"It's cherry blossom season" "In Katsushika town" "It was 20 years ago." "My old man and I had a big fight" "He knocked my head all bloody so I left home" "I swore I'd never return again" "But cherry blossoms reminded me of home" "And the time we played at parks as kids" "River banks, and the temple" "My parents and brother died" "Only my sister's left." "So I heard" "Still I didn't feel like returning, so I keep my silence" "But now I'm looking at my birthplace" "I feel something warm welling up in me" "Yes, I was born in Shibamata at Katsushika, in Tokyo" "Tora-San Our Lovable Tramp" "I was born and bred in Katsushika" "The surname's Kuruma." "My given name's Torajiro!" "People call me Hippie Tora" "I know you can't marry because of me" "So a worthy brother I wanted to be" "I tried my best but I could cry" "The sun sets --- luck has passed me by" "Let's change" "Let me" "Old folks, keep time to the music!" "This is Shibatama Daikyoji!" "Who's he?" "Never seen him before" "Who is he?" "A local man?" "Splendid" "Holy Priest" "How do you do" "It's me, Tora!" "You don't remember me?" "Heizo's son, Torajiro!" "You hollered at me when I went into... your yard to catch dragonflies!" "Yes, I remember you" "You really do?" "Thank you!" "Tora!" "You're Tora?" "Aunt!" "Still alive?" "Uncle!" "How's uncle?" "Alive and well!" "I see!" "Aunt!" "Uncle." "Aunt." "I'm back again" "Please don't bow" "I can't greet you if you do" "Figuring it out, I've been away 20 years" "I'm sure my late parents and brother were indebted to you" "No, no, it's no so!" "A young brother, it's fresh of me to greet you loudly!" "So I'll just thank you and beg your pardon for staying away until now" "Well, well, thanks" "Moreover, as to my stupid sister's growing up..." "It is all due to your guidance and I don't know how to thank you" "Uncle and Aunt, I thank you from the bottom of my heart" "Neighbors all, I've been away a long time" "Please remember me and be good to me" "Enough of formal greetings" "Uncle, please relax." "You, too, Aunt." "You've come home a fine man" "You parents would be so proud..." "Anyway..." "Nothing much but a drink?" "Excuse me, neighbors." "Please come in" "By the way, not yet?" "What?" "Sakura?" "She's working." "Working overtime?" "Working at the textile mill?" "Of course not." "She's a key puncher" "Key Pun...?" "I see" "She handles the electronic computer at the Oriental Electric Appliances Co" "Electronics?" "She's pretty great" "It's the age of electronics" "Oh, yes, I forgot!" "This isn't much of a present but..." "Put it on, Aunt" "An electron health band" "Electrons chase out all the poison and rebuild the body" "Was it expensive?" "It's okay" "It's not gold?" "Are you kidding?" "That'd cost more than 200,000 yen." "But it's not an imitation." "Try it and you'll see" "Tiny bumps, see?" "Electrons enter the body from your wrist." "It quickens blood circulation." "Doesn't your body feel lighter?" "Good for high blood pressure, neuralgia and for woman's ills." "Neighbors, come on in and take a look" "Back, Sakura?" "I'm home" "Sakura!" "Are you really Sakura?" "It's me." "Don't you remember my face?" "Sakura!" "Who is he?" "Don't you know?" "Look close" "Never mind." "It's no wonder" "I up and left when you were only 5 or 6." "Children grow up even without a family." "You're awfully big now" "My...brother?" "Yes!" "Your brother!" "You're alive?" "Brother!" "Sakura!" "It's been tough?" "Atta girl!" "I'm going outside" "The toilet's over here" "Never mind" "Isn't it wonderful?" "Do not cry, my sister, do not cry" "For we left our old home, you and I if you cry, I'll never know why..." "Sakura!" "Come here" "What is it?" "Listen" "I'll go alone" "I should say not!" "You can't!" "Their whole family's coming" "I can't help it" "We