MVO1: Did you know that Suntory Old is lying about its age?
MVO2: Grandfather mumbled, while looking at the round bottle. My grandfather, who drinks the whiskey on the rocks alone almost every evening after dinner, spent his youth in wartime Japan.
Occasionally when I sit next to him, he talks of his time in the army with a serious look in his eye. This day, he unexpectedly started to talk about the whiskey.
MVO1: How old do you think this whiskey is?
MVO2: It says 1950 on the bottle. So, that would make it 60 years old. From grandfather’s point of view, it would be a youngster.
MVO1: That would be young. But this is no ordinary 60-year-old. It's really 70.
MVO2: I thought he was just drunk, But that look was like when he talks of the army, so I listened to what he had to say.
MVO1: This whiskey has experienced the Pacific War.
MVO2: Grandfather continued to talk, almost as if talking of himself.
SFX: Music (Suntory Old campaign song)
MVO2: This whiskey was in fact born in 1940. In other words, a year before war started. Suntory Old, which could not come out during the ravages of war, was released in 1950, after ten years in waiting. That was the year recovery from the ravages of war started to be felt.
MVO1: It waited for ten whole years for peace to come.
MVO2: This whiskey may be just like a 'comrade' to grandfather.
MVO1: You have another glass?
MVO2: Grandfather offered the bottle to me. His hand looked big and powerful.
SFX: Whiskey being poured
MVO2: Born in 1940, released in 1950. Whiskey that waited long for peace. Suntory Old.
The minimum drinking age is 20 years old.
Script In Orginal Langauge
MVO1: Old ga toshi gomakashiteruno shitteruka?
MVO2: Marui botoru wo mitsumenagara sofu ga tsubuyaita. Yusyoku no ato, maiban no youni hitori, Old wo rokkude nomu sofu wa, seinen jidai wo senka no nihon de sugoshita.
Tokitama tonarini suwaruto, kimatte shinkenna manazashide, guntaini ita tokino hanashi wo suru. Sonohi wa mezurashiku, whisky no hanashi wo hajimeta.
MVO1: Kono whisky, Ikutsu dato omou?
MVO2: Botoru niwa 1950 toiu suji.Tsumari Kotoshi de 60 sai toiu kotoninaru. Sofu kara mitara, wakazo tte koto da.
MVO1: Tashikani, wakazo dagana. Koitsu wa tadano 60 sai janai. Hontou wa, 70 sai nanda.
MVO2: Yotteruna, to omottaga, sono manazashi ga gun no hanashi wo surutokito onaji datta node, mimi wo katamuketa.
MVO1: Koitsu wana, Senso wo keiken shita Whisky nanda.
MVO2: Sofu wa hanashi wo tsuduketa. Marude jibun no koto no youni.
SFX: Music (Suntory Old campaign song)
MVO2: Jitsu wa kono Whisky, 1940 nen umare rashii. Tsumari senso ga hajimaru zennen. Senka no moto, yononaka ni deruno wo yurusarenakatta OLD wa, 10 nen no toki wo hete, 1950 nen ni hatsubai sareta. Sore wa, yononaka ga sensai karano fukkou wo kanjihajimeta toshi datta.
MVO1: 10 nenmono aida, machitsuduketandayo. Heiwa wo sa.
MVO2: Kono whisky wa iwaba, Sofu ni totte wa “Doushi”no youna sonzai nanokamo shirenai.
MVO1: Gurasu, mou ikko aruka?
MVO2: Souitte sofu wa, botoru wo bokuno houni sashidasita. Sofu no te wa, Oukiku, chikaraduyokatta.
SFX: Gurasu wo mawashi, whisky wo gurasu ni sosogu oto
MVO2: 1940 nen tanjou, 1950 nen hatsubai. Heiwa wo machitsuduketa whisky, Suntory Old.