isn't it?
What are you doing?
Thinking? Is something worrying you?
Expecting someone?
It doesn't concern you
Yeah, that's right
You've been waiting long.
Where do you live?
Who wants to know?
Where's your home?
You'd better tell me
Who are you?
I see you around often
Where do you live?
Speak up!
Do you do this often?
Nope
What do you steal
women's underwear for?
Do you have a wife?
Nope
Feeling cold? Come on over here
I'm Akiko Sugiyama's sister
Over here, please
I'm sorry we had to ask you to come
You're Takako? Please sit down
My father couldn't come and so...
It must have surprised you
No crime involved
But many young people nowadays
go astray for trivial causes
It isn't good for a girl to be out
late 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 to 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 at a tea parlor
for a friend
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.
So 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? You father...
Is he home?
I was afraid you'd be gone
Not going 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?
As a husband for Akiko
This one with a 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
Helping his father.
Comes to our office often
Handsome as an actor
Take a look
I almost forgot...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 came to Nahodka
Runs a mahjong parlor in Gotanda now
She's not living along
The man with her seems to be
her new husband
Auntie...
What kind of a man?
Look sloppy. 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