can't postpone it for his hangover." "It'll ruin the marriage-meeting if you go alone!" "I don't mind." "It's my boss's idea" "Don't say that!" "Have you gotten a better offer?" "What should I do then?" "Do?" "What a mess!" "He's a fool!" "I told him last night!" "Aunt, what's up?" "Today's Sakura's marriage-meeting" "Well...it is?" "And who wants to marry her?" "Her company's..." "You be still!" "You worthless drunk!" "Don't shout." "My head aches" "What?" "Now, now, don't fight." "What's up?" "It's a wonderful offer!" "Oriental's subcontractor likes her very much" "He wants her for his son's wife" "Your uncle was to go with her today, but he drank too much" "She says she'll go alone" "I'm not really interested anyway" "You mean marriage-meetings are old hat?" "Is that what you think?" "Isn't it a mistake?" "Yes, we told her that too" "Tora, will you go in my place?" "Me?" "Yes, it'd be a great help" "Frankly, it's at a hotel" "I don't want to shame Sakura" "I'm not used to fine hotels" "Tora'd be just right." "He's her brother" "Are you busy?" "No, I was just brushing my teeth." ""Hotel" is English, but don't let it surprise you" "Inns for lovers are called hotels now" "Don't be scared!" "That's... the hotel" "What is it?" "You must be happy your brother's back" "Away 20 years?" "Are you working now?" "What?" "Me?" "I'm a salesman." "What do you sell?" "Well...books mostly" "Publications?" "Well, yes." "Law and statistics too" "Well, well" "English, hypnotism, moxibustion dreamreading, mental tests also" "Nursing, taking out stains, suicide tales whodunits, and so forth" "Nothing to it." "It's simple work" "A drink to get acquainted" "Please drink" "In March each year, there's a personnel reshuffle" "All the managers want Sakura then" "HR calls it the Stove League" "Orders come out during cherry blossom time" "I'm sorry" "Sakura (cherry) is an unusual name." "Your father named you?" "Yes, but written in Chinese characters" "Yes, that's so" "Like Cherry in Cherry Blossoms?" "People think her surname's her name too" "Kuruma Sakura's funny, they say" "I see!" "Sakura's funny written in Japanese" "Pulled apart, it can mean, I'm worried about the girl upstairs." "That's good" "Interesting, isn't it?" "Chinese letters are fun" "Corpse and Water becomes urine" "Corpse and Rice becomes dung." "The funniest is Corpse and two Hee." "Hee" "I guess fart sounds like that to some people" "Hey, you!" "Beer?" "No, thanks" "I see." "Fine as a cat with fur full of ashes" "Laughing." "It's funny?" "There's more." "The cat fell in the horse manure." "Not very elegant?" "Sake!" "Strange, isn't it, for a pretty girl... to have a brother with a beat-up face?" "Isn't it, Pal?" "No, it's..." "No, it isn't" "No wonder." "She's my half-sister" "You're drunk" "Tell us some other time" "No, I can't." "Poor girl." "I have to clear it up" "My old man was a woman chaser" "My old lady's a geisha" "My old man told me he sired me when he was dead drunk" "I'm not through" "When my old man beat me up, he'd say..." "I begot you when I was dead drunk, so you're a fool." "It used to make me so mad!" "He fathered me when he was drunk" "Brother" "Should've been serious!" "Excuse me" "Where to, mama?" "Toilet?" "Please." "Go ahead" "Can't put off going there" "Me too." "I'll go too" "Don't worry!" "Be right back!" "I'm quick at it" "Being fast is sort of an art too." "Wish I could show you how fast I am" "I'm going" "Mama!" "Which way?" "Listen, where's the toilet?" "We're back!" "Don't worry!" "I went alone with her!" "So it was a great success!" "Yeah!" "Is it true?" "A success?" "I wonder." "A failure?" "Don't you cry, sister of mine..." "Who's wetting my fence?" "You octopus!" "What about you?" "Noisy from morning till night!" "Don't you know there's a girl