The Village Page #4

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Culturally?

Hurry and eat

s time to make a report on the situation Miss Kono

Members ofthe troupe:

Today is Saturday, August 2

This is Matsuo village

As you saw from the bus,

this is a spacious village

It has a population of 7,500

To the west is the Matsuo sulfur mine

It has closed down

but at one time it had 10,000 workers

The young man who met us in thejeep

That's Chuji He worked at

the mine too aftergraduation

The performance is at 6:30 tonight

This is ourfinal request to everyone

We'll do it! Why be afraid of

cD600,000 orso?

When Chuji said that,

striking a heroic pose, they kept silent

But afterthat objections were raised

Forexample

Can we trust an unknown troupe?

Orsell 800 tickets?

How can we get people to come?

Many board meetings were held

The group's president,

Takashi, is a poortalker

He generally kept silent

and listened to others arguing

But when it finally came to a vote

And his responsibility in case of

a deficit was questioned

He freed his folded arms and said firmly

That in such a case

he would sell his cow and make good!

Be sure not to blunder

in front ofthe people

Hiroshi and I will go at 6

Drive carefully

Shigeru's eyes are bloodshot

He's only slept 2 or 3 hours

Young men keeping cows

have to get up at 5 am

Marvelous to be young!

But that sounds as if I weren't young

Actually, although I'm joking

I may not have been able to face you

luckily I was there

Takashi phoned,

asking me to cancel the show

He would not tell the reason,

saying it was too shameful

Only 2 days left before the show

So I took a taxi and hurried here

What's happened?

Chuji, what is it?

You tell her, Takashi

It would be terrible to halt the show now

What is the reason?

There must be a reason

I want to know

Won't you tell me?

They finally told me

The principal had been away

The vice-principal had

forgotten to tell him

The principal refused permission

Saying the gymnasium could not

be used if admission is taken

I asked again and again for permission

He refused

Insisting that there was no such precedent

Throw a rock at him!

Isn't it?

Ourschool

Let's do it in the open air

I decided to go with them

And beg the principal to

reconsider his decision

I didn't have any special plan in mind

The principal sympathizes

with your position

You could have prevented this

by consulting us

priorto the decision

I made a full report to you the next day

But afterthe decision

I knew nothing until then

I beg of you

please give us permission

I'm sorry

The gymnasium is an educational facility

It can't be used for money making

This is different

Charging admission, aren't you?

Too bad but you'd betterforget about it

May I ask a question?

You say money making

because admission is charged?

Supposing it's free

The gymnasium is usable

ifthere's no charge?

That stands to reason

Then we'll perform free!

But that means that you'll get nothing

For performing in this village

Can't be helped

That sounds absurd

Giving a performance without charge

We're not doing thisjust to make money

performing for people

who will enjoy ourshow

Gives our lives meaning

Afree performance will be

a big blow financially

But this show must be given

Forthe sake ofthose expecting it

And the young people

who have worked so hard

We can't let you do that

You'll be in an awkward position

It's all right

If I explain everything frankly,

they'll understand

Don't worry

I was excited when I said that

Aftergoing outside

I began to wonder how

I was going to report this to you

I was feeling more and more gloomy

Had I made a mistake?

Should I have acted differently?

Everything began to look pitch-dark

Just then

The principal sayshe'll give you

special permission!

What!

Special permission!

Kaneko Kudo

She can outdrink everyone in the group

Still single

Etsuko Onodera, the belle ofthis village

Now the members ofthe troupe

Takata first

I'm the producer, Takata

Miss Kono has told us of yourefforts

We intend to give a show that

will meet yourexpectations

I've a question

When will the actors come?

I'm an actortoo

Most of us are actors

I'm sorry that we're not better looking

They'll look betterwith make-up

Orworse

Temporary Nursery

I'll wait inside

You're from?

Yuzawa

Guide her!

This way, please

My vehicle

Came in a car? There's a parking lot

Where?

Practicing yourspeech?

I'm getting worried

Will those who bought tickets come?

I'm sure they will

I feel more and morejittery

They tell me to take it easy

Shouldn't we go around with

the loudspeaker?

The last time the owner of

a gasoline station

Shouted at me:
Shut up!

And the wired radio?

Isn't it about time to send out the bus?

A bit early but shall we start out?

All right, let's go

Be careful

This is the youth association

The bus is on its way to transport

you to the show

Check with the schedule of stops

Hurry, Grandma The bus is here

Get ready

Takashi! What are you doing here?

I'm worried and nowhere else to go

Anyone arrived?

Take a look

We've done it!

Make a good speech

Let's do a goodjob

In that youth group scene

A packed house

A bell will signal the start

When the opening announcement ends

I'll give you the cue

For yourspeech

Tonight the Matsuo Youth Association

is sponsoring

A performance by

the Toitsu Theatrical Troupe

The president ofthe youth association

Takashi Saito will delivergreetings

Good eveningeverybody

We thank you all

for coming here tonight

To seeour youth association's show

Ourvillage is very spacious

Nowadays people can go easily

to Morioka forshopping

They can go to Tokyo orOsaka to work

Ortravel in Hokkaido

But they know little about

the village where they were born

While living in the same village

Many people have nevergone

outside their own district

This is the first time forthe people

Ofthe entire village

to gathertogether like this

I feel deeply moved

We thank all those

who made this show possible

Many cooperated,

including village officials

Education Commission and

The principal of

Matsuo Junior High School

The members ofthe fire department too

We thank them all

The Toitsu Troupe's Matsuo Show

will now begin

Native village in 3 acts

Written by Katsuhiko Ishizuka

Music by Kyoko Okada

Native village, native village

Our dear native village

swallows in the zelkova treetops

sunny spots and pools

of water in the yard

Why aren't the birds of passage returning?

What does it mean to you?

Mountainswith flowers everywhere

Riverswith p*ssy willows growing

Windblowing through

yellow barley fields

power lines and fields of barley

The morning wind blowing

from the southeast

Rice-planting hasn't ended yet!

Lmotaro!

Festival? Old folks? Nostalgia

That's right

Remember, this may be the last festival

Many have gone to work on that project

Young people don't go to shrines nowadays

Speak that way to the teacher?

We turn our backs toward him

Such impertinence! It's terrible

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