle restaurant.

Then I brought in vegetables grown in this area to sell...

And I started making bread and sweets.

Then I thought it would be nice to have a coffee shop.

If I was going to do all that, it would be nice if people could stay here, too.

Let me try this.

Go ahead.

- It's delicious. - Is it?

Thank you.

I don't mean to be rude, but... how old are you?

My age? I forgot.

I was just wondering how I could become an elegant woman like you.

Thank you. It makes me happy to hear a woman give me praise.

But I just lived a normal life.

A normal life?

You're wonderful, too.

You look adorable.

Were you born in Azumino?

No... I was born in Tokyo.

I moved here with my family when I was still a child.

I moved here with my family when I was still a child.

Do you want to hear my story?

Yes, I do!

Do you?

But it's a long story...

September 1932

I came to Azumino with my family in 1932.

My father... mother... and two older brothers.

And with me, we were a family of five.

That's awesome!

Are you okay, Shige?

- I'm okay. - Okay.

My mother had a weak heart, so when we lived in Tokyo,

she spent most of her time in the hospital.

That's why I was so happy just being with my mother.

That's why I was so happy just being with my mother.

Hang in there... We're almost there.

- Okay. - Okay.

My mother knew that she didn't have long to live.

And she chose Azumino as the place where she'd spend her last days with her family and children.

And she chose Azumino as the place where she'd spend her last days with her family and children.

My father had been an aircraft technician in Tokyo,

but he gave up his work for my mother's sake.

But at the time, I didn't know any of this.

Hello!

- Hello! - Hello.

Hello.

Hello!

- It's delicious. It's nice and cold. - Is it?

You're so cute, Yoko.

Really?

Shige calls me an ugly bag.

How rude!

It's probably because he finds you adorable.

That's why he says things like that.

Really?

You're going to grow up to be a beautiful woman.

You're going to grow up to be a beautiful woman.

After all, you're my daughter.

You think so?

It's so beautiful!

Isn't this wonderful?

Yoko... these are soba (buckwheat) flowers.

I didn't know soba had flowers.

I'm so glad we came.

I feel like this place is close to the sun.

The women from now on will be able to do anything.

You can do just about anything.

But in order to do that, you'll have to grow strong.

If anyone blames anything on you being a woman, you can fight them. I'll allow it.

So don't ever think that it can't be helped that you can't do something because you're a woman.

If you do that, you'll never be able to shine. Do you understand?

Shine?

Look at the sun.

The sun doesn't borrow strength from anyone,

and shines using its own strength, doesn't it?

Yes.

So it's able to shine it's light upon everyone and brighten the world.

That's why...

No matter how painful things are,

just smile. Don't forget to smile.

I won't.

Girls are the sun.

The "yo" in your name comes from the "yo" in "taiyo" (sun).

I understand.

Umphhh!

The grade school principal used to live here,

but the principal now commutes here from Matsumoto.

It's a pleasure making your acquaintance.

It's our pleasure. If you need anything, just tell us.

We put the big things inside.

Thank you.

Thank you!

Takeo! Don't just stand there. And greet them properly.

You, really.

You must be tired. Go to bed already.

Okay, but I'll work for a little while longer.

You promised you wouldn't overdo it, didn't you?

I did.

I want you to live as long as possible...

Even if it's just a day, an hour or a minute longer.

I'm really a lucky person, Ryo.

Go to bed.

Okay.

When I think about it now, my oldest brother must have known everything.

But I didn't know anything.

I remembered what my mother said about smiling.

When something painful happens, I should be like the sun, and shine my light over everyone.

When something painful happens, I should be like the sun, and shine my light over everyone.

Good morning!

Good morning.

No longer what happens, it'll be okay as long as I'm here because I'm Yoko, the sun.

No longer what happens, it'll be okay as long as I'm here because I'm Yoko, the sun.

If you're the sun, wake up earlier.

Breakfast is ready already.

Yoko, the slowpoke.

What's ahead for Yoko, the sun?

Just imagining what's ahead makes me so excited.

In 1932, my family and I came to live in Azumino.

- Hello! - Hello!

No matter how painful things are, just smile.

Don't forget to smile.

- I won't. - Girls are the sun.

The "yo" in your name comes from the "yo" in "taiyo" (sun).

I understand.

Sunshine Chapter 1: "Mother's Tears" Episode 2

October, 1932

Takeo!

Do your best Takeo!

Takeo!

It used to be a festival for boys,

but lately, the girls are a part of it, too.

I guess it's just a sign of the times.

Yoko...

Let's paint together.

Go ahead.

It's been a month since we moved to Azumino,

and I'd become one of the town's children already.

Here you go.

But my father and mother still somehow looked like they were city people.

My father who worked as the head of a silk-reeling factory was very handsome,

and my mother was as beautiful as an actress.

My oldest brother, Haruki's dream was to be a doctor.

He made top grades in school, and was good in sports, too.

I was so proud of him.

Oh! Oh no...

I think it was up until then that my mother was still in good health.

This was my mother's favorite song...

She was always humming it.

The reason I had my mother all to myself during our walks

was because my brother refused to come even when we invited him along.

Shige? Do you want to join us for a walk?

No, I don't.

I see...

We'll see you later.

But I knew...

...that he really wanted to come with us.

Here!

It's over here, Mom.

Are you okay?

I'm okay.