Game!
Damnit, I've lost again.
I've got two yens, if you want them.
Two yens is not enough.
All right, give it.
Ryu is here.
Ken, come home.
It's because of your behavior
that mum won't come home.
Let go of me.
Ken!
I don't give a damn about that family.
Aren't you sorry for mum?
I don't care.
Come at once.
Let go of me.
You've got nothing to do here.
This is not a place for a good boy like you.
Go away.
It's your fault,
you corrupted my brother.
Say that again!
I'll tell my father.
Your father?
You mean Iwago, the pimp, don't you?
- What? - So?
Wait a minute! You should know that your father
laid low in front of me.
He's a real wimp.
Stop pissing me off talking about your father and shove off!
My father is not a wimp.
If he is not a wimp, he is nothing but scum.
You are scum, all of you. Not him!
Shut up!
Stop it!
Don't go!
Ryu, go away!
Quick!
He was asking for you.
Ryu darling...
Ryu, forgive me.
Forgive me.
It's my fault!
Boss.
Forgive me.
Ken gave himself up to the police.
He did?
Tanigawa is getting ready to come against us.
We'll kill them all.
You wait here.
Boss!
I did not hire you to kill.
Wait here.
Madame...
Don't go.
Don't fight.
That's none of your business.
No fighting!
Don't you want to avenge Ryu?
Wait... We have other children.
What will happen to Ken if something happens to you?
And what about those who work for you?
Everyone depends on you for their living.
And so do I.
Don't forget it!
All right... I'll go to the police.
Stay with Ryu.
Madame, don't be afraid.
The police have just called. They're watching Tanigawa.
They're not here yet?
No, not yet.
Go see.
It's long.
Kiku, did you take a decision about Takeichi, the market's salesman?
I wanted to talk to you about him.
Tell him no.
Why? Don't you like him?
No... He is too good for me.
That's not a good reason.
Can't I stay beside you all my life long?
No, I don't want that.
Furthermore,
a new one is coming today.
Boss... they're coming.
There it is. The new one is coming.
It will make things livelier.
Here it is, Iwago!
Here's what you were expecting.
Thank you. Please, do come in.
I know that you would have preferred it to be a boy.
But it's a girl.
It's not a problem, is it?
She's sleeping well.
She is full of life.
We can hear her breathe.
That's reassuring.
She is cute. - She'll become a beautiful woman.
It's a princess we've got here.
Everything is all right.
Madame,
thank you for everything.
Thank you.
Kiku, go and see.
I know you want to.
Don't worry about me.
No, I don't want to.
About Takeichi,
make a decision.
You say yes?
She's well fed.
Let me rock her.
No, let me first.
You're not very good at it.
Give me back that money I lent you.
Shut up.
We can't leave her with you.
That child is the House's heir.
Madame is here.
It's not too difficult for you?
You've got to breastfeed at your place and here too.
No, because my mother in law brings my child here.
Did Mrs Daisada prepare all these clothes?
Yes, it's all made of silk. A real luxury!
It must be expensive for your husband.
As Mrs Daisada has never raised any child,
she does not know silk is not suitable for an infant.
Imagine washing up silk every day!
Tomokichi begged me to let her sleep
at least one night with her baby.
Taking the child away from her was difficult.
But if she had given her even a single drop of milk
that would have created a mother-child relationship.
And she would have become attached to that child.
I had to do that dirty work.
Listen to me, Kiwa.
You could raise her.
Paying someone will be very expensive.
And the work won't be done properly.
You could start taking care of her.
Hurry up!
Hello.
I do know you well.
You really like children.
I know.
Kiwa, I've got something to show you.
See.
For tonight's naming ceremony, I prepared this kimono.
Do you think it will fit the baby?
It is very beautiful.
After the ceremony, I'm thinking of altering this garment
to make an ordinary garment of it.
Yes, but babies are not sensitive to cold as is commonly thought.
In this springlike weather, the lining is useless.
After the ceremony, we can remove the lining
so that the garment can be used until summer.
We'll have to cut off the sleeves then.
And we'll cut off the ceremonial belt too
to replace it by an ordinary cotton one.
And, there is no layette.
Layette gets dirty faster because...
Because...
The collar gets dirty quickly.
I see.
You must have raised 3 children to know that.
I don't measure up.
I'm not asking you to take care of her
but I hope you'll take some interest in her well-being.
Ayako... that's a pretty name. Dad chose well.
When I have served my sentence, she will be nine.
Mum,
when I come out, I'll do my best to help you.
