"MY SONS" "Thank you very much" "How many persons?" "Please wait a moment" "Fish done?" "The smelts?" "Not yet!" "Yeah, smelts" "Square plates!" "Damn country accents!" "Ali... square plates" "No, no" "I meant these..." "Learn Japanese to work here" "Let the damn government handle it" "Another hot day" "Ali..." "I may quit" "Why?" "I don't like it" "Your pay... how much?" "700 yen an hour" "They cheated you" "Better go home" "Home?" "Where you from?" "Bangladesh" "Bye" "Phone your dad back home once in a while" "Bye Bye" "Hello?" "It's me" "So it's you..." "Pa?" "Why so early?" "Tetsuo..." "Your mom's first death anniversary" "It's today?" "You forgot?" "No, no, I remember" "We'll start at one." "You'll come home?" "Home?" "Must I?" "Of course!" "Tadashi and Toshiko have come here with their families" "Come home, or our kin will complain see?" "If you don't have money..." "I'll give you some..." "So, come" "Get ready now and ride a "Bullet" train" "Right now ?" "I can't do that" "Pa?" "Pa!" "Iwate Prefercture, huh?" "Part 1" " Mother's First Death Anniversary" "Hey!" "..." "Are you Asano's kid?" "They're already at the temple... ass!" "You deaf, huh?" "Ass!" "Damn fool!" "Hey, courier guy!" "Hey!" "It's Tetsuo" "Look at yourself!" "Don't you have a white shirt?" "It's in my bag" "Put it on" "You can change later" "Toshiko..." "No baby yet?" "I want one, but..." "Try harder, huh?" "Some uncle!" "At a time like this!" "She sassed me!" "Yuko!" "Brother..." "Tadashi!" "This one?" "No" "This one either?" "But it's nice" "Will you come?" "What?" "Look" "Mom as a bride" "Let me see" "Hey, right!" "She's riding a horse" "Old, traditional wedding style" "Yeah, but it looks nice" "Who's this?" "Pa" "Father?" "He looks young" "When he was in Tokyo" "I recognize him" "In Tokyo, too" "I can tell." "It's Pa, okay" "Show me" "That reminds me" "I have something for Toru" "Whiskey from Hawaii" "Don't bother" "Tetsuo!" "Where is it?" "He's a scatterbrain" "What?" "I want to play with Uncle!" "Go to bed." "Say good night to everyone" "Tadashi..." "Why don't we talk about your father's future?" "Right." "We can't leave him alone here forever" "But he's still young" "Still, anything can happen when he lives alone" "Yeah, like that awful fire" "What happened?" "A father..." "His kids had moved to Tokyo" "His wife croaked on him - he was alone" "He left the propane gas on - his house burned" "Poor man!" "He was almost the same age as your pa" "What do you think?" "Will you live with him in the future?" "I figured" "So I bought an apartment in Chiba" "You did?" "Was it steep?" "Thirty years on time" "That's not bad" "But... it's on the 1 1th floor" "Eleventh?" "My children will be happ y to live with him" "But..." "Even on the 1 1th, you can't see any mountains" "All you can see is filthy concrete boxes" "And that way, the slick water of Tokyo Bay" "Why not a house with a garden?" "I think he needs soil after all" "Try harder" "That's ridiculous!" "How can a wage earner like me..." "afford a house like that?" "With a garden, in Tokyo?" "Stupid !" "Your notes" "Lousy marks!" "This is Tadashi's" "Your mom kept everything so neatly" "Toshiko, take this home" "How come you're all so mum?" "Your great kids were gabbing about you" "What about me?" "We can't leave you in this desolate place forever" "What's desolate about it?" "I can see mountains... hear the bubbling stream..." "I work my fields." "I live free as a bird" "I know , Brother." "But someday you won't be able to move" "I can shift for myself." "Don't fret, huh?" "But..." "Lay off that talk!" "He's right" "He's still young." "No need for that talk" "Brother, shall I get you a new wife?" "A young one" "Ass!" "On my wife's death anniversary!" "As the second son, you're real free" "Tetsuo's here, too?" "I sure am" "Why don't you come home... get hitched and live with him?" "That's