"Directed by SHIMIZU Hiroshi" "KONJIKI YASHA" "Novel OZAKI Koyo Adaptation MINAMOTO and NAKAMURA" "Camera HAOKI Ishao and SAITO Tsuyoshi Sound THUCHIHASHI Takeo and ISHIKAWA Keichi" "MAIN SONG Lyrics SATO Sonosuke Music LEIMOND Hatori and ITO Shoji" "Cast" "NATSUKAWA Dajirô KAWASAKI Hiroko" "SANO Shuji OTSUKA Kimiyo SABURI Shin" "TAKAMINE Mieko KONOE Toshiaki MIAKE Kuniko" "RYU Chisu OKAMURA Hayako TOYOTA Mithuru" "Mine!" "Mine!" "Oh, how flowers lose their colour while I am pondering." "You depend so much on other people's opinion that not even in dreams do you (...)* ...to visit me." "I hide my feelings so much that people are surprised at my sadness." "Mine!" "Sorry, but you've said "mine"." "I hide my feelings so much that people are surprised at my sadness." "People are surprised by my sadness." " I have it!" " I have it!" "It was not feeling what I felt when I did not see you, for when I saw you feeling overwhelmed me." " Mine!" " I have it!" "A rumour has spread saying that I am in love, although I did not mean to reveal it." " I have it!" " Mine!" " Mine!" "Like a wider and wider river, my love grew steadily and peacefully." "What do you think?" "Do you believe that Mia has liked Mr Tomiyama?" "It seems so." "Yes, she seems to be rather glad." "She peeled his mandarins." " She poured him tea..." " Did she really do that?" "This evening has been a total success for him, then." "Thank you very much for driving me home despite the snow." "You are welcome." "It's on my way." " So you also live around Ueno?" " Right." "I live very near your place." "Really?" "I didn't know." "I used to see you sometimes." "Oh, well..." "On the outward train and on the return train, on Hirokoji Street, in Ueno wood..." "Well..." " I didn't know anything." " I imagined that." "You were always with a college student." "That fellow hasn't got anything to do with me." "It's just that we've grown up together since we were kids." " He's like a brother." " Your brother?" "Really..." "I feel relieved." "I see..." "Like a brother..." "Oh..." "Kanichi." "Your brother?" "I'll get off here." "We still haven't arrived." "I'll take you." "No, it's not necessary." "Thank you very much." "Well..." "What's the matter?" "He's brought me." " He's brought you?" " Yes." "How strange." "Why only you?" "Because..." "I don't know." "Are you angry?" "No, I'm not angry." "It's so cold." "Yes..." " Very cold." " Yes." "Very cold." "It seems that it's going to snow." "Why don't you come under my cloak?" "Isn't there anyone around?" "Who cares?" "You smell of alcohol." "Have you been drinking?" "Yes, tonight our group had a party." "They've made me drink." "Everyone's told me "Banzai!" and I've had a good time." "Why have they said "Banzai!"?" "To congratulate us." "What a fright." "How awful." "I've felt vulgarly attacked." "Vulgarly?" "Who might they be who do such vulgar things?" "Tarao, Kazahaya, Kabata and Yakura." "They're all vulgar and brave men." "Well, they're so naughty." "Your hands are so cold." "Yours, too." "Don't squeeze me so tightly." "Hey, fellows, write something for me." "Again?" "Yesterday I wrote, too." "Yesterday was yesterday and today is today." "Come on, Yakura, write something." "Phew, I'm too lazy." "I'll write also tomorrow's piece." "Tomorrow will be tomorrow." "Come on, write." "Please." "Hey, Todahaya, write." "Me?" "Write, write, write." "Kanichi writes a love letter." "Dear Kanichi, banzai." "Banzai, banzai, banzai." "Terakado." " Welcome home." " Where's Mia?" " She's gone on a trip." " On a trip?" " Yes, she's gone to Atami." " To Atami?" " Yes." "Has she left any message for me?" "No, she hasn't left anything." "Hello, uncle." "Hello." "Welcome." "How was the concert?" "It's been all right." "Where has Mia gone?" "She's gone to Atami with her mother to have a convalescence rest." "I see." "Has she overcome her cold?" "Speaking of..." "You don't know yet." "What?" "Mia has received a marriage proposal." "A marriage proposal?" "Is that true?" "From a Tomiyama family." "They're very interested." "He's got a country house in Atami." "That's why they've gone there, since they need a rest anyway." "Tomiyama...." " Tomiyama..." " They say he's quite rich." "Has Mia accepted it?" "She has neither accepted nor rejected." "Have you accepted it?" "I think it's a great