MOMOYA TV-Ads147-1979- Matchmaking

Time: 30 sec.

Product Name: NIKOMI-TSUYU

Description of Product: NIKOMI-TSUYU, a flavoring liquid made from bonito, seaweed and mirin, is a soup stock for simmering dishes such as Udon noodles, Japanese hotpot and so on.

Year: 1979

Advertiser: Momoya Co., Ltd.

Advertising Agency: YOMIKO Advertising Inc.

Production Company: Cinq Co., Ltd.

Beginning with a close-up of Shishi-odoshi, means a deer scarer in Japanese, the scene changes into a Japanese-style room called Washitsu. There, a young lady and a man quietly sit face to face with a table between them. Then, a middle-aged woman starts introducing the lady, namely her daughter, listing her specialties and hobbies; the Japanese art of flower arrangement called Ikebana or Kado, the Japanese tea ceremony known as Chado or Sado, dressmaking, tennis, golf and Mahjong game. This part, especially the latter 3 activities, remarkably represents the life and culture of young female in those days. The contrast between a calm background music performed by Koto and the hectic lines of these characters effectively enhances its atmosphere of a comedy.