best, huh?" "Get hitched?" "When he hasn't even got a steady job?" "Changed work again?" "Aren't you working at the place Tadashi recommended?" "I quit" "It was too hard" "Say so sooner" "I meant to, but..." "Think about my position, huh?" "Walking out...what's on your mind?" "Sorry to cause trouble" "I won't help him again!" "Tadashi..." "Lay it off, huh?" "Mamoru..." "Hey, it's late" "We'll go, too" "Sorry for this" "I'll do it" "You needn't bother" "We're leaving now" "Stay longer" "Why?" "If we all go at once... we'll feel sorry for Pa" "I'll see to him" "Hey, that's "Candies"!" "It's been so long" "We'd gone to their concerts" "At the town hall" "We were high on the joys of youth" "Well, keep living" "Visit us in Tokyo, see?" "Got the beans?" "Let's go" "Pa... we're going now" "You are?" "To make it to Tokyo before dark" "Come when it turns cool" "Tokyo's changed since you were there" "Thanks for coming" "Thanks" "So" "Say goodbye" "Goodbye" "See you" "Let's go home" "Uncle, you're coming too" "Come with us" "No, I can't go home" "Why, why?" "He's busy" "Don't stick your head out." "Your hands, either" "See you again" "Quit that!" "It's Pa" "Take care!" "Come see us!" "Yuko, Yasuko..." "Say bye-bye" "What's wrong?" "I was wrong to marry the eldest" "Tetsuo..." "When will you leave?" "Sis told me... to stay on a while and take care of you" "What do you do now ?" "Working in a drinking joint" "I pump beer and cook chicken" "Pay's good, but the human relations are lousy" "Plenty of job chances." "Someday I'll hit it right" "Let me do it" "With a job, it doesn't matter whether... you like it or not" "What's important is to stand it and learn, right?" "Again!" "You want me to farm 'cause I'm a dunce?" "Dunces can't do farming" "Are you so stupid that you can't see... yet how hard it is to farm land?" "How come Tadashi didn't become a farmer?" "What?" "Farming doesn't pay, does it?" "Even if you slave every day... tobacco won't bring even 1 .5 million yen a year" "In Tokyo just being a waiter pays... 800 yen an hour" "It's today's economic system in Japan" "You preaching to me?" "Your face sickens me" "Go back to Tokyo and get rich or do anything" "Damn fool!" "You think I'm an ass?" "You don't like me?" "You look at me like you want to ask... what the hell I came for!" "You like Tadashi better!" "You even flatter him" "Are college graduates so great?" "You don't know how hard it is on him" "He's a timid, country man" "A big company doesn't suit him" "I wish he were a teacher here" "Anyhow , it's too late to gripe, see?" "You're shiftless." "And... my wife died on me" "Life is unfair, right?" "Have you eaten?" "No" "I brought some grub" "Thank you kindly" "With them gone, you're lonely" "Part 2" " Son in Love" "It's so hot again!" "JOHOKU STEEL RODS" "Good morning" "You'll have a new man on your team from today" "Experienced?" "A part-timer" "He'll just be in the way" "Why don't you guys train him?" "A foreigner?" "Not quite." "He's from Iwate Prefecture" "Guys from the boondocks..." "They usually don't last long" "Sometimes they do" "Mr. Asano... come in" "You'll work with them" "Safety shoes and work clothes?" "A student?" "No" "Why pick this joint?" "I saw your newspaper ad" "You won't be serving hamburgers or spaghetti" "It'll be heavy stuff... steel. you know ?" "I want to work hard." "I want to sweat" "Your work clothes Shoes - what size?" "26?" "Must I wear them?" "..." "Won't sneakers do?" "Hell, no!" "It's our rule to wear safety shoes" "This work is riskier than you may think" "Look at his foot." "He lost his toes" "Try on the pants" "Temporary workers aren't fully insured" "So you protect yourself, see?" "Hey, Ueno: three" "One 22mm rod" "Ready?" "You ready?" "Yes!" "Louder!" "You sure?" "Stop the shaking" "Watch your step!" "Put those wires away!" "Keep back!" "Just watch for a few days" "This