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Episode 279
It was the New Year of 1968,
and Nozomi was taking Kei home with him to live together.
I'm against it!
Kei is very active. He needs to be watched all the time.
You need to concentrate on your work.
How are you going to watch Kei?
I'll think of something.
Stop being sentimental about it
and get married if you want to live with Kei.
Let your wife take care of your son.
Tend to your own problems first!
Kei is fast asleep. You can take him now.
You carry Kei, and I'll carry your things until the station.
I'll drive them to the station.
No, you're still hung over!
I'm completely sober now.
I'll bring the car out front.
Aren't you lucky?
Hitoshi can be very sweet sometimes.
He thinks of Nozomi as his natural brother.
Can you manage?
Don't hesitate to bring him back anytime.
Now that Kei is gone,
I can get back to working in the store,
and see my regular customers.
Somebody asked if I'd gotten married and moved away.
How old did he think I was?
- Hatsuko. - What is it?
Nozomi turned you down?
I should've known better...
I ended up hurting you. I'm sorry.
I was planning to turn him down myself.
I couldn't possibly marry him when he still loves Yuri that much.
I guess you're right.
I should have known how Nozomi felt,
but I thought it would be good for you both.
I thought he'd listen to me,
then I'd be happy knowing that you'd finally be happy, too.
I'm very happy right now.
But you don't want to be single forever.
With Nozomi, you could have a nice family together.
Kei is so attached to you, too.
You're concerned about my martial status?
First it was Yuu, then Mr. Kawamura,
and now you're 40 and still single.
You've been helping me all these years.
I'm so sorry.
That's why I want to do all I can for you.
Oh, stop it!
I came here to work,
and you raised me as your daughter.
I've never thought of myself as being unhappy.
I don't mind the hard work as long as I'm with you.
To tell you the truth...
I might still be in love with Yuu...
That's why I haven't gotten married.
I'm happy just being here with you.
Nozomi must feel the same way.
He'll stay single for as long as he still loves Yuri.
Memories are enough to keep one going.
Besides, Nozomi has Kei.
I'll remain as a big sister to Nozomi.
He's a good brother, and we can help each other.
You're right.
Nozomi can always be counted on, not like Hitoshi.
He'd help you even if you were down and out.
I feel confident about that.
Kei, you're being a good boy!
I'll take Kei out to play for a while.
It's okay.
He shouldn't have to be cooped up here all day long.
Kei is happy as long as I'm around him.
He understands that I have to work.
It's ready!
Mother.
Grandma!
I was wondering how you were doing.
You wrote and said things were fine,
but I had to see for myself.
What a surprise!
I didn't expect you to be helping your father.
In the past month,
I've developed confidence in my ability to raise Kei on my own.
I'm just glad that Kei is a boy.
Kids grow up watching their parents work.
He works hard at helping me.
I guess he realizes that I must work all day.
I won't say anything more. Raise him as you see fit.
Nozomi's new kiln was fired for the first time that year,
and his pieces earned a good reputation.
Nozomi had taken his first step toward becoming a noted pottery master.
During the same year,
the fourth and fifth Tanokura Stores opened one after the other
as the Tanokura Supermarkets.
They were experiencing a period of rapid growth.
But Oshin was worried about Hitoshi...
We already decided on the location for our sixth store!
Never mind if the other stores object to it.
The store we are trying to buy out
is talking about backing out of the deal.
Then give him more money!
He's selling his business because he needs money.
Why expand again now?
Watch and see how our fourth and fifth stores do first.
We had a late start, and we need to catch up.
I'm more concerned about your family life.
Michiko won't tell me anything at all,
and I know I shouldn't meddle in your affairs, but...
Never mind. I'm too old for love and romance!
You have guests.
My brother!
Is this Oshin?
It's me, Tora!
Tora.
How did you find me?
We'd been wanting to come to Ise,
so we joined up with a tour group and came.
Tora noticed the sign for a Tanokura Supermarket.
I knew you lived near Ise,
and the name was the same, so I asked.
They told me you were the president of the company!
We were so surprised.
They also said you own five stores in all!
You sure have come far...
I'm glad to see you both so well.
We're finally able to live like normal people now.
Our kids are all office workers, and we live in town, too.
What about our old house?
Nobody lives up in the mountains anymore.
I drive up to work in my fields now.
I grow apple and cherries now,
and Sadakichi's wife drives me to and from work.
You grow fruits?
With the land reforms, I'm a landowner now!
But since the kids won't farm,
I've had to sell off a few plots of land.
If our father, mother and Grandma heard all this,
they'd sure be surprised.
We were poor all of our lives. Now it's finally all paying off.
Father and Mother had nothing but hardships.
They died without ever having done anything.
Why don't you ever visit us in Yamagata?
When the apples and the cherries bloom, it's so pretty!
What a feast!
Is it still alive?
Oshin never wanted to go back to Yamagata,
but seeing her older brother and his wife
made her realize the years she herself had lived.
This reunion was a memorable one for Oshin.
In September of 1964,
Hitoshi finally got to open his sixth store.
Things looked good for Hitoshi,
but his family life was in deep trouble.
The ceremony is done.
Michiko...
Hitoshi...
What do you want? Talk to me at home later.
I'd kept it from you,
but Takeshi didn't come home last night.
Then the police called.
He's been arrested as a delinquent.
What shall we do?
Translation: UTB Channel
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