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Episode 48
Oshin's sister's funeral was a quiet affair.
There was no longer anything here to keep Oshin.
She decided to go to Tokyo and fulfill Haru's dying wish
but she was still concerned about her mother Fuji.
I wish I could've saved some of her things as a memento.
But with TB you can't keep anything around.
We have to burn everything that Haru ever owned.
There's nothing left to remember her by.
I'll never forget her.
Haru was good to me.
Her misfortune was being born a sharecropper's daughter.
She had it tough her whole life.
Mother...
I'm going to Tokyo.
Why?
I'll do what Haru was never able to do.
That's the only thing I can do for her now.
But you already have a job.
I feel badly for Haru but that's fate.
The textile factory didn't send a penny for her funeral!
They threw her out as soon as she got sick!
At least she didn't suffer a long time.
If one can't get well it's best that one dies quickly.
That way all of us are spared the pain and expenses.
Mother and Oshin wasted a lot of money on doctors and medicine.
That was Haru's dream?
She'd wanted to become a hairdresser in Tokyo.
She must have hated working at the factory.
She'd given up on ever being able to marry Mr. Hirano.
We sharecroppers can't ever have things our way.
But I'm willing to try.
I want to be able to go my own way.
Haru taught me that.
She could hardly talk yet she told me.
I'll have to go to Tokyo for her sake!
Will you be all right in Tokyo? You won't know your way around.
What if this hairdresser treats you badly?
You won't be able to turn back.
Haru said he could be trusted. I believe what Haru told me.
You're strong I won't worry about you.
But I feel badly that I can't be of any help.
I'm sure it's best for you to go.
I won't say anything.
I hope father doesn't give you a hard time.
I'm used to it. I'm not afraid of being hit.
I just want you to be happy.
Don't take your things I'll send them to you later.
Just don't let your father find out.
I can't do anything for you but I have this for you.
No Haru's given me some money.
I saved this up.
Take it in case things don't work out at the hairdresser.
I'll never come back.
I can't come back once I leave.
Even if I fail as a hairdresser I'll do my best to make it in Tokyo.
So take this money. I'll be all right.
Maybe we'll never see each other again.
We've parted many times... But Tokyo is so far away.
This might be the last farewell.
A time comes when we all must part.
Haru had to part from us...
And you'll be parting with us to make it on your own.
Forgive me. I know I'm not being filial.
Never mind.
We can't always be pulling each other down in life.
What's this?
We're having expensive white rice?
This is a meal of parting for Haru and Oshin.
I have chicken for us too.
What parting? Oshin's only going to Yamagata.
We don't need a ceremony!
Oshin eat heartily.
She can't eat at her workplace.
She'll only be gone for three years.
We can always go to Yamagata to see her.
She can come home any time she wants.
I have gizzards in the stew for you.
You're always so nice to Oshin!
Get your things.
Haru... I'm leaving.
We'll go to Tokyo together.
Go before your father and Shoji get up.
I'll come back for you.
Stay well.
You too.
Be waiting for me.
Hurry and go!
Where's Oshin?
She should be home by lunch.
She is supposed to go to work today.
That's why she left early to take care of things.
Of all days.
Is she all packed to go to Yamagata?
She's ready.
Where could she be?
I'm sure she will come back shortly.
I guess she's still talking to her friends.
I'm so sorry.
Why not she probably has a sweetheart.
There it is!
This is it!
Tanimura that's your maiden name?
The grave used to be up at our village but that village has been abandoned.
So all the graves were moved here.
Father mother and my brother
Shoji who put up this headstone are all dead now.
Haru's listed here too.
Died in the fifth year of Taisho 1916.
She was only 19?
TB can be cured now.
But back then it was always fatal.
So many people died from the disease.
I can't seem to relate the word tuberculosis with death.
The times have changed.
I had trouble with Shoji and we lost track of each other.
This is the first time for me to visit his grave.
I feel so badly for him.
You never did return to Yamagata?
I'm the only one left who remember Haru now.
Haru please forgive.
Oshin didn't know what life had in store for her.
She was still only 16.
She felt a mixture of anxiety and hope.
And she knew she'd never go home again.
Thanks to Avallac'h and XrayMind at D-Addicts.
Translation: UTB Channel