In memory of Ryu, too.
I know you feel sad,
but wait until I'm back.
Ayako!
Breathe!
Breathe, Ayako!
Ayako!
Yes!
She's breathing.
Excuse me.
Starting tonight, I'll take her with me upstairs.
Your job will only consist in breast-feeding her.
Take all her clothes and bring them upstairs.
Come with me.
We're going upstairs.
Ten years later, in spring.
- Don't run too fast! - It's me!
- Mum, it's me. - Good evening.
Okasan!
How was your day?
You're breathless!
Look, mum!
I'm head of my class.
You are?
Congratulations.
Did you tell your dad?
Go tell me quickly!
He might buy that organ you so much wish you had.
Go see Kiku at the market too.
All right.
I'll ask Kiku to tell dad about the organ.
You'll tell the customer I'll come around and see him
in a few days.
All right. I'm going.
Have a good day.
You're as beautiful as ever.
Good morning.
It's been a long time.
Someyu, what brings you here?
I came to see you about Sayoko, my younger sister.
Come inside and sit down.
I am Sayoko.
I am happy to meet my future father in law.
I know.
Sit down.
Kiwa is against that wedding?
She does not make the decisions here.
I'll give Ken the Midori district,
and I'll work here.
With Kiwa and the others?
Yes, probably.
Kiwa is too weak with Ayako.
I must be here.
When Ken is back,
we'll celebrate the engagement.
That will be great.
Are you glad, Sayoko?
I shall be a dutiful wife,
dear future father in law.
Thanks for the girl.
We'll do business again.
Here you are.
See you soon.
We have nice girls here.
Let go of me!
Dirty bastard!
I got it.
Madame, quick!
Thank you.
Madame!
Iwago was attacked in Osaka.
Is he wounded?
I don't know all the details yet.
My God, this is serious.
I'm going tonight. I can still catch the last train.
I'm coming to. I'll get ready.
Madame, what's wrong?
It's nothing.
Call a cab.
Quick!
Oh God!
Madame!
My husband... Quick!
Call the doctor.
Hang on!
The operation has started.
Will they save her?
The doctor says her heart is weak.
It's bad.
She has a big tumor in her uterus.
She never said she had frequent bleedings.
My sister is a real cause of worries.
It's all right.
You must not worry about that.
I am to blame.
Kiku has stayed in the operating room.
The nurse could not make her go out.
Is the operation going to last long?
We were told it would last 3 hours.
O Buddha, all-merciful...
Kiwa...
Darling...
Everything's all right.
You'll be all right now.
The operation was a success.
Darling...
The doctor says it's a miracle.
Osaka
I'm looking for the house of Matsui, the rickshaw driver.
It's in an alley. That way...
But Matsui is dead. He was killed in a fight.
Mrs Matsui.
Is there someone in?
You're making a lot of noise.
If you came to pray for my husband,
do so quickly and leave.
Godfather Tanigawa, how dare you come here?
I was passing by.
It's a beautiful place. Just as I was told.
Take Mrs Matsui upstairs.
This way...
Teru, go and visit Kochi harbor tomorrow.
We'll talk when you're back.
Thank you.
Quite a pretty piece of flesh! And what a nice ass!
Sit down please.
Godfather Tanigawa...
What do you want?
Well...
I am really sorry for what happened in Osaka.
I don't know what my men told the police
but I did not give any command of that sort.
Those fools attacked you to avenge their colleague
who had been killed by your son Ken.
Take the envelope out.
It's a compensation.
It is to congratulate you for your quick recovery too.
Please do accept that money.
Tanigawa.
The woman you've just seen
is the wife of that rickshaw driver who was killed in my stead.
Is she?
I see...
Since you are in such good spirits,
pay her compensation that will last until the end of her life.
I could do that, but...
How much would that be?
Fifty thousand.
Fifty thousand!
She's still young.
Iwago, you're taking advantage of the situation.
Why such a huge sum of money?
If you're not willing to pay, there's only one way out of this.
What?
You've got a nerve, Tanigawa!
You're just a fool.
Times have changed.
You've got no influence left. You're good only for the scrap yard.
You were lucky to remain alive.
No one will be allowed to make fun of Iwago Tomita.
All right.
I got it.
You win. As for the money, I'll see what I can do.
But in return, you'll forget the past, all right?
Please.
Let's go.
Purify the doorstep with salt. He brings bad luck.
Boss.... do you really think he'll bring in the money?
The money does not matter. What matters is that...
from now on, I am in charge in Kochi.