here?" "Come here a minute!" "Crazy working all day long!" "Go to bed when the sun sets!" "You lousy man!" "I was born and bred in Shibamata, Katsushika, Tokyo" "I'm Torajiro Kuruma, but called Hippie Tora!" "Like you, Tokyo of the neon lights and jazz is my abode now" "Fate threw us together" "I'm working like mad for my only sister" "Whether I travel west or east" "I'm always indebted to the local folks" "Please remember yours truly the Ugly Japanese, and help me!" "Come in" "Excuse me" "I'm sorry about yesterday" "No, no." "Sit down" "Hard getting him home?" "Mr. Kamakura was here." "He asked to be remembered by you" "So I'll give you the answer first" "I know." "He came to refuse?" "Yes." "I'm sorry" "It's all right." "I knew it." "I see" "I'm sorry" "It's all right" "Magazines, folks" "Dirt cheap." "A big bargain" "All sorts of magazines" "All cheap" "What a lousy sales pitch!" "Can't you do better?" "Dummy!" "Pal?" "Pal Tora?" "I looked all over for you!" "You're trash!" "I said go home and help your folks!" "I'm desperate!" "Take your pick!" "So desperate I'd bite into a sun-ripened eggplant!" "But can't with store-bought teeth!" "Girls, made up pretty!" "You would pay 500 or 600 yen at a department store!" "Know why it's cheap?" "A bookstore couldn't pay the taxes." "A sacrifice sale!" "400 yen!" "300!" "200!" "100!" "How about it?" "You still won't buy?" "All right then!" "I'm back!" "Is my sister in?" "There you are!" "Don't hold back!" "Come in!" "I'll introduce you to sis." "Hurry up!" "Pretty?" "She's working in an office." "She's way above you." "Noboru's like a brother" "You can see he's a fool, but the poor devil has no family" "We're going to work together, so look after him" "Why are you looking so down?" "What's up?" "How can you act so unconcerned?" "Apologize!" "What's bugging you?" "Sakura's marriage!" "She was turned down!" "She was?" "She was turned down?" "Isn't she plain lucky?" "That immature slob!" "She'll have a string of suitors" "A hard time refusing them!" "I see." "That's why you were drinking?" "Like a desperate egg-plant" "Dark and good to eat" "But can't with store teeth!" "Stop it, fools!" "Let me talk!" "Tora, she was turned down because of you!" "She can't expect a better offer!" "Frankly, Sakura's an orphan and has no dowry." "When it came to marriage, it's been harder than we'd care to say!" "Speak right up then!" "She can't marry because of me?" "Stop it." "I'm resigned to it" "Yes, that's important" "And you asked me to go to the marriage-meeting." "Griping hag" "What's that?" "Hag?" "Mad, old fossil?" "How can you?" "You're indebted to him!" "Apologize!" "Apologize?" "You're just a kid sister- don't be fresh!" "You are!" "Acting the big brother!" "Don't you know how you've made me worry?" "How dare you slap her?" "Don't be rough!" "What're you?" "A factory hand?" "Go ahead, Hiroshi!" "You've my permission!" "Give it to him good!" "Sure, go ahead!" "What have I done anyway?" "Try and hit me!" "Stop" "How about it?" "Did it hurt?" "I didn't hit you!" "It was your dead father's fist!" "What a joke!" "His hurt way more!" "When you left, your pa was worried sick!" "When I saw you again," "I thought he'd be so happy if he could see you!" "But I'm glad he's dead!" "I bet he'd think so too if he saw you like this!" "He's turning in his grave!" "Sakura, my medicine" "What is it?" "Pull yourself together!" "Don't stare!" "Is Uncle all right?" "Yes, he's fine." "Let me!" "Sakura!" "It's late!" "Hurry!" "You'll be late for work!" "My brother left!" "Sis." "I'm sorry about last night." "I'm going away but I'll always be praying for your happiness." "Take care of Noboru for me." "Goodbye." "Your foolish brother, Torajiro." "There he is!" "Brother!" "Pal!" "Wait for me!" "Don't mind them!" "Go