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Episode 96
It had been about two months since Oshin quit working.
It was now the rainy season.
The rice shop won't sell to us anymore.
We haven't paid them in two months.
We owe up to the limit for fish and vegetables too.
I guess we will just have to starve...
If your husband hadn't played so much
we would still have the money you gave me to use.
It's no use talking about what's in the past is it?
We haven't anything left to pawn either.
All the money made with side jobs goes down the drain.
Welcome home.
I went around seeing customers but no luck.
It's almost summer and we're selling winter fabric!
All this is worthless!
A day will come when they start to sell.
All these fabrics are our only asset.
People have lost faith in our business.
I guess we're finished...
We can't keep this place open forever.
Let's sell it and start up something else.
Oh come on. Don't give up!
But we don't even have food to eat.
We owe bills everywhere. Gen is about to give up too.
Poverty is a lot worse than this!
But we have nothing to eat tonight.
One or two days without food won't kill us.
I guess we'll go to bed early tonight.
Staying up will only make us hungry.
There's nothing in there that's worth money.
Everything has been sold at the pawn shop.
We really have nothing?!
Maybe we can sell this bureau...
We'll only get one or two yen at the most!
That's enough for us to buy one sho of rice!
That's pathetic!
It's better than nothing. Let's sell the bureau.
You idiot! That'll just keep us going for a couple of days!
We'll worry about the future when the time comes.
We have to learn to survive day by day.
We're destitute!
You don't know what real poverty is...
This is what it's like when there's no money.
Ryuzo?
- Did you two just have a fight? - No.
I just saw your husband rushing out of here.
Everything is strewn all over the place.
Nothing happened. Please have a seat.
How's your health?
The morning sickness isn't too bad.
The baby is minding its mother.
It's been a long time.
I told you to come see me once in a while.
I was worried.
I heard that you owe all the stores
and that you've been frequenting the pawn shops.
The business is bad as usual?
If only your husband was really trying...
It would have been worth quitting.
He understands and he's trying.
We still have our house.
He doesn't really know what being poor is like.
He'll learn very soon... When he realizes
that we can't even afford to buy a single grain of rice.
It's that bad?
We're all out of food.
And no store will give us any more credit.
That's not funny!
You have the baby to think of.
You have to take care of your health!
If you go back to work you can eat again.
I'm glad I came... Take this for now.
And I'll get you the money to pay off your bills.
- Come and get it tomorrow. - Thank you but...
This is no time to let pride get in the way.
We've held out for two months already.
I can't take handouts from you now.
I have no relatives so you're like family to me.
I can't sit back and watch this happen.
A worthless man is of no value at all!
Mr. Tanokura is just a spoiled boy.
I want him to crawl out of the hole he's in.
That'll give him confidence!
If he could he would have done it already.
I guess you really love him don't you?
You win.
He's late...
He didn't tell you where he was going?
He was acting very strange when he left.
Why don't you go to bed?
I can't sleep. I have to keep busy.
I guess you're right.
When one is busy one wants to rest...
But doing nothing is just as tiring.
Why are we doing this?
We didn't eat all day today... We'll need food tomorrow.
Here's your order of two unagi dinners.
We didn't order this.
Isn't this the Tanokura Company?
- Yes. - Then it's no mistake.
- It's already been paid. - Who ordered it?
I don't know... I just deliver.
We couldn't eat it without knowing who sent it over.
What a waste. It's no good cold!
We didn't know.
We didn't think you'd ordered the dinners.
I have 100 yen here. Pay off all our bills.
It's good money. I borrowed it.
From a loan shark?
No I'm too timid to do that.
Then who?
A man from Saga I did favors for is running
a successful business here in Tokyo.
He loaned me the money and paid for the unagi.
It must be Chokichi the son of a sharecropper!
Yes... He used to follow me around when we were kids.
but now he's a stockbroker.
You bowed down to a man like that?
I had to. I can't let you two starve.
I'm responsible for you both.
I'd never bowed down to anyone before.
I never wanted to sell that badly.
And when business was good that was all right.
But I realized that I was totally broke.
I bowed down for the first time in my life!
I know a man isn't supposed to admit weakness.
But I had to tell him that I was in trouble.
Oshin...
I'm not afraid anymore.
I'll do anything to keep you two from starving.
I'm ready to bow down to anyone.
And I will do whatever work there is.
I borrowed this money but I'm going to be earning my own.
No matter what it takes. I'll pay this money back too!
I don't mind you borrowing money.
I'm so happy that you did what you had to do.
You can do it if you put your mind to it!
I'm sure we can start over again now.
And I'll follow your lead.
We'll build this business back up to what it was.
Please help us too.
I can't win against you...
The truth is...
I was at the end of my rope today.
I almost gave up on you.
Borrowing money isn't the answer. I'll have to figure something out.
We can't just run a fabrics business.
Imported fabrics are too expensive in a poor economy like this.
I don't really know what I should do.
There's a lot you can do. Just put your mind to it.
I need you. With you I can do anything.
Please always stay with me no matter what happens.
Oshin and Ryuzo had gotten over the first crisis in their marriage
but there were more troubles ahead.
Thanks to Avallac'h and XrayMind at D-Addicts.
Translation: UTB Channel