I'll comb your hair.
You must lie down.
I look like a ghost.
What matters is that you're well now.
Wear a hairpiece until your hair grows back.
My drawing is finished.
Who is it?
It's you.
I am not so round-faced.
Yes, it's you.
You must do something, Mum. Ayako is always talking nonsense.
Ayako, you must not come here too often.
But I don't like staying at home.
Next year, you'll go to Junior School.
You'll have to learn many new things.
I'll do it when you're back.
Mum!
It's me!
Ken!
You're back. At last!
I came out two weeks ago.
Dad invited me to Osaka to celebrate my coming out of jail.
Come.
I am Sayoko.
Glad to meet you.
So you are Ayako!
You are a pretty little girl.
I am...
I am your brother.
Glad to meet you.
You could have come here straight away.
Instead of having fun in Osaka
you should have worried about her.
What will you do now?
Are you going to work with your father?
From now on,
you and Ayako will come live with us.
You won't depend on dad any more.
It's difficult for me to accept.
Dad asked us to come and live above his office.
But the situation has changed.
What do you mean?
He's got a woman over there.
Dad is very vigorous.
He needs a woman.
Come on,
don't think about it.
He is the way he is. We are different.
Ayako, the taxi is waiting. Come with us.
I will bring Ayako back.
Ayako, leave with your brother.
She will go to Junior School. She must study.
I told her not to come here any more.
Sayoko.
I entrust Ayako to your care.
I'll take care of her while you're here.
Ayako, come with me.
All right... We'll come see you again soon.
All right?
I shall go to dad's office,
to see what's going on.
Why do that?
It's no use.
Nothing he does surprises me any more.
I'm so used to all that.
Teru, may I?
May I?
Sir...
Please.
Let me stay with you.
I'll do everything you want.
Promise me you will keep me with you.
Where is Ayako?
Ayako!
Who is making you work that way?
You want me to leave?
As you know,
father left me the care of this house.
You will go in the outbuilding and live there with Ayako.
You'll leave the first floor to us.
We'll also manage the money separately.
I'll give you some money every month.
Does your father know about that?
Of course.
If you have things to say, go see him.
He is somewhere around.
Dad is totally detached from you.
It's mainly because
you too often reproached him with his job.
Ayako does not love her father,
because you speak ill of his work. He is mad with anger.
It's only a pretext. To hide what he is doing.
What will you do about it?
He is at the top of his vitality. Turn a blind eye on it.
It is not the first time.
He's always done as he pleased.
Don't start with this again.
If you are willing to accept his being with Teru,
I can try to fix things between dad and you.
It's no use.
- I shall leave. - Mother!
I don't want you to provide for me.
What about Ayako?
You aren't going to take her with you, are you?
Tell me, Ayako.
If I leave from here...
what will you do?
Will you come with me?
Iwago will never accept it.
I would be surprised if he let her go away with you.
You won't go with dad, will you?
I don't need him.
You will report everything you heard today to Iwago.
Understood?
We use that shed as a storeroom.
You can use it the way you want.
Mum!
There is no electricity.
Where shall we sleep?
It smells bad.
We'll go live somewhere else.
I like it in spite of that.
There's plenty of books.
So we'll stay.
Cleaning this place will take several days.
Are you all right?
Remember, my friend, that day when I told you to come away with me.
I no longer wanted to live in that narrow country.
Beyond the sea, there was China.
China and its 400 million people.
It's already been ten years since we arrived in Manchuria.
The big land of the valiant manchu riders.
We resist the furious attacks of the enemy.
An army of 2000 thugs is coming against us.
Will you leave your wife?
Who told you that, Someyu?
Ken told me so.
I don't agree.
I heard you are with one Teru.
You won't take her in the place of your wife, will you?
I'm the only one who has the right to replace your wife.
Don't you forget it.
What will you do about Tanigawa?
Since you humiliated him,
he has been nothing but a wreck. I'll leave him.
No more money, no more love?
You are a specialist in women of that sort
because you're surrounded by them.
Me above all.
I am your masterpiece.
Iwago...
Do you know
what your wife has been doing for a living
since she left you?
She won't take any money from Ken.
- She sticks envelopes for a living! - Shut up and have a drink!
If you want to fuck me, I will always agree.
But you'll never be my wife.
My wife...
My wife is my wife.
Your wife is the best!
The others are nothing compared to her.
You will never find anyone better.
He ill-treats his wife
but he will never leave her.
Damnit!
A divorce?
I want Ayako back here.
Wait a minute.