weighs a ton" "Excuse me" "The Oji stuff's been postponed" "Just like that?" "Who decided it?" "We do as the customers say" "Hell!" "It says 10mm" "Hey!" "Grab that end !" "Carry them like this Careful to keep your balance" "Three 1 2mm rods for Tanabe" "He's improved" "Better than we thought" "Taki!" "He'll be on your truck starting this afternoon" "It's delivery" "Read the slips carefully" "Please train me" "A regular?" "Paid per month?" "No, I'm a part-timer" "This work's harder than I thought" "I don't think I'll last" "I envy young guys" "You can choose jobs" "You get paid well" "You play with chicks" "For guys over fifty, it's being a night watchmen" "Some life, huh?" "What a jam!" "I hate it" "Lousy surfers!" "Damn his goddam board !" "We're hauling steel rods, punks!" "Go to the beach on a train!" "What the hell are Sundays for?" "Damn punks!" "SAKURA FACTORY" "Two bundles of 5 mm rods?" "In there?" "If you know , don't ask" "Everyone's crazy" "Sorry... where shall I put these?" "I See!" "Thanks" "Thanks" "What a heap!" "This heat, yet the truck's got no air-conditioner" "At my dump..." "Ma keeps nagging me to buy an air-conditioner" "The old witch!" "All she does is loaf" "All she knows is how to bitch to her son" "What a life!" "Piss on your resorts!" "As a kid..." "I swam in a river wearing only a loincloth" "I miss those days!" "I mean it" "I feel great!" "With beer, the first gulp is the best" "Goodbye, then" "He'll come tomorrow ?" "No way." "He's fed up" "He'll come" "He won't" "He won't" "Dear Pa, how are you?" "I'm sorry to make you fret." "I got a new job" "A good, steady job, about steel" "It's hard and risky, but I'll try to test myself" "Please take care of yourself." "Tetsuo" "How crowded !" "W hat's going on?" "It's politics" "Big outfits take the money" "But drivers like us do all the work" "Their goddam gate!" "Piss on it!" "Hello!" "Well..." "Anything goes" "Look..." "Aren't you lonely staying here alone?" "Aren't you lonely...staying here alone?" "I see." "You like quiet places, huh?" "Bye" "Listen..." "Will you tell me your name?" "Sorry to bother you when you're working" "Maybe some other time." "Sorry" "Hard, isn't it?" "Here you are" "Kato..." "Misawa..." "Carrot Top..." "Asano..." "Your chops, please" "Asano" "The boss wants you to quit being a... part-timer and sign on as a temporary employee" "That way you'll get health and injury insurance" "How about it, huh?" "Sure, why not?" "Swell" "I'll fix up the papers" "What do you see here?" "Well..." "I carry heavy loads and sweat a lot" "Then I wash off the sweat in a bath" "And I think, "I worked today again!"" "Funny guy!" "Is that so?" "Well, temporary employee, how about we get some beer?" "How is it?" "It's full" "It's okay" "Good !" "Beer." "Make it fast" "Snap it up!" "Here you are" "Hotchpotch too" "Pepper." "Your nose'd bleed" "Asano" "Work hard" "Then you'll be promoted to an executive" "I will" "Right!" "Let's toast!" "With beer, the first gulp's the best" "You say that every time you drink" "No, I don't" "You sure do" "For 20 years" "Like hell I do" "It's true" "Whenever we meet, I wish I could speak to you" "But I can't talk well" "And have a country accent" "I'm afraid you'd laugh." "I can't speak to you" "So I write instead" "Please!" "I feel so painful" "Will you meet me - just once?" "I want to talk about myself and learn about you" "Please answer me when I next meet you" "Goodbye for now ." "Tetsuo Asano" "Going home?" "Goodbye" "What're you doing?" "Sorry" "Be careful!" "I want you to read my letter" "I'm serious" "I wrote how I really feel." "Please read it" "Why?" "Why don't you say something?" "If you hate me, fine." "Just tell me clearly" "I can't stand your keeping silent" "Answer me when we meet the next time" "Goodbye" "Hey, the boss himself!" "Asahi Transport." "Thanks for your patronage" "You came