on!" "Pal!" "Have a heart!" "Don't leave me behind!" "Brother!" "Don't go!" "Boatman!" "Come back!" "Don't go back even if they call you" "You wouldn't know but mine's a hard world" "Brother!" "Why are you going away?" "ONE MONTH LATER" "Special letter" "Special delivery?" "From who?" "From Fuyuko Tsubouchi in Nara." "The priest's daughter" "Miss Tsubouchi?" "Let's read it." "Are you all well?" "I have been in Nara almost 3 months." "I am well now and Father has come for me, so I am coming home." "Today, while I was showing father around, we ran into a rate man." "It seems so funny remembering it." "Not tired?" "No" "It's very noisy around here" "Hey, Tora-san!" "Yes" "Beautiful, fine, fine" "Even beauty has its drawbacks" "Beautiful but I'm all worn out" "No decent meals" "But you folks eat steaks" "Right, Master?" "The good priest!" "Well, well, how do you do?" "Thank you for that time" "Here to see how people live?" "Why're you here?" "Your relatives are worried" "I was selling things in Kyoto" "I got hold with them" " Take them here and there" "You do get around." "She's beautiful." "I'll leave now" "Fool!" "She's my daughter!" "Did you forget?" "You nicknamed her Popeye and teased her" "Popeye!" "You remember him?" "Yes." "You're Tora?" "You haven't changed at all" "He left the foreigners and stayed with us all day long" "Here I go." "Smile!" "Please smile, sir" "I have none of you smiling" "Yes, he has a pokerface." "Smile" "Alright!" "I'll smile!" "Make it quick!" "Really?" "Smile." "Smile now" "Butter" "What's that?" "Anyway, hurry!" "Butter!" "What's the matter?" "It's cheese." "You mean cheese?" "What about cheese?" "Never mind!" "Hurry!" "Yes, yes, here I go." "Smile, please." "Butter" "If you'll excuse me..." "Tora, you're not returning to Shibamata?" "Well, I'm sorry." "Why not?" "Wouldn't Sakura want you to?" "She can't even marry with a brother like me" "He knows about it" "I won't insist, but live decently" "You'll be laughed at for wearing those shoes" "Thank you for your kindness" "Please be good to Sakura" "Not coming home?" "It's a shame" "If you'll excuse me..." "Tora" "We're leaving at 9 tomorrow." "Call me if you change you mind" "Yes" "Thank you" "So we parted from Tora." "We go to Kishu tomorrow" "We may be home before this card reaches you." "I'm looking forward to seeing you." "What's he doing in Nara?" "Selling kimono goods?" "Imitation silk, I'll bet" "He's a fool, a real fool" "He should help out here" "Shouldn't he?" "Maybe he can't live a decent life" "He must know it" "Excuse me" "200 yen's worth of sweets, please" "I'll bring them to you." "You will?" "Thanks" "Go out the back way." "It's closer" "I see." "Thanks" "Humming." "She likes him too?" "Yes." "Leave them alone." "It may work out" "Leave them alone?" "Tora would ruin it" "Miss!" "I'm back." "How do you do?" "Welcome back" "You seem very well" "We were just talking about you." "Please" "We received your card today" "I see." "You both look well." "Yes, thank you." "And the good priest?" "He's tired." "He sends his regards" "I see." "Thank you" "Say, bring some tea" "You must be tired" "So you saw Tora there?" "Yes, accidentally" "I see" "He up and left a month ago." "We've no word from him since" "We've been worried about him." "Is the fool well?" "Miss, I took the good priest and the luggage safely home" "He's pretty old" "His hips hurt, his knees knock - a bother" "Hi, Uncle and Aunt." "You're well?" "I see." "Good." "Miss told you?" "So I'll stay a few days" "It's burning" "I missed this place." "It hasn't changed a bit" "Just an old dump." "See the people here are creaking too" "Sakura home?" "I'd like to see her." "Is she at work?" "She's home..." "She is?" "Sakura!" "Brother!" "Sakura" "What happened?" "You're back so suddenly!" "You