Kiwa does not want a divorce.
Good day.
Thank you.
Iwago,
you have a right to be angry but please be patient.
I'll try and convince Kiwa.
Give me three days. No... Two will be enough.
Please.
Have mercy!
If you don't bring Ayako back, you will pay what you owe me.
I lent you a lot.
In my opinion, he does not really want a divorce.
He only wants you to come back.
If he has Ayako, he thinks it will make you come back.
No, Iwago really wants a divorce.
He's really angry.
It's no use crying or asking for pity.
Give Ayako back to him, and have him pay you alimony.
You can stay here
and we won't have to fear Iwago any more.
Brother, sister- in-law,
I apologize for all the trouble I'm causing
but I have no intention of stooping before him.
I have never done anything wrong, have I?
Why are you always rebelling?
Kiwa, think things over seriously.
Ayako is twelve.
She might learn you're not her mother.
If you must leave her, do it now.
No I will never abandon Ayako.
Whatever you say, Ayako is my daughter.
You fool! What will you do on your own with her?
I don't mind dying as a dog,
if it's the price of escaping Iwago.
That's enough! You're not my sister any more.
Don't take care of her now.
Think it over.
You can't go on that way.
Your health is not good.
Thanks for the rice.
I'll give it back.
Kiwa!
Let her be!
We can't do that.
She is crazy. Let her do what she wants.
The girl wearing
red shoes
was taken away
by a foreigner.
Kiku brought us fish.
She did?
That's a beautiful mackerel!
Shall we cook it or marinate it?
Stop doing that. You're not a geisha's daughter.
Did you do your homework?
Have you finished it?
At school, my friend Saburo told me that I am a geisha's daughter.
What's wrong?
It's nothing.
I was surprised. That's all.
Saburo is the son of that shopkeeper in the Midori district?
Did you fall out with him?
No, coming back from school, he shouted this to me.
Was there someone with him?
Grown-ups?
I don't understand.
I wanted to know who dared say something so mean.
It's natural for your mother to know.
Beginning of the building of Kochi Hospital.
We shall proceed
with the laying of the first stone
of the new Kochi Hospital.
Commissioner!
What a beautiful day!
He made it!
It cost him a lot.
He's paying half
of the cost for building the hospital.
That Tomita is really successful.
He deserves being sponsored
for the next municipal elections.
Quite right.
I haven't got any tea, but...
I have come to have Ayako back.
There's nothing you can do to prevent me from having her back.
Stop doing that pathetic little job.
Stop it!
If Teru is the problem for you,
you've got it wrong.
I'm thinking of getting her some job.
Maybe in some Osaka café as a waitress.
If, after that, you still have things to say, say them!
You're really...
You think you can run it all.
You get all the women...
saying it's part of your job.
You always did what you pleased.
Do you think you can steal women's hearts?
You don't have to worry about me any more.
You can marry that girl.
I'll take care of Ayako's education.
She'll become an honest and decent girl.
Next year, she'll go to the Girls' High School.
Until when do you intend to defy me?
Die!
I thank you for the education you gave my daughter.
It's understandable as you're not her real mother.
Kiwa...
You should reconsider the question.
There are some difficult moments in life.
At your age, most of it is behind you.
It would be a pity to give up now.
If you go away from Ayako, it's because you care about her future.
I know you really love Ayako.
It's because you care about Ayako's future
that you decided to divorce.
But you're mistaken.
You understand?
Listen carefully.
Ayako is not someone else's child any more.
Time passing,
she's become your real daughter.
Don't you think so?
Did you understand?
They'll be here soon.
When mum comes in with Ayako, help me keep her here.
Stop in the middle of the bridge.
All right.
Ayako...
I...
I'll go down first.
Don't catch cold.
Take good care of yourself.
Mum... where will you go?
To Teppo, where I met your father.
Ayako...
I am not going any further.
I'll watch you leave.
Mum is not coming.
Dad...
Mum got down on the bridge.
Let me go get her.
Let me
go get her.
Kiku,
show Ayako the organ.
It's in the back sitting-room.
Dad...
What about mum?
After thirty years together,
What is she to you?
Don't take her
for a toy!
Please... Show me my organ.
Hurry up!
Cast:
Ken Ogata
Yukiyo Toaké
Yuko Natori
Mariko Ishihara
Junichi Inoué
Kimié Shingyoji
Mari Shirato
Ryuzo Tanaka
Mikio Narita
Mitsuko Kusabué
Ayako
A Hideo Gosha film
English subs: Cinephage/raleigh