yourself?" "It's real tough" "Taki...?" "His truck was hit from behind" "Whiplash injury" "He all right?" "A week's rest is enough" "But we don't have anyone to take his place" "It's a problem" "Yeah, I suppose" "The rain stopped" "Let's do it" "Is that so?" "You're from Iwate?" "I'm from Akita" "I haven't been home lately" "Frankly, I don't feel like going home" "When I was a kid I used to hunt and fish there" "But it's changed now" "Into a golf course" "A golf course!" "Damn golf!" "How stupid !" "Japan gets rich, but its natural features disappear" "What's gonna happen next?" "To me, every day's alike:" "I finish work, then drink and go to bed" "Yeah, life's sure hard" "Tough job, huh?" "Need any help?" "No." "You just rest" "Thanks." "I guess I will" "Hello!" "Thanks" "It's so hot in here!" "The slip?" "Here, right?" "She took today off" "Wait" "You gave her a letter the other day didn't you?" "Look..." "I'm sorry but..." "Miss Kawashima has ear trouble." "She can't talk" "See?" "She's a deaf-mute, right?" "She can't hear or talk" "I may be just a busybody" "But I feel sorry for her, so..." "What's wrong... being a deaf-mute?" "So what?" "Excuse me." "Does Taki live here?" "I'm from Johoku Rods." "I work with him" "Over there" "Money from all of us They said to bring it" "Thanks" "Is it okay to drink?" "Damn!" "When I already feel rotten..." "It keeps raining." "Damn it!" "There's a pretty girl at the Sakura factory" "Did you happen to know she's a deaf-mute?" "Did you fall for her?" "I wondered when you'd get wise" "Poor kid !" "When she's so pretty..." "She can't talk." "It's a pity" "What's wrong with it?" "!" "Who the hell do you think you are saying that?" "What's wrong with being a deaf-mute?" "So what?" "What about it?" "I was neither surprised nor shocked to know !" "What's wrong with it?" "Really." "What's wrong with it?" "Part 3" " Father comes to Tokyo" "Toshiko" "A towel" "No need to take a towel with you" "Health insurance certificate..." "Good morning" "You're here, Toshiko?" "Please tell him to eat this in the train" "Thank you" "What's wrong?" "You look mad" "I came all the way for Pa" "But he only said not to go out... when I'm gonna have a baby he'd go by bus" "The way he talked !" "I had to get up early to come all the way here" "He's been like that ever since" "How many times did he make your ma cry?" "Father, what are you looking for?" "Reunion meeting notice" "You put it in your bag" "No, I didn't" "Yes, you did" "See?" "It's here" "Right!" "He's getting senile" "Taking him to the station?" "Reiko will come for him in Tokyo" "How nice!" "You have good children" "So, let's go, Pa" "Put on your coat" "I turned off the gas and water" "What a cold house this is!" "Please see to his house" "For about a week" "Have him stay at Tadashi's place till spring" "Your pa looks so lonely that it makes me sad, too" "Got leather shoes?" "No" "Why not?" "You aren't going to Tokyo to work" "If you go like that, Reiko will blame me" "Pa..." "Got your nitro medicine?" "Sure." "It's in my pocket" "Keep it with you whatever happens" "Have it near you when taking a bath or going to bed" "And the pills and powder" "Take them three times a day." "Don't forget" "Stop it!" "You're getting like your ma" "I'm worried about you!" "Pa..." "Tadashi will say something important" "Don't get mad, just listen, okay?" "Yeah" "He's your eldest son and worries about you the most" "So, please" "That much I know !" "My best to Reiko" "I'm glad you came...with that belly" "Thank you" "Take care of yourself!" "Now go" "Have a nice trip!" "A call from your wife" "Excuse me" "Tadashi?" "It's me" "Sorry to disturb you." "I'm at the station" "Toshiko phoned." "She said Pa'll get here at 3: 15" "So I came for him" "Why so early?" "I told him to get here at 6 or 7" "Hey, can't you come here earlier?" "He'll be bored eating dinner with only