proposal." "Uncle!" "Do you want to play with me?" "Have you accepted Tomiyama's proposal?" "If I accept..." "I can't believe it." "That you are going to marry Tomiyama." "You and me, we seemed to be already married." "Mia...." "Do you remember that we talked about our future together?" "That's why, if you marry someone else, it would be incredible." "I've thought it over." "It will still take you three or four years to get your degree, right?" "Furthermore..." "Even if you get your degree, nowadays you can't know if you'll find a job right away." "Probably I would have to wait many years until you are independent." "But through this proposal I found out about the situation at home." "The situation at home?" "Yes." "A carefree life like today's can't last long." "You mean it's desperate?" "No, it's not so critical." "It's only that I feel that all whims have come to an end." "My father says he wants to take care of you until you get your degree, because you are his best friend's son." "If that's why you want to marry Tomiyama." "I'd quit university tomorrow and start working." "Quit university?" "What would I win getting my degree if I sacrificed you on the way?" "If you were tired of me and were in love with Tomiyama and married him," "I wouldn't object." "But if you get married because of money, I will object." "Listen, Mia..." "A sparrow only eats one or twenty rice grains." "Even if there's a rice bag, you can't eat it all at once." "If you want to, from tomorrow on I will work and earn enough to eat." "I..." "I had never imagined a life with so much poverty." "For my old parents' sake," "I don't want to lead such a life." "So..." "You'll marry Tomiyama, won't you?" "Listen..." "Maybe I am being a pain, but you can't reach happiness weighing up love and money." "Come on..." "Think it over." "It's a vital decision." "If I married Mr Tomiyama, what would you do?" "What are you saying?" "Do you love money so much?" "Mia...." "This is the last night we'll be together." "And it will be also the last we'll be talking." "Mia, don't forget it." "Tonight." "And this same night next year, and this same night in two years," "I will remember it for ever." "Wait, Kanichi!" "Wait, Kanichi!" "Wait!" "Kanichi!" "Leave me alone!" "I will always reproach you for this." "Dear mother," "I arrived last night." "I'm fine." "I got up early and we went for a walk around here." "I am so worn out that my husband carried me on his back." "We're going to be happy." "Is it ok like this?" "Well..." "I am reading aloud and he sleeps and snores." "Oh, how tired I am." "How is ." "Kanichi?" "Listen..." "Listen..." "How may Kanichi be?" "Again?" "That's enough." "Although I knew you had a boyfriend," "I proposed to you." "Now we're married." "Don't speak so much about him." "We're a married couple." "I am your husband." "You are my wife." "FINANCIAL COMPANY" "380 yen." "Father..." "I don't say it's a bad thing to go after profit." "But I wish you owed your wealth to justice." "To take advantage of a weak spot and set such a high interest coveting profit, is very unpleasant for me." "Father!" "What do you want?" "Do you know how everybody calls you?" "Hellish demon." "Mixing with you is disgusting." "You probably don't care about other people." "But it hurts me to hear people saying that." " All right, all right." " Have you understood?" "Can you leave this business, then?" "I understand what you mean." "But you are you and I am I." "You like studying, you like reading, you don't understand yet the real world." "You are always saying that this business is dirty and disgusting." "Why is it a problem to earn money?" "It's true that we collect a high interest." "But on lending money, we never cheat people saying that our interest is low." "People ask for loans understanding this." "And so you say that it is dirty and disgusting?" "People are free no to ask for loans knowing the interest is so high." "People only complain out of selfishness." "You should see the real world, not only spend your time reading books." "29,000 yen..." "Work, work without a break." "In order to go to the temple you're putting on a lot of make-up." "Yes." "It's such a beautiful day." "It's all right, then." "But you shouldn't worry an old man like me." "You shouldn't worry when I'm making myself up." "Yes, I