met Fuyuko?" "And then?" "I was worried about you, so I tagged along" "With her?" "I see" "Where's Fuyuko...?" "She's here" "In the shop?" "You're back?" "Wonderful!" "Sakura was worried" "Sakura?" "Acting cheeky!" "Don't come into other people's yards!" "Don't think you can hook Sakura!" "A college graduate for her!" "She's too good for factory hands!" "You know it, get lost!" "She's not married yet" "What are you looking at?" "Tora!" "I'm leaving" "You are?" "Pal!" "You're still alive?" "Miss!" "A present for you!" "He's a fool, really a fool" "Hi." "How's business?" "What's up?" "Still a fool?" "That scum!" "Only a gangster!" "We got trouble!" "My men went to Edogawa River to fight Tora!" "What should we do?" "Tell the police?" "Is it that bad?" "I think so." "It's terrible!" "Hey, stop fighting!" "Don't fight!" "Hey, acting like a pup caught by the dog catcher!" "Tora and your man are just talking it out!" "Is Hiroshi safe?" "Calm down!" "Is he safe?" "Hiroshi's okay." "He can handle a couple of men like them!" "Any complaints?" "Sakura's husband must be a university man?" "Of course!" "That a problem?" "Let's fight it out then." "Tell me." "Are you a university graduate?" "If you loved someone" "What would you do if her brother said that to you?" "What?" "I love someone and her brother...?" "Fool!" "I got no one!" "Don't be stupid!" "But if you did, you'd feel like I do" "Stop joking!" "Not me!" "Don't insult me!" "Why?" "Why?" "You're an idiot" "We're not the same" "If I eat a potato, would it make you fart?" "See?" "Just horse sense is no help!" "Speak up!" "Brother." "A question" "Have you ever been in love?" "How about it?" "Not even once?" "If you're a man, you must've loved someone deeply once." "Have you?" "What?" "You bum." "You're in love with Sakura, aren't you?" "Talking about love and a whole lot of nonsense!" "So, you want to marry her?" "I wouldn't go so far..." "Not in love?" "Yes, I love her" "What then?" "Make yourself clear!" "As you said, I have no family and I'm not a university graduate..." "I see." "So you can't get married if you're not?" "That's your rule?" "But brother, I...!" "Hey don't call me Brother so easy like that!" "Okay, then, go ahead" "It's a democracy." "Dating, kissing, petting - give her the works" "Yes" "Yes?" "Can you hook a girl with that face?" "Sakura's got a strong mind." "You confident?" "No" "No?" "Awful if she turns you down" "You make me cry!" "I'll give you some pointers" "Please, Brother" "Too soon to call me that!" "In short, the eyes catch girls" "I don't mean to stare like this." "They'll think you're crazy" "So just a quick glance" "Like this" "I'll pierce her like Cupid's arrow" "So she looks at you" "Quick, you look down" "She'll look surprised" "Meet her eyes then, don't let them go" "Gaze at her wistfully, longingly, asking her to pamper you" "It'll mesmerize her" "Then give a last push -- talk with your eyes with my eyes?" "Sure, they talk." "Watch me" "They talked." "About what?" "What?" "You oaf!" "They said, I love you!" "What is it?" "Something in your eye?" "No." "It's dusty here now, isn't it?" "Uhmmm look." "We're stuck." "I'll turn it around" "Tora!" "Don't move, Miss!" "Brother" "What is it?" "Just came for a looksee" "Big company." "How many employees?" "About 1200 here" "Men all university grads?" "Yeah, most of them" "Great" "Why'd you come here?" "I just dropped in" "I'd better run along" "Leaving?" "That reminds me." "What do you think?" "About what?" "You know." "Hiroshi next door" "What about him?" "Nothing." "Just asking" "Impossible?" "What do you mean?" "Nevermind." "It's nothing at all" "Are the toilets here foreign ones?" "Yes." "Why?" "Nothing" "My regards to the president" "Sorry to bother you" "Working overtime, men?" "Fine, fine." "Work