Welcome.
- Glad to see you.
Come right in.
Thank you. Is your wife here?
What about everyone else?
Since it's Sunday,
everyone went out shopping.
- Is that so?
- Anyway, come in.
The other room is probably better.
It's more inviting.
- I don't have to be too polite with you.
- Yes, I'm just a mediocre bamboo shoot.
- Use this.
- Thank you.
Ms. Tomizawa, can you bring us
some tea?
And also some snacks, please.
It isn't much, but please have it.
Thank you.
So has your mother decided on
getting a complete exam?
She finally made up her mind.
Thank you for your help.
Lots of fuss?
She was fretting from the day before.
She thought about not getting checked
and returning to Kyoto.
She doesn't listen to a word I say.
How did you persuade her?
Since she was being so unreasonable,
I told her:
"Listen to me, I am worried
about your health.
But if you're still going to be stubborn,
you won't be my mother anymore."
- Then she got sad.
- What a harsh thing to say.
Maybe, but she won't listen to me
unless I say something like that.
But Kyoto has good hospitals too.
Exactly. But it's part of
my mother's silly plot.
- Plot?
- Yes.
- Here you are.
- Thank you.
It's so different out here,
even the color of the sky.
So, what about this plot?
I'm sure my mother said something
about my marriage.
She mentioned a young doctor.
She enters the hospital, wants me
to come visit her every day...
...then hopes that I would
start to like this young doctor.
It's so obvious.
So, what do you think of him?
He doesn't interest me at all.
Then I feel sorry for your mother,
to be in that hospital.
At least she can get healthy.
That's true.
And what are you going to do?
I'm going to shop a bit,
then I leave tomorrow.
- You're leaving your mother here?
- Yes.
How cruel of you.
But I need to teach her a lesson...
...or else she'll continue to find men
I have no interest in whatsoever.
Is that right?
It's one of my mother's bad habits.
Besides, I'm worried about
Matsu being alone at the inn.
Is there someone you're in love with?
No, there isn't anyone.
If that's the case...
...there's no need to marry in haste.
That's true.
Yes, it is. You may think marriage
is golden, but it can end up being brass.
Really? Brass?
Yes. Don't rush it.
Marriage isn't as great as you may think.
If all young women rushed off to get
married, the world would be a lonely place.
Romance is good from time to time.
Are there any signs
of marriage for Setsuko?
I guess you can say there are.
But someone as beautiful as you
shouldn't go to some strange man.
It'd be such a waste.
When will everyone be back?
They didn't say.
If you want, I can have Setsuko
stop by your place after work.
Please do. I'd love to see Setsuko.
Wow, it's such a lovely day.
Please take your medicine.
It's so terrible!
What medicine is this?
It's sulfur.
What is it good for?
Do I have to drink it all?
I really don't want to.
Has my daughter come?
Your daughter?
No, she hasn't been here.
What is she up to?
She should've been here by now.
She was only here for a little bit
yesterday, and that's it.
My mother should be
in a room around there.
Is that so.
- So have you met this doctor?
- Yes, briefly.
- What's he like?
- He doesn't interest me.
It's all Mother's idea.
I've had enough of it.
- What about you?
- Me?
I heard from your father
that you might get married.
Oh, that. It's nothing, really.
My father's deciding for himself.
Really?
Isn't it awful? I wish it would stop.
She's that persistent?
That's all she can talk about.
The other day, I was walking
around town with my mother.
We passed by a man in a tuxedo
with a white scarf around his neck.
Then Mother asks me
what I think of him.
So I turned around to look. He had
an ad for a cabaret on his back.
He was just a solicitor!
In that sense, I envy you, Setsuko.
Unlike my mother, both your father
and mother are very understanding.
I'm