know." "However, Hazama is very young." "Do you mean that I might find him attractive?" "Stop kidding." "No, it's not that." "Old men are usually jealous." "The source of jealousy is the fear of losing you to other men." "And it means that I love you." "Ugh, how awful." "Come off it..." "Work, work without a break." "Hazama, come in." "Hazama..." " Are you leaving, too?" " Yes, I'm leaving." "Here, another." "No, thank you." "I'll have another." "I don't think you should." "I won't if you say so." "Listen, Hazama..." "What?" "Tonight I would like to discuss something with you." "Are you willing to listen?" "We've come here because you said you wanted to talk." "I..." "I am a bit drunk." "I may say something inappropriate but don't heed it too much." "I'm not guided by alcohol." "I am serious." "Ok?" "Come on, have another." "I won't offer you any more." "Hazama.... let me ask you this:" "Until when are you going to continue working in Waribiki?" "You'll become independent one day, won't you?" "Of course." "As soon as I have some capital." "Really?" "I imagined that." "It's just what I thought." "What I'm going to say is perhaps a little impudent, but don't get angry." "If you became independent tomorrow, you could have at your disposal the money I own." " Would you lend it to me?" " Yes, I would." "To be honest," "I wouldn't like to stay for ever in Waribiki." "That's why..." "When you become independent, me too..." "You know..." "I don't understand." "What does your quitting Waribiki have to do with my independence?" "Don't you understand my feelings?" "Not only yours." "I don't understand anyone's." "I trust money more than people." "You can't trust human heart." "Although I'd like to accept your loan offer, this doesn't include you." "I am like this." "So you don't care for me at all?" "Hazama...." "Even though you speak like that, aren't you engaged in any way?" "See?" "You are." "Even if you're engaged," "I won't give up." "I am like this." "I was engaged." "But she betrayed love and left for money." "That's why I'd like to return the blow with money." "It's no use insisting, money's the only thing I want." "Even if it's no use," "I am like this." "It's up to you." "Hazama!" "Hazama!" "I'd like you to take the initiative." "What do you mean?" "For instance, pay or recognize the debt." "One of both things." "It wasn't me who asked for the loan." "Well, you are not the debtor, but you are the guarantor." "Since the debtor is bankrupt, there's no other choice but .requiring from you to pay the debt as a guarantor." "That's why I've been paying the interest so far." "I can do nothing more." "This is a problem." "This is a problem for me." "So why did you accept being the guarantor?" "We are only claiming our right." "We only want you to fulfill your obligation." "Whatever you may say, I can do nothing more." "Go away, please." "I see." "There is no other choice, then." "We'll proceed to the last step." "Get ready." "The last step?" "What do you mean?" "Seizure." "How?" "Seizure?" "Don't mock me." "Masayuki!" " Masayuki!" " Yes?" "Come." "Heavens, are you Hazama?" "Hello." "Such a long time." "Hey, Kurahaya..." "Hazama's here." "Really?" "Hazama?" "What's happened, mother?" "What's happened is that I am the guarantor, as you know." "And I'm paying the interest because I am responsible." "He says I have to pay everything." "And on top of it he's going to seize our property." " If it was a low amount..." " I see." "Hi Hazama." "Such a long time." "How have you been doing?" "You can see." "I thought you were someone else, because you've changed a lot." "I didn't imagine you'd do this for a living." "I didn't want to accept that rumour." "Knowing your character, I wonder how you've ended up doing this." "This job can't be done by an honest person." "You mean you're not?" "I realized that someone like me was unable to survive on the human path." "When I stopped studying, I also stopped being human." "And started to do this." "Thank you." "As far as the debt is concerned, could you give us a special treatment?" "What do you mean with special treatment?" "It is special." "I am only an employee." "I can't do any favours." "Shall I, then, proceed to take the last step?" "Wait, Hazama." "Is this how you treat your old friends?" "Friendship is friendship." "A