me" "Just feed him some sake" "I'll be home as soon as I can" "Bye" "Yoshida..." "When I came to Tokyo to work, Reiko..." "All this place was the sea" "You worked here?" "Yeah, I worked building a bridge over the Edo River" "It took two years" "It sure was tough work!" "Father, now you can see it." "That's our apartment" "That one?" "Use these slippers" "Grandpa's here." "Say hello to him" "You've grown big" "Put down your bag" "Thanks for these" "It's nothing much" "I'll go shopping" "Please don't bother about me" "I'll eat whatever you eat" "You'd rather have sake than beer, huh?" "Any special kind?" "Any kind will do... so long as it's wet" "Really?" "You can watch TV Know how to turn it on?" "Just push this" "Say, "see you later"" "We'll be back soon" "Did your father-in-law come?" "Will he stay?" "I don't know" "It's hard on you." "Goodbye" "Why is it "hard"?" "Never mind" "Mother's 1st Death Anniversary" "I wonder if Tetsuo's well" "It was so hot last summer" "We all sweat at my wife's service" "We sure did" "Show him the one we took at the beach, huh?" "Tadashi took a vacation in August" "We went to the beach" "The road was jammed" "The kids were already worn out when we got there" "Oh, no!" "I'm embarrassed" "You still up?" "Why not go to sleep?" "Listen...is Grandpa a foreigner?" "Why?" "I don't get him at all" "Silly!" "He's Papa's father" "He farts loudly" "You fart, too, don't you?" "Now , go to sleep" "I'm sleep y, too" "I'm stuffed !" "So late." "Is it usual?" "Earlier than usual" "How are you?" "I feel great" "Sorry to have worried you" "Aunty told me off on the phone, saying," ""I'm glad my man found it" ""If he hadn't, your pa might have died"" "Yeah, I shouldn't have carried tobacco leaves" "I won't be doing it again" "I see the doctor regularly" "Look, Pa..." "What's your plan?" "You can't make it alone anymore, right?" "Whatever you say, only I can manage that house" "I'll die there So bury me beside my wife" "How can we do that?" "!" "Your body's like a bomb." "You can blow up anytime" "If you do, it'll seem like we deserted you" "What do you want me to do?" "Toshiko meant to take care of you" "Her husband's a nice man" "But she's going to have a baby now" "After all... you can't help but live here with us" "Know the room next to the entrance?" "It's small, but you'll have to use it" "We'll manage" "We were talking about that" "What do you think, Pa?" "What about the house in Iwate?" "We'll have to close it" "The neighbor women will take care of it" "That's how farmers are" "They leave home for the city" "It's the world trend" "Where to?" "I'll turn in" "I'm not finished" "He's bushed" "Never mind" "Pa!" "This time I came to see your new place" "Not to hear hogwash" "We seldom meet, that's why" "It took a long time... for us to reach this conclusion" "Do you know that?" "Please!" "Don't yell" "All right!" "As you wish!" "Pa..." "Aren't you cold?" "It's windy" "You all right?" "An electric blanket" "It's like the one we gave you last year" "Thanks" "Tomorrow you should leave around noon, all right?" "Good night" "Good night" "I'll turn off the light" "It's impossible after all" "He's big." "How can he stay in that cubicle?" "He can't sit in this room all day, either" "What are you saying?" "We knew it from the start" "I wish we had a garden" "Remember that big house that I ... tried to buy for Pa?" "Too far to commute" "So what?" "We'll take it" "I objected for your health's sake" "Enough!" "No more of that talk" "He'll hear us!" "Pa!" "You're here?" "I'm going to work" "A reunion meeting tonight?" "Tomorrow ...?" "I'll go to Tetsuo's place... to see how he's living" "Tetsuo?" "You can't stay with him" "Is that so?" "Anyway call Reiko." "I must go" "Does he always go so early?" "He comes home at 10 or 1 1" "I feel sorry for him" "Breakfast is ready" "Over there" "Thanks" "Asano!" "You