at night
I'm sorry
Come here
Stubborn, isn't she?
What's the matter, Akiko?
What is it?
What's wrong?
I don't want to...
Father doesn't know
anything about it
So come along
Were you still up?
Come here
You too, Akiko
It's late now, Father, and so...
Never mind
Come in here
Where've you been?
The phone rang after you left
It was from the police
Why did you try
and hide it from me?
What did they want with Akiko?
Sit down
It's late.
Let's discuss it tomorrow
Akiko, why were you taken
to the police station?
What did you do?
Why are you silent?
What have you been up to?
This family has
had a good name
It's not that serious, Father
You be quiet.
I'm asking you, Akiko
She was only waiting
for a friend at a tea parlor
What for... at such a late hour?
Akiko, why were you there?
Can't tell me?
You're no child of mine!
Don't say that
It's really late now, Father.
Let's talk about it tomorrow
Akiko, you'd better go to bed
Let her go, Father
She's impossible!
How did she ever
become like that?
Akiko's lonely. I'm sure of it
Please be more gentle with her
She grew up without knowing Mother's
love. That's why she feels lonely
I've tried hard to keep her
from feeling that way
It's different without a Mother
I've favored her and
given her everything
So much that I feared
you'd be jealous
Look at the result.
Something's gone wrong
Bringing up a child is certainly
a difficult task
Better go to bed, Father
Have you had any word
from Numata?
Not yet
Good night
Good night, Father
Not in bed yet?
Time to sleep now
Listen...
I'm not wanted, am I?
What makes you say that?
Knowing what Mother did...
I should never have been born!
Brother! At home?
Hello, Auntie
You here?
Is your Father at home?
I was afraid you'd be gone
I'm not leaving
until noon today
Please!
Don't bother
Well behaved,
aren't you, Michiko?
Remember what I said?
About what?
Takako, come here
You too, Brother
Akiko?
Gone to school
Oh! I see
Is Numata well?
That's fine
As I told you...
Try this. It's a new lotion
we're going to sell
What do you think of him...
as a husband for Akiko?
This one with the long face is the
second son of a former Diet member
He certainly has a long face
Really!
Personally, I prefer that one,
the son of a wholesaler
with whom we deal
He helps his Father,
and comes to our office often
He's as handsome as an actor
Take a look
I almost forgot.
It's the strangest thing.
I met her
I was on an escalator
in a department store
Her back looked very familiar,
and it was her!
Who do you mean?
Kikuko!
Mother?
She moved here two years ago
Why, then...
You knew about it?
No
She was with a man,
but anyway...
I asked her about everything.
She's suffered
I want you to hear this
Yamazaki died at the
Amur concentration camp
Kikuko heard about it
at Blagoveschensk
Later she moved to Nahodka
She runs a mahjong parlor
in Gotanda now
She's not living alone
The man with her seems to be
her new husband
Auntie...
What kind of a man?
He looks unkempt,
but an easy going sort
If I'd missed that escalator
we wouldn't have met
What do you think
about the two?
Welcome!
Mother?
I'm Takako
Takako...
Come in, won't you please?
Please...
Won't you come in?
Never mind
Why not? Please come in
It was nice of you to come
I hear you have a daughter now
She must be cute
What does your husband do?
I've come to ask you a favor
Ask me whatever you want
Don't tell Akiko
that you're her Mother
Akiko doesn't remember
anything about you
She doesn't even know
what you look like
This is no time to tell her
that you're her Mother
Why not?
What's wrong with it?
It would be too cruel for Father
Please do as I ask. Good bye
That woman who just left...
She's good looking.
Who is she?
The sister of the girl
who came the other day
Is that so?
She's a beauty
Soma wants an early
reply to his offer
I'm thinking that I'd like to go