loan is a loan." "They're different things." "I'm leaving." "Hazama!" "You!" "I feel like hitting such a hateful person!" "But when I look into your face," "I remember our past times as students, wearing the same uniforms." "Aren't you ashamed?" "You're boasting of a debt being recognized." "I want Arao to be a witness of this humiliating situation." "He said that losing you made him sadder than losing his own brother!" "If he saw you now, he would be very sorry." "I'm off now." "You had better avoid any complications." "How can you still say that!" "I can't believe it!" "We don't believe it, but it's reality." "I thought of hitting him." "That once so polite Hazama has become the employee of a usurer." "Poor man..." "Fool..." "Such a long time." "Very long..." "Do you remember me?" "I've many things to say." "Do you regard me as a friend?" "As a close friend." " That..." " Do you think I am one?" "It's a lie." "So why didn't you tell me anything before quitting university?" "A close friend never disappears without saying anything." "Listen..." "Even though your girlfiend left you, a close friend would never do that." "Why did you reject your closest friend?" "Why have you become a slave of money?" "Have a good look at yourself!" "Have a good look at yourself!" "Are these tears?" "There's still some goodness left in these tears." "I'm trying to convince you." "Please, don't continue and go away." "I've run out of tears." "Ok." "No tears left." "We've finished, then." "This is our farewell gift!" "Don't forget it!" "I was your best friend, too!" "Me, too!" "Hey, Arao!" "You have a visitor." "I am Arao." "I am Mia." "I'm from Shinizawa." "From Shinizawa?" "Oh, you're Mia." " It's been some time." " Yes, a lot." "It's true." "What do you want?" "Well..." "Well..." "I..." "I..." "I would like to see Kanichi." " Hazama?" " Yes." "Do you have any news about him?" "What will you do after knowing?" "See him and talk about many things." "And ask him to forgive me." "I saw him the other day." "Is it true?" "Kanichi?" "But he's not the Kanichi he used to be." "That's why I hit him with my own fist." "I hated him for betraying his best friend." "I hated to see him turned into a usurer." "What?" "A usurer?" "That's it." "But on seeing you now," "I can't hate him completely." "Arao...." "Please take me to Kanichi." "I have to see him." "I'll ask him to forgive me." "I have to do so." "It's all right if you want to see him." "It's all right if you apologize." "But... in spite of this, what will happen?" "He won't change." "He won't be again the one he was." "Or, if you see each other, maybe it's worse for him." "Now you are Mrs Tomiyama." "I can understand that you want to see him and ask him to forgive you, but you have a husband." "Take good care of him." "This way, please." "Hello." "Thanks for coming." "Doesn't your wife mind your calling me?" "That's why I've called you." "I love my wife." "How considerate." "Good, tell me." "But it will cost you a lot." "You're going to invite me for lunch." "Here." "What can I bring?" "Well..." "Bring something good." "What a stylish house." "By the way, have you ever got married?" "What an unexpected question." "Don't embarrass me." "Even if I've never got married," "I've had lots of experiences with men." "I'll ask you, then, as an example..." "If your wife had been in love with someone else before marrying, what would you do?" "Is it about your wife?" "How progressive." "Don't joke." "I'm serious." "So you stole a woman from another man." "You're a winner." "You feel good, don't you?" "Well, I'm not saying I feel bad but I don't feel good, either." "That's the problem." "How does she behave to you after marrying you?" "She treats me very well." "That's nice..." "Since she treats me so well," "I must, too." "As you know," "I thought our business was more prosperous, but after my father died, I found it wasn't." "Moreover, I got into buying shares, which is not my field, and lost quite a lot." "How am I going to satisfy my wife?" "That's the problem." "The man my wife married was a Tomiyama bank man, after all." "I see." "That's why you need me." "That's it." "By the way can you do anything?" "I'm sorry." "But I haven't been in charge of this lately." "In the first place," "I don't want to depend on Warimizu for