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
Muroran can't be as
cold as Chiamussu
Those Manchurian winters!
Well, how about it?
The work isn't bad either.
It's in the Sales Department
Go ahead if you want to
Do you dislike the idea?
I wouldn't want to go by myself
I couldn't sleep alone
in freezing Muroran
Come with me.
I want you to
Kasahara Clinic -
Gynecology Obstetrics
Kasahara Clinic
Get a good rest.
Be careful of a hemorrhage
What do I owe you?
Ґ200 today
Thank you
Take care!
Who's next?
Sit down
What was your name again?
Akiko Sugiyama
Akiko...
What did you decide to do?
I think... I'd better...
I see. I agree with you.
You don't look strong enough
The bar you work at is where?
Shinjuku? Shibuya?
Girls like you come here often
Once in a while the daughter
of some nice family...
drops in here secretly
Yes?
Must I be hospitalized?
Just for two or three hours,
until the ether wears off
Then rest at home
The thermometer...
There's no fever
Do it today?
Yes... if you please
The regular fee is Ґ3,000.
Do you have it?
Yes
After it's over,
some have no money
They never come back, either
You sure you have it?
Never mind, if you have it
Come with me
This way, please
Good girl, aren't you?
Who is it?
Oh, it's you, Akiko
I'm back
Welcome back!
What's wrong?
You look so pale
I have a headache
Caught a cold?
What is it?
You're acting so strangely
Shall I make your bed for you?
All right?
You'd better change
I'm all right
It's nothing. Don't worry
I just want to rest a bit
Do you want medicine?
No, thanks
No fever
Feel chilly?
It's