strange, fate
What is?
We wouldn't have met that day
if I had taken the first tram
That's right.
We were fated to meet
Yes, fate is strange.
We hadn't seen each other in 19 years
And to meet at such a place
We've both changed
We met after the bicycle race
Life changes like running water
Our world has really changed
It's disgusting
I miss the old days
Remember that tea shop?
You mean Hanayashiki.
We went there often
You took us on long excursions.
It was such fun
Yes, those viewings of snow scenery
and that firefly chase
Do you remember that moonlit night?
Of course. You changed me
from a girl into a woman
It was a long time ago
Yes
Yuriko is 21 already
How time flies.
Let's go to Uji one of these days
Yes, let's do that. Take me there
- Shall I prepare sake?
- Thank you
Hello
Hello
Your father's here
Really?
Hello
Hello. When did you come?
Sit down
I must leave right away.
Please stay longer
You're going out again?
Yeah. Goodbye. Bye-bye
Goodbye
When will you buy me a mink stole?
You mean this? It's too warm yet
Yes, but I must ask you now
I understand
Such a restless girl
Oh, hello. It's nice to see you
Hello
Yuriko, George is waiting for you
Hurry
I'll be going, Mother
Come home early
Who is he?
An American with a company in Kobe
She has such friends?
Yes, she's a typist
She receives exotic presents
sometimes
Oh? Is it safe for her?
Girls nowadays are different
They can take care of themselves
Try some of this black stuff
What is it?
Yuriko received it
She says they're shark eggs
Shark eggs, eh?
The eggs are small for a shark
Yes. Take it home if you like
We have another can
I see
It's delicious
- Have a drink
- Thank you
What did you do?
I was shrewd.
I managed to trail the Old Master
Where did he go?
It was an inn called Sasaki
- Sasaki?
- You know the place?
Go on, what was the woman like?
Slender and about 44 or 45
No, she must be about 47 or 48
- You know her?
- Never mind
I thought they had cut
their ties during the war
Tell me more
Do they have a daughter
between them?
Daughter?
- Around 21?
- No
She called Old Master father
No, only he believes it.
What happened next?
30 minutes later, I heard
the strumming of a lute
He was singing a Nagauta
No, no
That was a Hauta
Like this?
That's it
I know
He sings only that
- What is she? A Geisha?
- No, no
- From Minami?
- No, no. She's his old flame
Old flame?
The Old Master led a fast life
He troubled his folks over her
Is that so?
Things will be complicated again.
What a headache
Here are your clothes
Thank you
Hello
What do you want?
Yamayoshi's postcard
Here it is
Father is at it again.
She lives in Kyoto, I hear
Where in Kyoto?
Her name is Sasaki
- Sasaki?
- Sasaki Tsune
Oh...
Then it's that woman Father kept
in Osaka long ago
Yes, I think so
I was just a child then
She often brought Father home
at night
Mother wept frequently
Yes, she must be Father's old flame
It's deplorable,
the way he acts at his age
He's ignoring our winery business
I would rather have him interested
in bicycle racing
We have one worry after another
You must not rebuke him too severely
Why not?
Not now.
Wait for a better opportunity
No, I'll tell him!
No. After all, he's an old man
Then he should act like one
It's just his character
Character?
You mean he can do
as he pleases then?
Of course not...
...but you can't change
his character now
I'll change it for him
Don't try. Suppose he rebels?
Such a good bath
I thought about it...
...while I was taking my bath...
...about Mother's
memorial service
Let's make a brief visit
to her grave...
...and lunch at Arashiyama
Yes, that would be good
Mother liked Arashiyama. Well?
You mean in Kyoto?
Naturally
She liked it,
but you like Kyoto, too, don't you?
What?
Does something attractive there
make you go often?
What?
- Wait...
- Be quiet!
- But then...
- Be quiet!
Do you intend