ever." "Please ask your husband." "Well..." "I can't decide this by myself," "I'll discuss it with him." "I'll appreciate it." "But there will be conditions." "Ok." "I'm ready." "I know Warimizu." "I imagined it wouldn't be cheap." "Get ready." "Hello?" "Yes." "That's it." "Hazama, it's for you." "Hello?" "This is Hazama." "This is Michie." "Do you recognize me?" "Listen..." "There's a fine prey." "Can you come?" "If it's a fine prey, why don't you see to it yourself?" "Too much responsibility for me." "It's important." "You know him, too." "It's the son of the owner of Tomiyama bank." "What?" "Tomiyama's son?" "Tomiyama...." "Tomiyama...." "Can you see now why he's a fine prey?" "Hello?" "Hello?" "Can you hear me?" "Fine." "Hello?" "I'll be there in a minute." "Yes, yes." "I'm off right now." "I'm off for a while." "All right." "Watch out and don't let Michie entangle you." "Reject her proposals." "I'm leaving." "She must be very beautiful to get you so worried." "She's doesn't look bad." "I'll introduce her to you." "Ok." "I also have my contact." "You mean the man they talk about?" "Please." "I understand you very well." "You want to subdue your wife." "I also want to subdue a man I love, even if he's got a girlfriend or a wife." "I don't care." "He's a unique man, stands out among a million." "Among a million?" "Oh, well..." "Take another." "That's why, no matter what they say, if it's about my love..." "Hello!" "Excuse me." "Is it you they talk about?" "I am Hazama Kanichi, Wanibushi company." "Thank you for your allusion." "Stop being so polite." "Come on." "Have a drink." " No, thanks." " Come on." "You know each other?" "How much would you like?" "Having to ask you for money..." "Very well." "I'll do it." "It's not a whim of fortune, necessity has no laws." "It would be a considerable amount." "All right." "Hazama," "I'll return the double amount." "It's not necessary." "Just respect the deadline." "The deadline?" "Comply with the refund date." "Would I have to return my wife if I didn't respect the deadline?" "Talking about my wife, she remembers you a lot." "She always wondered how you were doing." "But lately..." "I don't know if she has given up or forgotten." "She doesn't mention your name." "It doesn't matter." "Please respect the deadline." "He's told me to respect the deadline." "Very well." "I'll return it without fail." "Double..." "Or even triple." "What a surprise to learn that your former fiancée is Tomiyama's wife." "Do you feel good lending money to your rival?" "The other day you said that you'd throw money on your fiancée's face because of having destroyed your relationship like that." "How are you?" "Feel better?" "Or won't you be satisfied until you seize Tomiyama's wife?" "Shut up." "How do I look?" "Great." "It's the first time I've used this hairdo." "I haven't shown it yet to my husband." "I would have removed it if you had told me that it didn't suit me." "I'm the jury, then?" "It really suits you very well." "I'm sure your husband will like it." "Really?" "Why don't you do the same?" "By the way, do you get along with your husband?" "Yes." "Very well." " He treats me excellently." " How nice." "Do you know anything about Kanichi?" "Yes." "But I haven't seen him." "What does he do for a living?" "Let's drop the subject." "But I feel pity for him." "Although I knew nothing," "I recommended you this marriage." "Let's drop the subject." "Toshiko has come today." "She wore a new hairstyle." "It suited her very well." "Fine." "Can you guess who I met today?" "Hazama." "Oh." "Kanichi?" "Would you like to see him?" "If you want, I can arrange it." "I want to show him very clearly that you are my wife." "But..." "It can't be." "Never mind." "Yes, never mind." "How's business?" "Not very good." "Really?" "You're not doing well?" "Do your best so as not to have your wife seized." "No problem." "I trust her." "That's good." "It would also affect me." "I see." "I guess it would bother you." "That's right." "So..." "By the way, let's have lunch together." "While we're at it, I'd like to ask you a favour." "Before we go, tell me what it's about." "It's something important." "To be honest, I'm in deep water." "I wouldn't like them to lose faith in me." "That's why..." "Could you lend me a bit more?" " Well..." " I know it's difficult, but