okay
Auntie came today,
soon after you left
Bustling as usual. She has two
prospects as your future husband
She brought their photographs
One has an awfully long face
Auntie prefers the other one
I'm not going to marry
I can't
Why not?
I don't want to
I guess I don't set
a very good example
But Akiko, there are
many happy marriages
Mine is an exception
You're young. Your happiness
lies ahead of you
Mine isn't a typical case
Your life's just beginning.
You'll find happiness
Takako
What?
Let me sleep quietly
Are you sleepy?
Go to sleep then. Feel cold?
Call me if you need anything
I'll leave it dark
The president?
Talking with the dockyards' director
It'll probably be a long talk
You can find me at the usual place
As soon as they finish their
conversation, please let me know
Mr. Sugiyama likes
that pinball game
He aims only at the top
It's just like him
The only auditor
studying daily reports
The balls won't drop for #70
Just a minute
It's an odd place to find you
Why, hello
The girl directed me here
Something's up?
Stuck again!
Hasebe has returned, you know
I read about it
He seems to have
had a hard time
It might be good
to have an alumni meeting
You'll come?
I guess I could
I have to go to Osaka
for four or five days
Will you notify the others?
Who, me?
Will you? I'm too busy
Can't help it, I guess
Want to try? Take some
Difficult, eh?
It's different from golf.
You need a good thumb
Where shall we meet?
Any place inexpensive
for a big group will do
I guess so
Say, Akiko came to our house
and asked for a loan
Did she tell you?
My wife lent it
without asking why
What was the money for?
I'll repay it
Don't hurry!
She said she needed it
right away, to help a friend
Ґ5,000, wasn't it?
Not that much!
You can pay me later
You see, I had already
left the house that day
Is my boss here?
He hasn't come today
Where can he be?
Your boss is missing?
Mahjong nuts...
He stayed here till 2 AM
He was winning, too
Unusual. Do such things happen?
A very pleasant hobby
A philanthropist offering money
You said it
He practically bought
this shirt for me
A very nice man
So generous. Ah, this is it.
1,280, everybody
From everybody?
Wasn't Kenji with you?
He left and went to Shinjuku
When?
Why do you have
to chase him so much?
You're not looking so good
Anything wrong?
Start playing
Good evening
Your sister's pretty, isn't she?
You mean... my sister?
Do you know her?
She was here one day
Looking for you
When?
Let's see.
It was four or five days ago
Leaving?
Good bye
What's she so restless about?
Why's Kenji avoiding her?
The reason is serious.
It's a sad, sad story
What's it all about?
Tomita is responsible
He's really a bad one
Not me. I had
nothing to do with it
Seems otherwise
What is all this?
He denies it.
He's a tricky one
And then?
Once upon a time there was
a boy and a girl...
attending the university together
Young, good-looking, and pure,
they were the best of friends
But a villain dwelt in
the boy's apartment house
He sowed the seeds
of mischief in the boy,
bringing the boy and the girl together...
into relations far from pure
Is that true?
Yes, indeed, truer than true
-Shocking, isn't it?
-Yep
That's enough
Wait. There's more to it
The girl left the university...
and started studying shorthand
More and more she strayed
from the righteous path
She joined the villain's group
An old and oft recreated story...
Now the girl is after the boy
It's growing very interesting
Maybe something else
is growing, too
Maybe she's helping
to increase the population
Are you certain?
Is that true?
Who knows?
But in any case...
it's an interesting phenomenon,
wouldn't you say?
To think that that girl...
I'm shocked!
True, quite true.
It's shocking, most shocking
Oh, it's you
Come upstairs with me.
Right away
Why, what's the matter?
What is it?
Sister, Why did you go
to that mahjong