came!" "Thanks fo the letter." "I came to see you" "I'm glad you could come all the way" "Thanks for the condolence money" "So we're both widowers, huh?" "Hey, do you know him?" "If it isn't Corporal Fujita!" "He hit you often, right?" "I'm sorry for those days" "It's you!" "You're still alive" "I'm afraid so" "Really, I'm sorry for those days" "When you hit me, it sure hurt" "I'm really sorry." "I apologize" "Blame the war" "Right?" "Yes!" "Yangon Infantry Comrades Reunion" "Corporal!" "Corporal Fujita!" "Sing !" "Sing !" "It's so wonderful." "It's so great!" "I'm drinking with you after such a long time!" "Give me another!" "I'm surprised you're so active" "I sure am." "My life's only starting" "I'll live till I'm 90 or 100" "Your kids would hate you then" "They already do!" "Something happen?" "I bore it a long time" "But last fall my patience finally ran out" ""I'll be independent!"" "I said it, and I left my son's house" "Where do you live now ?" "Didn't I write you?" ""Village of Grace," an old people's home" "It's on a hill by Lake Biwa" ""Village of Grace"?" "Sounds nice" "Nice?" "Far from it!" "Hag Onodera takes away my pension" "She says to see her, and she'll pay me what I want." "So she says!" ""Hag Onodera"?" "Who's she?" "The accounting clerk" ""Too much cash is bad for old men"" "To hell with that hag !" "The money's mine, right?" "The home has no right to steal it!" "We jeopardized our lives for the country" "Hey, Asano..." "Hey!" "That's right" "We did !" "Ridiculous!" "That war song !" "Yeah, let's sing it!" "Sing it loud, men!" ""How grand and magnificent our transport ships are!" ""Farewell, our mother country!" "Glory to Japan!"" "You all right?" "Yeah, sure" "We should've called a taxi" "A waste of money." "I'm okay." "Let's go" "I'm glad I picked this color" "A gift from me" "Thanks, but it's too good for me" "You look young." "The color suits you" "The gifts for Toshiko and our aunts..." "I'll send one to each of them separately later" "Thanks for your trouble" "I phoned Tadashi" "He said, if Tetsuo's apartment... is too small for you to stay you can come back" "Thanks" "Mamma, I'll go play" "Will you go home tomorrow ?" "Yes" "We thought you'd stay for a week or so" "I appreciate that" "But I like the Iwate house best after all" "Don't fret." "I'm being selfish, that's all" "Reiko...how 's your ma doing, huh?" "Fine, thanks." "She's still running her shop" "Someday she'll get old" "I suppose so" "Then it's better you live with her" "Her grandchildren will like it, too" "Why are you talking like that?" "We meant " "Don't fret about me" "Tadashi and Toshiko do because... anything can happen when I live alone" "But..." "Reiko..." "I don't mind dying alone" "I've lived long enough" "Even if I'm not found for a few days after" "I die, I don't care" "Please don't say that" "Tadashi would be very sad to hear" "Do you think so?" "Naturally" "He's a bore and has no tact" "Being honest is his only merit" "Reiko... please be good to him" "I should be asking you that" "You're here?" "There's a guest at your place" "A guest?" "He has an Iwate accent." "Maybe your old man" "Hey, when did you get to town?" "Two days ago" "What for?" "A comrade reunion at Atami" "Oh, that?" "What did you do?" "Sing war songs with gray-haired old buddies?" "What do you do now ?" "Didn't I write to you?" "I work for a metal company" "You still there?" "You never once phoned me" "I was so worried I postponed going home... and I came to see you" "Do you want to keep worrying me forever?" "Who asked you to worry?" "I'm going my way" "It was the biggest mistake of my life... to let you go to Tokyo" "What's wrong?" "You tired?" "You made my blood pressure go up" "I'll warm you" "You haven't eaten yet, have you?" "I'll bring you some sushi." "From Seiko" "Will you stay the night?" "Here?" "Let's try a Tokyo public bath" "A