I'm asking it as a favour." "Otherwise," "I don't know what will become of my bank." "For you, it would also be disagreeable if I ended up losing my wife." "It's clever of you to ask me for it." "Fine, I will discuss it with my husband." "Please do." "Welcome home." "Where is Hazama?" "A woman came not long ago and he's gone with her." " With a woman?" " Yes." "What is she like?" "She's very pretty." " Pretty?" " Yes." "How pretty?" "Did she wear a kimono or western clothes?" "She wore a traditional hairstyle and looked very pretty." "Traditional hairstyle..." "Mr Tomiyama's place?" "Is Mr Tomiyama in?" "Why are you so restless?" "Mr Tomiyama?" "Ah, is it Michie?" "Have you already discussed that?" "That doesn't matter." "Is your wife in?" "Is she at home?" "She's not, is she?" "It's about her..." "Hello?" "Husbands never realize." "Pardon?" "What are you talking about?" "Don't talk nonsense." "I trust my wife." "By the way, what about that enquiry?" "You know its result?" "Who cares?" "Listen..." "It's good if you trust your wife." "It was sad to suspect that she could be seeing her former boyfriend." "That's why I've called you." "Listen, Hazama, please, could you see Mia, even if only once?" "What does she want to do seeing me?" "Please tell her that you forgive her." "I pity her very much." "She must be very happy being Tomiyama's wife." "It's impossible for her not to be happy." "But if you don't forgive her I'll feel awful." "I don't want to know anything about your feelings nor anybody else's." "I'm like that." "A cold man." "Your wife has come." "Has she come back?" "Where is she?" "Well.... in the bathroom." "Mia!" "I'm already back." "Don't come in." "Don't open the door." "Open the door!" "Open it!" "Wait a little." "I'll be with you in a minute." "I can't wait!" "Open up!" "How do I look?" "Does it suit me well?" "Mia!" "Where have you been?" "I've gone to the hairdresser's." "And that makes you look pretty." "Who do you show this beauty?" "Who?" "Who do you want to show this hairdo?" "Tell me who." "You have ashamed me!" "Well..." "Honey..." "I think there is a misunderstanding." "I won't say more." "If you don't forget your former boyfriend, go away with Hazama Kanichi!" "But..." "What are you saying?" "Why do you mention Kanichi now?" "I know I did wrong." "But I have reflected." "You say you have reflected!" "Why have you seen him, then?" "But..." "When do you say I've seen him?" "Stop it!" "Go with him!" "No." "I won't go." "This is my home." "I haven't got any other home to go back to." "I see." "It's me who will leave, then." "But..." "Honey!" "Honey!" "Honey!" "Where are you going to?" "Shut up!" "Honey!" "Don't go away!" "If I've done something wrong, please forgive me." "I am no longer entitled to love you." "Leave me alone!" "Honey!" "Honey!" "Honey!" "Honey!" "Where are you going to?" "Where are you going to?" "I'll tell you the truth." "I'm broke." "That's why I have no right to love you." "I can't love you without money." "That's why although you've seen your love, although you've gone for a walk together," "I am no longer entitled to reproach you anything." "Go with Kanichi." "But..." "Honey..." "What are you talking about?" "If you don't leave," "I will." "Honey!" "Honey!" "Why do you tell me so suddenly?" "What are you going to do if you leave me?" "I want to have freedom." "Freedom?" "But..." "You haven't lacked freedom so far." "Even though you have fulfilled all your whims," "I've never reproached it to you." "You say you want to be free." " But what you really want is Kanichi." " That's right." "When I'm free," "I want to make the best of life with Kanichi." "Listen, Mitsue!" "You've taken unfair advantage!" "Who do you think you are talking to?" "Think it well over." "You have no right to speak like that." "I think I've worked so much that I'm entitled to speak like that." "I've sacrificed myself." "In return you've been treated by me better than many women ever are." "How disgusting." "Don't you tell me!" "Anyway, I'm leaving." "Listen!" "Mitsue!" "Wait!" "Listen!" "Don't get so angry." "Hazama...." "Where did you go yesterday?" "Tell me where." "You had a good time with a pretty woman, didn't you?" "The deadline hasn't been reached yet, nor has Tomiyama's wife been seized." "What are you talking about?" "I know