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Episode 12
Was Sadaji able to see her mother?
Did he hand her the letter that she'd written?
For Oshin who wasn't allowed home leave
Sadaji who offered to stop by her family during work
was her only hope of getting word to them.
Oshin had managed to learn enough writing
to have sent a letter home by way of Sadaji.
I came early before you went to the fields.
I'm glad to see that you're both well.
You're the one who came to get Oshin that day!
Yes.
Has something happened?
No I came up here to put together another raft.
The lumber yard doesn't know...
You took time out to stop by?
This is a letter from Oshin. She wrote it herself.
A letter? She can write now?
She was going to school for a while.
I don't know what it says there.
Oshin's written words!
She wrote this by herself!
He can't read either...
There's nobody here that can read.
We're too busy in the fields to send kids to schools.
That's a problem...
Oshin gets to go to school?
And she can write?
I don't care if we can't read it. We're glad to get a letter!
Right?
I don't have much schooling but I can read a little script.
Please!
Grandma's in bed. I want her to hear it too!
Let's all go inside!
We're so busy. Who needs to hear a letter read?
As long as she's fine!
Your rheumatism's gotten worse again.
It's a letter from Oshin so listen well.
Mother and father I'm well so don't worry.
I get to eat my fill of meals too.
Master and his wife are both very nice.
Work is easy.
Takeshi's a cute baby. I watch him everyday.
Please take good care of grandma for me.
Mother please have a healthy baby.
Is that all?
Yes.
Thank you.
Oshin gets to eat and her employers are nice!
She can write too!
I'm so glad we sent her out to work.
We owe it all to you!
We can't do much. All we do is worry about her.
We feel much better.
Please tell Oshin not to worry about us.
Tell her that I'm all better.
Tell her that since she works we live much better.
Have him take some roasted beans back for Oshin.
We can do without. She has to live with strangers!
She's not hungry!
She says she gets to eat her fill.
A year will pass quickly. She'll be coming home soon!
Your letter was full of lies.
Your mother and grandmother were both so happy!
That's how I want them to be.
But...
What's the use of writing about how tough it is?
That won't get me home.
What was grandma doing?
She's much better and she's working!
Your mother was big with the baby and working too.
She'll have an easy birth.
By the time you get home there'll be another baby.
All I have to do is hang in there.
I'm still indentured too. So I don't get a salary.
But once I get to have my own shop I'll make sure you get a lot to eat.
I can't help you know but please hang in there.
I'm prepared for what I'm going through.
Mother told me never to depend on others.
That's good.
Soldiers!
It's kempei! (military police)
Kempei?
They're policemen for the army.
What do they do?
I hear they're looking for draft dodgers.
If you don't go you get arrested?
It's going against the law of the land!
He's been with us since the age of 12.
He's a good boy.
If you see a suspicious character tell us right away!
It was time for the fall festival after harvest.
But since Oshin didn't get an allowance
she couldn't have fun as the other children did.
She couldn't bear to part with the 50-sen coin
her grandmother had given her.
Winter and its snow came soon after the festival
and a lingering blanket of snow covered the village.
Mother... Just a little longer.
When the snow melts I'll get to come home.
I will go home once the snow melts.
Are you sure?
I'm not so old that I miscount money!
You shouldn't suspect other people.
How else would money vanish?
I paid the vegetable man for the daikon.
Then I put my purse down for a while.
Oshin was the only one there.
She was making the fire but she could've gone through my purse.
Otsune just forget about the lost 50-sen coin.
Oshin works hard. Don't accuse her.
You want me to overlook her stealing?
We have to follow the rules!
It's not how much money that matters!
The bath water's full.
It was you wasn't it? You took money out of my purse!
What did you want to buy with it? Or have you already spent it?
You're saying I stole your money?
Who else would do it?
We don't treat you so badly that you have to steal!
We even got you a winter kimono! You get three meals a day too.
So why?
I didn't steal any money!
Take off your clothes!
Hurry!
That's going too far.
If she's innocent she'll remove her clothes.
Take that amulet off!
Oshin!
You still deny it?
Grandma gave me that!
She gave it to me the day I left home!
You think I'll believe that?
It's the truth!
Your family's so poor. Where would she get money?
That's mine. Give it back!
Otsune!
We can't go easy on her.
I didn't take any money. Give me back my coin!
You want me to turn you into the police?
I'll let you go this time but don't ever do it again!
You'll be arrested!
Go wash the diapers!
Hurry it up!
Now!
Grandma I'm sorry. That coin was so precious to you.
What's this?
You call this clean?
It still smells!
You didn't wash it enough!
Don't do a poor job just because the water's cold.
We didn't just bring you here so you can steal!
Go wash them one more time!
Hurry and go!
I'll keep sending you back out until they're all clean!
Something seemed to burst within Oshin.
Enough of this!
Her patience had snapped.
She'll never go back there again.
If she walked up this river
she'll get home to her mother and grandmother.
She began walking without turning back.
The winter's darkness brought a blizzard.
Oshin became enveloped in a white sheet.
Thanks to Avallac'h and XrayMind at D-Addicts.
Translation: UTB Channel