Come on, honey. I'll give you a deal.
I'll come back after the holiday.
You'd better.
That's my girl.
The King of Hell pulls out liars' tongues.
I'll remember that!
Ready, lift!
Some priest. Making promises he won't keep.
Welcome.
Evening.
Where's the Missus?
She's not here. She's gone to a spa.
She was ill, with what we don't know.
That's too bad.
This is for all of you.
Thank you.
So how's O-Shin been?
She started back today.
That's good.
That's a load off everyone's mind.
But the more I think about it, the madder I get.
Some samurai he was.
Don't say that. Think about it.
The problem was that all of you got so excited.
He was just a kid.
Shall I bring some tea?
No.
I'm going.
At least tell me your name.
Ryosuke.
Here.
I'm so glad you're better, O-Shin.
I'm sorry for all the trouble I caused.
You don't have to apologise.
Damn him!
You never quit, do you?
At least I start.
If you've got something to say, why not say it?
All that "born a samurai" talk.
What?
What I mean is, if you were raised a samurai...
you should have seen through him.
An old samurai family...
of retainers to the Shogun?
Don't make me laugh.
What does that have to do with this? Or with you?
No matter how far they may have fallen...
someone born a samurai walks and talks like one.
You can tell just by the way you bow.
You don't know how, do you?
Miss O-Shin, you have a customer.
I'm glad to see you. I thought you wouldn't come back.
Listen to the waves.
It's high tide. It makes everything really damp.
You shouldn't be carrying this. We get inspected, you know.
I'll put it away.
Got any sake?
Of course.
Bring some.
You don't talk much, do you?
Tell me about yourself.
Who are you?
Me?
I'm the lowest of the low.
So when you were five, your mother died.
Then what?
What can a kid of that age do...
but beg?
The winters were cold...
but it's warm if you sleep with a dog.
I slept with a great big one.
That dog followed me everywhere...
like he was protecting me.
Everything I was given I shared with him.
Stop it.
No more.
But my real bad luck hadrt even begun yet.
When I was six, an old town watchman picked me up...
and got me work in a drinking place in Akasaka.
I stayed there till I was 18, but he cheated me out of...
the money I was supposed to get.
Then I was hired by the owner of the Matsukawa restaurant.
He said we'd decide on my pay once I'd learned to cook.
That was lucky.
No, it wasrt.
I worked like a slave for five years, then I asked him to let me cook.
"A fool like you will never have a decent trade," he said.
The next day...
my stuff was out in the street.
I'm a fool. I'm stupid.
That's why I get the short straw.
I bought that knife because I want to do something crazy.
In that case, I'm not giving it back to you.
Give me a damn drink!
If you're hard up...
you shouldn't be coming here, you know.
I've got money.
The next day I went back and showed the guy my knife...
and he gave me some.
Not five years' pay, though.
You didn't.
But that makes you no better than a thief.
That old man was the thief.
So...
will you think again about moving in with me?
You deserve better...
than a woman like me.
No, no.
You're a fine woman.
You've suffered enough. It's time you took things easy.
Well? Will you live with me?
Here come the others.
Who's that man walking with O-Shin?
She's in love again.
With him?
Yes.
I see.
Yes, you can see that from here.
I keep telling her that people with bad luck...
will only make her unlucky, too.
But she's always so nice to them.
She's got a good heart. She just shouldn't keep giving it away.
Misfortune added to misfortune only doubles the misery.
So what will you do?
There's no real work for a man with no craft.
My whole life has been one...
of being cheated and trampled on.
Now it's my turn.
Can you understand that?
Yes.
I've got no future in this world.
I'll take back what's mine, then bid life goodbye.
I know exactly how you feel.
That's exactly how my elder brother must have felt.
Your brother?
Yes.
Let's not talk about this anymore. I'll bring more sake.
What's this brother of yours doing now?
He died last year.
Died?
He jumped in the river.
Why?
He worked for years as a wood-carver, but he wasrt going anywhere.
He'd get frustrated and angry.
My father'd taken a stroke, and he wasrt going to get any better.
My brother had no hope.
I'm sure he thought he was a burden to me.
I know how it feels to be driven into a corner like that.
But that just made a waste of everything you'd gone through.
I don't think that.
I do.
There must have been something else he could do.
He could have made sandals, or glued paper bags or something.
That was selfish.
Ryosuke...
do you really think that?
If you think someone could live...
making sandals or gluing bags...
then I'll say the same to you.
If my brother should have lived, then so should you.
Isn't that right?
You don't have parents to burden you...
you're young, you're healthy.
You could do anything you wanted.
Let's think about this together.
I've got money if you need some.
My father and my brother are dead. I can give it to you.
Don't be stupid.
Didrt you say my brother had made...
a waste of all my trouble?
You won't waste it, will you?
Say you'll think about it.
Please.
I beg of you.
O-Shin.
600 mon, 400...
600.
I wouldn't.
He'll only bring you grief.
That sort of thing just ends up with the guy turning into a pimp.
The Missus wouldn't lend you money for that.
Do your work here, and think of yourself.
What I'm saying is...
that women are always falling for that line...
and taking on burdens.
I'm sure right now you'd walk through fire for that man...
but that won't last.
It's over in a moment.
O-Shin.
But for him, it's now that matters.
It's this moment.
It's whether he turns into that side street or not.
Whether he lives or dies.
I just want to keep him going straight ahead.
That's all.
I'm leaving.
Already?
I've got business at the lumber market tomorrow.
I'll come after that.
What is it?
You're sure?
I am.
Hey, Gonta.