bath, huh?" "Dad is here." "I want to introduce him to you" "It'll refresh you" "Hey, I feel great!" "I like public baths" "Remember your old days here?" "I worked like a horse" "I did it for you guys" "How come you buy so much?" "For tonight" "How can I eat the grub you cook?" "I can pay." "I'll treat you to a nice dinner" "I'm expecting a friend" "Yeah?" "You can bring him along, too" "We made a date" "Can't be helped then" "Pay from this" "About my friend, Pa..." "Pa!" "You from Iwate?" "Yeah" "Where?" "I'm from Takada" "And you?" "From Karumai" "Hey, what a coincidence!" "I worked here for 20 years" "I've been working here for 25" "Hard workers" "Just like you, huh?" "It's okay" "You're dressed up" "To see Pa?" "He's tired and asleep" "Come in" "Pa looks like this" "Bring flowers?" "Is this the sushi?" "Cake too?" "You spent a lot" "We'll have oden and these this evening" "Where's the mustard?" "I haven't told him yet" "It's all right" "Take it easy" "Don't worry" "Make it smaller?" "I can't" "You're a poor cook, too" "He's awake" "Her name's Seiko" "What kind of a friend is she to you?" "You saw , didn't you?" "Seiko can't hear" "Talk with your mouth wide open" "Well..." "I'm..." "Tetsuo's old man" "Thanks for being nice to him" ""I'm Seiko." "How do you do" ""Tetsuo told me about you" ""I'm glad to meet you"" "Pa... we'll... get together" "We'll get married" "I can't live without her" "And she needs me, too" "Even if you and Tadashi object I don't care" "Whatever you say, I'll marry her" "I'll never change my mind" "I understand you perfectly" "It's my turn to talk... with my mouth wide open" "The Tokyo accent" "I know !" "Your name's Seiko?" "Do you understand me?" "My son told me just now" "Will you really marry him?" "Will you...really...marry...my son?" "You will?" "Is that so?" "Such a pretty girl as her..." "Thank you" "Relieved?" "Really?" "Pa trusts me" "I was trying hard?" "Really?" "Did I look nice when I was serious?" "Don't tease me" "Here's enough?" "Pa's waiting for me?" "I see" "You're... lovely" "Take care" "Watch out!" "What?" "I don't look like Pa at all?" "Of course not." "I don't look as rustic as him" "Much better looking?" "You mean Pa is?" "Shucks!" "Careful!" "Can't you sleep, Pa?" "If you betray that girl, I'll have to commit.." "harakiri in front of her folks" "I know" "Do you really intend to marry her?" "You sure?" "How persistent!" "Don't rile me!" "I told you I'm serious Don t you trust me?" "I'm glad to hear that" "When shall we meet her folks?" "I'll talk it over with her and see" "You'd better set it up quick" "What's up?" "We'll take her to Iwate to announce the wedding" "So I can't leave that house closed very long" "I know !" "When I get new grandchildren I must take care of them" "My gosh!" "You never quit causing me trouble!" "You never quit talking" "Why not turn in?" "Huh, Pa?" "I'll turn in" "Good" "Tetsuo... one more beer" "You gonna sit up all night?" "The last can." "I have work to do" "Tasty!" "At this hour!" "Hey..." "No more gab" "I'll sing" "Ever hear me sing?" "Pa..." ""A pine tree showing beyond a dark fence..." ""A chic woman, her hair just shampooed..." ""She's Otomi, she was supposed to have died" ""Even Buddha wouldn't have known she's alive" ""How strange Fate can be!" "Otomi's alive!" ""She's alive and lives in that house!"" "You back?" "Met your sons?" "Yeah" "Lucky guy!" "Yeah..." "I'm lucky" "Hey, I'm back now" "Well!" "Tadashi..." "Why didn't you tell me?" "I could've met you" "Are the kids well?" "Toshiko, come here" "Give me that doll" "For you" "My gosh!" "You've got so big !" "It hurts!" "Is this for me?" "Thanks, Pa" "For me?" "They're so naughty" "You were cold, huh?" ""She's Otomi, she was supposed to have died" ""Even Buddha wouldn't have known she's alive" ""How strange Fate can be!" "Otomi's alive!" ""She's alive and lives in that house!""