aOi uSaGi

Sometime in 1996, I encountered this Japanese soap opera (with English subtitle) on the International channel here in the US. It was one of the best love stories I have ever seen and it has remained one of my favorites up till now. The title is "Heaven's Coins (Hoshi No Kinka)" and it's the story of a deaf and mute girl named Aya, and her undying love for Shuichi. The two of them met and fell in love in a little town where Aya works at a local clinic, and Shuichi, a doctor, came to work when he got disillusioned with his manipulative family. Before Shuichi went back to Tokyo, he promised Aya that he will come back for her and marry her. Unfortunately, he met an accident on his way to Tokyo and lost his memory. After waiting for Shuichi's return for sometime, Aya went to Tokyo in search of him. There he meets Takumi, Shuichi's brother, who saved her from an accident and instantly fell in love with her. Takumi brought Aya to the hospital that his family owns, and there Aya found the love of her life, Shuichi, who was battling amnesia. Aya worked at the hospital as a nurse with Takumi's help, but without his knowledge, Aya only worked there to be close to Shuichi and help him bring back his memory. And the rest is a beautiful, inspiring story about love... true, unconditional, and undying. It showed the many facets of love and loving and the sacrifices that people make to express it.

I so wish that I can find a DVD copy of Heaven's Coins (all 3 seasons) and with English subtitle, of course. Then I would be so happy. I just don't know where to find it.
(UPDATE: I found them on E-bay... finally! I'm so happy)

Here's the love theme from the first season...

performed by Sakai Noriko (Aya).

AOI USAGI

(Japanese Lyrics)

ato dore kurai setsunakunareba

anata no koe ga kikoeru kashira
nanigenai kotoba o hitomi awasete tada shizuka ni

kawaseru dake de ii hoka ni wa nanni mo iranai

aoi usagi zutto matteru hitorikiri de furuenagara

sabishisugite shinde shimau wa haiyaku atatamete hoshii
ato dore kurai kizutsuita nara

anata ni tadoritsukeru no kashira
araitate no shatsu no nioi ni daki sukumeraretara

itami mo kanashimi mo subete ga nagarete kieru wa

aoi usagi naite iru no yo sou anata ni kikoeru you ni

tatoe zutto todokanakute mo eien ni aishite iru wa

aoi usagi sora o kaketeku kokoro terasu hikaru hanachi

ai no hana ni yume o furimaki ashita e to AH...

aoi usagi inori tsuzukeru doko ka ni iru anata no tame

ima no futari sukueru mono wa kitto shinjitsu dake dakara

(English Translation)
I wonder how much more suffering I can take

And still hear your voice
It would be nice if we could exchange

Simple words in silence

With but a glance

I'd want nothing more

This blue bunny has been shivering for so long

While waiting for you all alone

If I get too lonely, I'll die

Won't you hurry and warm me up
I wonder how much more pain I can take

And still keep following after you

When I indulge in the smell

Of your freshly washed shirts

The pain and the sadness

Are all washed away

This blue bunny is crying, you know

Trying to make you hear me

Even if you never realize it

I'll love you forever

This blue bunny is flying

Through the sky towards tomorrow

Radiating a light shining from my heart

And sprinkling dreams on the flowers of love

This blue bunny is somewhere

Still praying for your sake

Because the only thing that can save us now

Is the truth