beats poverty any day" "How was it?" "Nothing doing." "Give up." "No hope" "Did you ask her?" "Sure thing." "You're no talker so I put it to her good" "That I want to marry her?" "Sure, but there's no chance" "I see" "Cheer up." "Let's go for a drink" "Torajiro" "Here we go." "Getting formal on me." "What is it?" "Have you ever been in love?" "I know." "I know how you feel" "Go ahead, cry." "Have a good cry" "Hey, don't stand around!" "There's no show here!" "Get to work, lazy pigs!" "No workmen's spirit?" "What's the matter Hiroshi?" "I can see your window from my room" "When I wake up I watch you" "You open the curtains, yawn and put away the bedding" "On Sundays, you sing" "On winter nights, you read and cry" "During my 3 years in the factory" "I enjoyed seeing you every morning!" "It was the only thing I looked forward to!" "I'm leaving but please become happy!" "Goodbye" "What's going on?" "What did he come here to say?" "Brother, what happened at the factory?" "Nothing." "What did he say?" "He said he's leaving!" "What?" "Brother, wait a minute!" "Tora, what have you done to him?" "What's wrong?" "Your face is all red." "No jokes anymore, he wanted to resign!" "What?" "Without him, the factory will be finished" "That's a good thing." "He doesn't need to slave away in that dump" "Tell him I did him a favor." "What?" "!" "Brother!" "Tell me what you said and did." "Nothing much." "I just said to give up on you." "Oh well right?" "Then when you came to my office...?" "Yes." "You were cold." "I wasn't!" "Boss!" "Hiroshi really left!" "Is it true?" "Leave him alone!" "Fool!" "You big fool!" "Hiroshi!" "I was thinking of Sakura's happiness!" "Stop meddling!" "What?" "Me meddle?" "Yes!" "If you hadn't, it would have turned out well!" "Fool!" "What a joke!" "What lout can't even hold hands!" "Hiroshi is no lout!" "He's my chief engineer!" "We may fold up without him!" "Good." "More sunshine!" "Say that again!" "Are you deaf?" "I said more sunshine!" "You don't know how hard it is for small enterprises!" "Pal!" "Shut up!" "Get out!" "Yes, that's best!" "It wouldn't have happened if you hadn't come back!" "That does it!" "Kicking me out?" "It's the end if you say it!" "Okay." "I'm the odd man here!" "I'll never come back!" "Shut up!" "To think you'd say it!" "I'm back" "Brother." "I'm going to marry Hiroshi" "We're engaged" "Boss!" "Hiroshi's back!" "Really?" "You don't mind?" "Do you, Brother?" "Thanks for everything." "Where were you?" "They're waiting!" "I know!" "I know!" "I clean forgot my notes!" "The go-between?" "I'm here!" "Octopus!" "Where were you hiding?" "Making people worry!" "Ruining the wedding." "It's starting!" "Why're you here?" "Go away!" "First...!" "What is it?" "Please introduce both families" "Wait." "Both families?" "Must be a mistake." "His old man's farming in Hokkaido" "After a fight, he cut off his ties with him" "So he wouldn't come" "It's a mistake." "Let's go" "Tora, see him first and then..." "Say, girl." "No, no, a mistake" "I'm sorry, Mister" "Father" "I'm his father" "I'm his mother" "Suwa..." "Honorary Professor" "How do you read his name?" "I don't know" "He didn't want to come" "A fine professor!" "A phony?" "Ready?" "I'll take the photo." "Please smile" "Butter!" "I was bad a while and was expelled from school" "Then he cut me off!" "I want no part of him!" "But he came from Hokkaido?" "Just for appearance's sake!" "But..." "Brother?" "We're starting pretty soon" "I understand" "I know he lacked manners" "Don't worry." "Leave it to me." "I'll handle it." "Please applaud!" "The groom, Hiroshi..." "Suwa" "He was born in Ishikari County...the 3rd son..." "I'm sorry I'm such a poor go-between" "Stupid octopus!" "Hiroshi and Sakura quarreled" "Sorry!" "Wrong story!" "I mean they fell