Later, later.
I'll drop by on my way home.
I'm coming in!
Bring sake!
Where's Brother Bunji?
Sorry. Very sorry.
Down there on the right, you fool.
Bunji! I'm coming in!
This is no night to drink alone.
Let's make some noise.
Come in here, then.
O-Kichi has a shamisen.
You're right!
You sure dampened down their party.
Well, I'm a fireman, aren't I?
Play your shamisen.
Where is it this time?
Hachioji.
Well, I'm not going.
I certainly hope you haven't signed a contract with them.
That's for moving expenses. Take it.
Of all the...
It's a great place.
It's a busy post town on the highway into Edo.
And I'll...
buy out your contract there before winter comes.
You won't catch me dead there!
Is this what I get for letting you feed off me all these years?
I'm through with listening to the likes of you!
What?
You're very bold all of a sudden.
Don't tell me...
you and that old man...
I'm free to make any promises I want.
Don't push me...
you bitch!
Hey, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I'm telling you.
Forgive me.
Don't. No!
Stop it.
Stop it!
You won't listen to me, huh?
You? Move in with that geezer? Don't make me laugh.
You try something like that and he'll get hurt.
Miss Kikuno, are you all right?
That beast.
You hate to see a thing like that. It gets you down.
"The wind howls, the rain pelts down."
The bridge could wash out.
Let's go.
Here.
That won't do any good!
I'll never get home in this.
You must be hungry. Come and have lunch with us.
All right, I will.
They're leaving across the way. I'll go see how high the river is.
Don't. You never know what'll come blowing along in this wind.
It's stopped.
See? That's the end of that storm.
Get out!
The bridges at Kuroebashi and Hachimanbashi are washed out!
What are you doing?
Lt'll flood!
The crest's coming downstream right now!
And it's flood tide, too! Lt'll come in from the sea as well!
Hey!
What's happening?
We have to go.
The house was left in my care.
Don't be a fool! Hurry!
Take me with you.
Wait.
Go.
We'd better go.
You take O-Shin and get out of here.
You, too.
You've done all you could. Get your things.
Miss!
Only take what you'll need!
O-Shin!
Come with me and let's get out of here.
Is that the Missus'?
Huh? Oh, this?
We can't leave her money-box. We'll take it for her.
Give it to me.
It's heavy. I'll carry it.
Quick! There's no time to waste!
I'm not going with you.
What?
I'm going with them. Give me that.
What are you talking about? I came all the way here to help you!
Give it to me!
I'm in charge of this house!
You're coming with me!
I am not!
Hold it!
What do you want?
Miss Kikuno wants you to give her that money-box.
The hell I will!
You think that coward'll get you out of here?
Don't!
Stop!
No!
Ryosuke!
It's over.
I took care of him.
I can't stomach a man like that!
What are you talking about? Where are you going to go now?
To the magistrate.
Ryosuke!
No!
Run for it!
Are you going to throw away your life over a man like that?
Get out of here!
Go to Osaka!
Come back when things cool down.
I'll look after O-Shin till then.
Go! Quickly!
I'll wait for you.
I'm counting on you, miss!
It looks like...
we missed our chance to get out of here.
I'm sorry, O-Shin.
Don't be silly.
I'm fine here with you.
But it's a weird feeling, isn't it?
Everything's so quiet.
The river crest's gone by.
Now the sea's going to rise bit by bit.
Where are you going?
It's almost dark. I'll find some candles.
It's just a wall giving way.
It's nothing.
What are you doing?
What is it?
If worst comes to worst, we go out that skylight...
onto the roof.
It looks like it's stopped rising.
It's not coming up so fast, but it's still coming up.
O-Shin, which is your best kimono?
I'll wear this one.
You'd better put on your best one, too.
We're going to die, aren't we?
Don't be silly!
But that's what they dress you in for your funeral.
Not on your life!
The water's going to ruin our clothes, so we should wear our best ones!
Now stop whimpering.
You've got to wait for Ryosuke...
so get busy!
We're not going to let ourselves die here.
Look...
the Milky Way.
"It is a rough sea...
"reaching to Sado Island.
"Look! The Milky Way."
I guess growing up a samurai you learn lots of poetry.
That's a fib.
All that about me being of samurai blood, it's lies.
It's hard to come down in the world as far as I have.
It's one long, sad day after another.
You can't go on without something to prop you up.
That's what my samurai story was.
That feels better.
Now I can die with a clear conscience.
"Die"? But you said...
Miss.
So we are going to die?
We'll be fine.
Hello!
You on the roof!
Have you seen the people from the "Ashi no Ya"?
Miss, it's Ryosuke.
Ryosuke!
O-Shin!
Ryosuke!
I'm coming!
O-Shin! Miss!
You really found yourself...
a good one this time, O-Shin.
Ryosuke!
Hurry up! It's half-swamped already.
All right.
Miss.
Quick, get in.
No. Three of us will sink that boat.
Then I'll take O-Shin and be right back.
Never mind that.
Listen to me.
You're safe now.
You're in the clear.
The sea's come and swallowed up everything.
It's like the sea's been watching...
and it's come to save you.
So...
get going.
And make sure you both do things right.
I know, I'll give you this.
I've been squirreling money away for years. There's lots of it here.
But, miss, you have a...
A child back in my home village? That was a lie, too.
Make a ball of your lies
and knead them with tears
I'll be right back!
Don't worry about that. Hurry before the boat sinks!
Get going!
Don't make me angry!
Miss!
"Good evening."
Well, here I am...
alone at last.
And it feels fine.