Picture Card Show (紙芝居 kamishibai):
Behind Distinguished Service,
August 1942
Behind Distinguished Service
(A National Policy Kamishibai)
Summary of the Story
Published in mid-August 1942, on the cusp of a sea change in the war with the United States’ victory at Midway in June, this kamishibai pays homage to soldiers on the front line and citizens on the home front.
Heitaro, a veteran, is called up again to serve, but family problems have driven him to drink. With a pep talk from his neighbor, a fortune teller, and his wife, his spirits lift and he eagerly joins up. He is sent overseas to an unmentioned location but his family problems weigh on him. Noticing Heitaro's demeanor, his company commander asks him to confide in him so he can assist. His company commander reaches out to Heitaro's neighborhood association and the association steps in to help the family.
Realizing he must make amends for his attitude, Heitaro declares his gratitude to his commander, the neighborhood, and the nation, and prepares for the coming offensive. Our story closes with a paean to the "work of those protecting the home front" and the nationalist slogan "100 million people, one heart."
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Card facing audience
殊勲の陰に
Behind Distinguished Service
日本教育紙芝居協会
Japanese Educational Kamishibiai Association
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方面委員聯盟入選作 殊勲の陰に
A selected work by the Federation of the District Committee Alliance
Behind Distinguished Service
【演出ノート】
【Director's Notes】
ひどく咎める調子になら ぬやう。
Don't sound overly reproachful.
Script accompanying cover
(表紙の説明)
(しづかに)
こゝは大都會の片隅, 木枯の 風の唸りの合間々々に, どこか 夜業の機械の響が聞えてくる。
(少し力を入れて)
銃後をまもる産業戰士が、たゝかつてゐるのだ。
(Cover description)
(quietly)
NARRATOR: Here is a corner of the big city, where amid the howling of the wintry wind, occasionally the sound of nocturnal machinery can be heard.
(with a little more effort)
Protecting the industries behind the front lines, the industrial warriors are fighting.
Script read by narrator
Colophon (publishing information along lower portion of card)
原作 大山 眞佐夫
檜画 野々口重
脚色 發作 日本教育紙芝居協會 [日本教育紙芝居協会]
original story: Ōyama Masao
illustration: Nonoguchi Shigeru
adaptation and production: Nippon Kyōiku Kamishibai Kyōkai (Japanese Educational Kamishibiai Association)
殊勳の蔭に 二十枚挿込 ナシ
作品番號 322
Behind Distinguished Service, twenty illustrations Inserted, no additional sheets
Work number 322
定價 貳圓
Fixed price: 2 yen
昭和十七年八月八日印刷納本
昭和十七年八月十三日發行
Printed and deposited on August 8, 1942
Published on August 13, 1942
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殊勲の陰に
Behind Distinguished Service
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不許複製
No reproduction allowed
編輯者 佐木秋夫
Editor: Saki Akio
發行者 相馬正男
Publisher: Masao Sōma
印刷者 横山豊
Printer: Toyoyama Yoko
印刷所 横山印刷所
Printing company: Yokoyama Printing Company
發行所 日本教育畫劇株式會社
Publishing company: Nippon Kyōiku Gageki Kabushiki Kaisha
日本教育紙芝居協會 作品
[Nihon Kyōiku Kamishibai Kyōkai]
Work of the Japan Educational Kamishibai Association
(Police officer) "You there! Aren't you Ide Heitaro?"
(Heitaro, drunk) "Hmm? What do you want?"
(The police officer, looking slightly annoyed) "Where have you been wandering around? For three or even four days!"
(Heitaro) "Huh?"
(Police officer) "You're not making any sense again, you're drunk. Everyone at home, including your parents and even the housekeeper, is worried sick and making a big fuss! Especially veterans like you, silently leaving home for several days!"
(brief pause)
"Both the neighborhood association and the police were making a big fuss searching for you!"
(Heitaro) (Eh?)
(Police officer, strongly) "You've been called up! The draft notice has arrived!"
(extract [the card] smoothly and quickly.)
①
(警官)「君! 伊出平太郎さんぢゃないか?」
(平太郎、醉ってゐる)「ヘエ。 何か御用で」
(警官、少々むッとして)「どこをうろ〱してゐたんだね。三日も四日も!」
(平太郎) 「へエ」
(警官) ヘエぢやアない、また酔つてゐるナ, 君。家ては か・み・さ・ん・も お・ふ・く・ろ・も 心配じて 大騒ぎしてゐるぢやないか! 殊に在郷軍人ともあらう者が, 默って 何日も家をあけてい、のか!
(短い 間)
隣組でも警察でも大騒ぎて探してゐたんだよ、君を!
(平太郎) 「えツ?」
(警官、強く)「御召しだよッ! 來たんだよ、赤紙が!「御召しだよッ! 來たんだよ、赤紙が!」
(すぐにスッとぬく)
(brief pause)
(Mother) "Truly, we've only caused everyone worry..."
(Misai, the man next door) "We're all worried, but he's supposed to enlist tomorrow at 8 AM. If he doesn't make it in time, well, that would be a huge problem."
(Ine, the wife, speaking modestly but confidently from the side) "But, no matter what, he will definitely come back tonight."
(Misai) "Yes, my forecast also says he'll be back tonight. But, you know, these things sometimes go wrong.
(brief pause)
"Ah, it's getting really cold again tonight...
(brief pause)
(extracting the card) "By the way, Ine-san..."
②
(短い間)
(母親)「ほっとに 皆さまに 御心配ばかりかけましてー」
(見齋、隣りの男) 「御心配は お互さまだが、何しろ 明日 朝八時の入隊だからナ、間にあはなかったら むウ、それこそ 一大事だて。」
(イネ、妻のおイネは横から控え目に、しかし確信的に)
「でもー いくら何でも今晩こそ、きッと歸って来てくれます。」
(見齋)「さうサ、わしの八封も、今晩と出てゐるがナ。
どうも こゝいゝつゝ 時々はづれるんです。
(短い間)