in love after he had a big fight with her brother" "It started when her brother said no factory hand could marry his sister." "I didn't say that!" "Unlike Torajiro, Sakura was a gentle and warm-hearted child" "She'd go out and cry with him when he was scolded by his father" "She was like that" "On the other hand, Torajiro..." "You're too slow" "That face --- laughing at a poor man's wedding!" "If he speaks, he'll insult us!" "Don't let him!" "We have to." "He's the groom's father." "No, let me talk!" "I'll tell him what's what!" "Is that a problem?" "No, no." "After his father" "I'm last?" "Okay, fine." "Forget and I'll bust your head!" "It was a very nice wedding" "And now, a word from the parents of the newlyweds" "First, Hiroshi's father, Mr. Ichiro Suwa" "Ordinarily, as the father of the groom" "I should thank you all" "But we do not have the right to do so" "But even parents like us feel like all parents" "In all frankness, I saw my son for the first time in 8 years" "Watching him surrounded by your warm friendship and Sakura's gentle love..." "I can hardly bear the shame I feel" "What did I do for my son as a parent?" "My guilty conscience tells me what an inadequate father I was" "I know my wife beside me is thinking the same thing" "These 8 years were like a long, long winter to us." "But due to you, spring is coming to us at last." "I thank you, everyone" "Sakura" "Please take care of Hiroshi" "Sakura's brother." "Please keep an eye on both of them" "Wait!" "Father!" "Mother!" "Thank you!" "I know Hiroshi is very happy!" "Thank you!" "Sakura!" "Sakura, isn't it nice?" "Thank you!" "Thank you!" "I'm back!" "I took the sweets to the temple" "Thanks." "Was Miss in?" "Yes." "She said you must be lonely without Sakura" "She's gentle" "Pal?" "He's around." "Pal, Miss said you must be lonely too." "Are you kidding?" "Feels nice without that tomboy!" "That so?" "She said to come over" "I'm going out, Uncle" "Ok" "Not much of an errand." "Just having my watch repaired." "I see." "Go then." "Oh, yes, the temple wants their bath fixed, so I'll go over" "Yes, go there" "Thanks" "What'd you say thanks for?" "Why?" "Trying to bug me?" "No." "I'm sorry if I upset you." "I didn't mean to" "Just so you know." "Goodbye." "Take your time." "Take my time?" "I said I'd be right back!" "I've no time to loaf!" "What do you mean?" "I'm sorry" "Now, now, he meant no harm" "Noboru apologized" "Just so he knows" "I'm going" "Yes, do" "When she was at home, I thought Sakura noisy and bossy" "But the house seems deserted now that she's gone" "I know." "Especially since she's your only kin" "That's right" "Have you lost weight?" "Yes, about 8 pounds" "You're pale too" "Got no appetite" "That's bad!" "You'll get sick!" "Are you all right?" "I'll be fine." "Who's he?" "Listen..." "let's go and chase away the blues" "I feel depressed too" "Let's go" "Go!" "Go!" "Good job!" "I'll treat you." "I won 2000 yen." "This dump?" "Never mind" "Eat it while it's hot." "It's good" "Good?" "It's good" "Of course." "It's cat meat." "No, it isn't!" "Fooling her again!" "Saw you strangle one!" "Can't fool me, I know!" "Why can't I sing?" "Whistling was a childhood friend." "Whistling whenever I chose" "Everybody's asleep" "Shall we go to sleep too?" "Yes" "Tora, goodbye" "This is yours." "Thanks" "Good night" "Goodbye!" "I could kill her, loving her so" "But I never touched her, you know" "Laugh at me a sentimental fool" "I'm no wolf, I play it cool" "It's the rule that I live by..." "I'm home" "What the..." "The stairs are here" "He's really a fool" "Hot every day, isn't it?" "Excuse me." "Going fishing with Miss" "Fool!" "Where are your eyes?" "Watch out, dim wit!" "A guest?" "I'm sorry." "I promised to go today?" "It's all right." "Please, please" "I'm