everything." "The money you have provided her with," " you had already talked it over with her." " Nonsense." "Indeed I'm a fool." "Listen, Hazama..." "I'm leaving this house right now." "Really?" "It's a great relief to me." "What are you saying?" "Even if I'm leaving," "I won't give you up." "I am no longer tied nor ashamed to express what I feel." "Do whatever you want." "I'll interfere with you both." "You're making up this story yourself." " And you even believe it." " Certainly." "I'm going to act." "How appropriate of you to come." "You know where Mr Tomiyama is?" "I've come to see him." "Isn't he here?" "No, he isn't." "So you don't know, either." "What a complication." "What's wrong?" "We've looked for him everywhere, but we can't find him." "If he isn't there, what will become of the bank?" "What a complication." "Where can he be?" "Let's try again to reach him at home." "Hello?" "Pardon?" "Yes." "He isn't back yet." "Yes, that's right." "He's gone out quite a while ago." "Yes." "I don't know." "All right." "Father..." "I am sorry to have worried you." "It's my fault." "But my husband will come back." "I trust him." "But..." "If you are suffering, you can come back home." "Maybe it's also better for Tomiyama." "I feel guilty for having forced you, almost without thought, into a marriage to save the house in which we live." "No, father." "I don't think of that." "I have already forgotten Kanichi." "As soon as I got married," "I became Tomiyama's wife." "A wife's duty is to love her husband." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Is Mr Tomiyama there?" "Yes," "Tomiyama Bank." "Pardon?" "He's not there?" "But he's got nowhere to go to except for that place." "I've called everywhere." "He's there, isn't he?" "Tell me the truth." "You're sure he's not?" "All right." "What a tough job." "You're here, as I thought." "I've been looking for you just everywhere." "I've called several times, too." "I thought you had fled to a distant place." "I'm not strong enough to flee." "I can see that." "Do they know you're here?" "Yes, that's why I've hidden here." "You're taking it very easy." "What do you think will happen to your wife?" "Man out of funds, woman out of figure." "Hazama Kanichi." "Hazama Kanichi." "I've shown him to the living room." "Kanichi...." "I am Hazama Kanichi, from Guanibushi Company." "I'd like to see your husband." "I am Tomiyama's wife." "My husband is travelling." "What can I do for you?" " May I?" " Please." "It's about the loan we gave him." "Today's the deadline." "This?" "The thing is..." "My husband is travelling." "Could you put off the deadline until he's back?" "Even if he's travelling, today's the deadline." "But..." "He committed himself to this deadline." "If he doesn't return it today, we will apply the last option." "What does it consist of?" "It's the last option." "I'm very sorry, but.... ...we will enforce the regulations appearing in the agreement." "Please..." "Until Tomiyama comes back." "I am sure he'll come back." "I trust he'll come back." "I beg you to wait until he returns." "It is impossible to put off the deadline." "For a moneylender, for the current Hazama Kanichi, there is no pity." "But..." "My husband is not here." "I can't decide it by myself." "But madam..." "It is not a high amount, you can decide it by yourself." "This amount is not even as high as the allowance your husband gives you." "In the first place, there must be money enough in Tomiyama's safe to buy love." "Kanichi...." "How cruel." "You betrayed me seduced by an empty safe." "That empty safe turned you blind." "That's why I feel really sorry for you." "It's so little money..." "Hazama Kanichi.... ...will pay it for you." "Excuse me." "Kanichi...." "If it comforts you to throw the money to my face," "I'll be glad to accept it." "Why did you not hit me again and again?" "Until right now I've been wanting it." "Not one single day have I forgotten you ever since I said goodbye to you in Atami." "It's my fault." "I was very silly." "Kanichi...." "Forgive me." "I must love Tomiyama." "I'm going to be a mother." "For my child." "Forgive me, please." "It is my wish that you will be a good mother." "Please, look after your wife." "What's happened?" "Hazama Kanichi, the stupidest of all Japanese." "No." "Of the entire world." "THE END"