sorry!" "Going home?" "A relative?" "Yes, he's going to become one" "Fuyuko's future husband" "Had a hard time, but I finally found a good man" "Don't tell anyone yet" "I could kill her, loving her so..." "Miss, laugh at me" "I could die, loving you so..." "Thank you" "This one?" "You might break it!" "Oh sorry!" "You're back?" "Sakura, when'd you get back?" "Late yesterday" "I see." "A nice honeymoon?" "Yes." "Thank you for everything Uncle" "No at all." "I'm glad!" "Is Tora back, Noboru?" "At the temple." "He promised Miss" "It's awful." "Sakura!" "I saw Miss Fuyuko's groom at the temple" "She has one?" "University professor." "A fine man" "So?" "Tora ran into them" "Oh, no!" "Gen told me." "Where is he?" "He left, his face pale as a ghost." "He won't drown himself?" "Hardly" "He will rave tonight." "Awful!" "Awful!" "Does he love her so much?" "Does he?" "I'll say." "Doesn't he?" "Everybody knows he went there every day after your wedding" "There's gossip?" "Only he didn't know" "Miss is so gentle, she didn't mind, I guess" "But he was a nuisance" "Miss should have told him off!" "She's to blame too" "No!" "It was Tora's mistake to fall in love with her." "That's right." "His fault, so he can't complain" "But it's troublesome" "Sakura, get me my pillow." "I feel sort of tired" "Poor man." "I wonder what he's doing." "What's he doing?" "He's really a fool." "Don't say that." "He's my brother." "But he's a fool." "You were back?" "Yes" "What were you doing?" "I don't know" "Here all along?" "I heard" "Don't laugh!" "Boss!" "Phone!" "Hey!" "Phone call!" "We got back last night." "Thanks a lot" "I see." "That's fine." "Fine" "What's up?" "Nothing" "What would there be?" "Pal" "I'm in pain" "Medicine for my heart" "What happened?" "Where are you going?" "Taking a trip" "I was going anyway." "Brother, I don't know what to say" "Never mind" "You're really mad?" "Forgot it." "It's one of those things" "A lie." "You're really angry" "You have no place to go!" "You're a fool!" "Listen, Tora!" "You're really going away?" "Pal!" "Hachinoe?" "Your home's there?" "So go home." "Be a good son" "But Pal!" "Get this, kid." "It's about time you thought of your age" "Can't even sell stuff and tagging along" "Ever think how you'll end up?" "What'll you do?" "End up like me?" "Yes, I want to be like you" "Fool!" "Become a fool like me?" "You that big a fool?" "Pal!" "Take me along with you!" "Fool!" "Don't act like a spoiled brat!" "Want the truth?" "I'm sick and tired of your fat face!" "Get lost!" "Get lost, I said!" "I will!" "That suit you?" "What're you looking at?" "There's no show here!" "ONE YEAR LATER" "The baby's smiling." "It's smiling at me" "Good baby." "Good baby" "Who does he take after?" "Again?" "Never mind!" "How about it?" "Well...not exactly like Sakura..." "Not like Hiroshi either" "But like someone?" "Stop it, Aunt!" "Who then?" "It's Tora" "Yes, you're right" "Oh, no!" "A card for your daughter" "I'll send it on to her." "Leave it" "Is she well?" "Yes, she's fine." "She says she's getting better." "Now, now, don't cry, Tora." "Don't cry!" "Dear Mrs. Tsubouchi:" "I haven't written to you in a long time." "It's over a year since I left home." "Time does fly." "I heard my sister has a child and I am very happy." "A stupid sister but my only kin, so please be good to her." "When I think back, I'm ashamed of many things." "So I spend my days with Noboru regretting what I did." "I beg you to forget them too from the bottom of my heart." "Girls, made up pretty!" "A bookstore couldn't pay the taxes." "A sacrifice sale!" "400 yen!" "300!" "200!" "100!" "How about it?" "You still won't buy?" "All right then!" "I'm desperate!" "Take your pick!" "So desperate I'd bite into a sun-ripened eggplant!" "But can't with store-bought teeth!"