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Episode 222
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The former owners of Oshin's house
suddenly returned from Korea to reclaim it.
Oshin had no intentions of leaving the house
that she believed rightfully belonged to her.
As a compromise,
the two families began living under the same roof.
How did it go?
Nobody at the regiment knows anything about it...
The regiment's commander put his seal to the document!
The military has been disbanded, and the commander's subordinate
who actually worked on the papers is gone.
Does that mean we have to give the house up?
It can't be helped...
It's one big confusing mess now that we've lost the war.
- Keep it down! - Hitoshi...
If you don't like it, leave this house!
You are lucky we let you stay.
- What's that! - Stop it!
They're so pushy!
We let them stay only because they have nowhere else to go.
Squatters should not say anything!
Don't fight with them!
How much longer must we live like this?!
If we're not going to chase them out, let's just leave ourselves.
I'd rather be homeless than live here with them!
We can't leave until Yuu comes home.
He must return home to us here.
Never mind what they say.
We're lucky that we have a roof over our head.
It doesn't bother me. Your father paid for this house.
And we kept it from burning down in the air raids.
We have no reason to leave here.
They're cooking mochi again...
Where do they get it?
Tei.
It sure smells good...
Oshin knew how the children felt, and she felt very badly for them.
However, if they were to leave, they'd be without a house.
Oshin had no relatives to count on,
or any money to rent another house.
Oshin's task now was to keep working
as a black marketeer to keep her family fed.
Six months passed quickly...
Be careful. The police are cracking down.
If you get caught, just toss everything and run away.
If you get caught with the goods,
they will use it as proof against you.
It's the cops!
- Run! - Hurry, Mother!
- Mother! - I'm not committing any crime!
Open your bags!
Let's see what you have.
Rice is a rationed goods.
You can't buy and sell it on your own!
I know that. That's why I'm in business.
My husband is dead,
and my son isn't home from the war yet.
I have five people to support in my family!
I can't get a job, so this is all I can do!
If you arrest me, my family will starve.
People without money have to die?
Come to the station!
Tell me how we're supposed to live!
Show me a way that I can make a living.
The government has to figure out how all of us
can make an honest living!
Tell your story at the police station!
Tei...
I have some steamed potatoes left.
What is taking Mother so long?
She'll be home soon.
Oh, hello. How are you?
A charming little face.
Look, I have something for you. Some chocolate.
Come on take it.
Go on take it. Jimmy is a nice man.
No!
How rude of you.
Don't you realize what the Americans have done to us!
They killed millions of civilians with bombs!
They even dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
and killed countless innocent people!
We'd rather starve than take handouts from them!
How dare you!
Welcome, Jimmy!
You people are trash!
You are fraternizing with the enemy.
You're whores!
Don't you dare talk like that to us!
I'm just calling you what you really are!
We let you stay because we felt sorry for you.
Now we want you out! Leave first thing tomorrow!
Welcome, Jimmy. Come inside.
We were waiting for you.
Mother...
American soldiers have everything.
The other day, he brought over a big piece of meat.
And their sugar is white and powdery!
Tei!
I should have accepted those chocolate bars...
Hitoshi...
I'm going to Yamagata tomorrow.
What for?
The trains don't run on schedule. It'll take you days to get there.
I want to leave here.
If we don't, our lives will be ruined.
Really?
Maybe I can borrow some money in Yamagata.
We need money to move out of here.
I will quit school and help you work!
Oh, come on...
I want us to leave here so that you kids can study.
I think farmers have it better now.
Maybe they can help.
I don't have anyone else to look to for help.
Thank you very much.
Please come again.
Oshin!
It's been a long time.
I'm glad you came.
It must have been rough getting here.
It's good to see you! Things must be tough in town.
People are coming out here to buy rice.
I've been poor a long time,
but I'm sure glad that I stuck it out!
Soon there won't be any big land- owners or sharecroppers anymore!
Land reforms are bing done under MacArthur's orders.
Is it true?
The farmers are finally winning their freedom.
I'm so glad.
We'll get to buy our own land at low prices.
If you're here for money, we can't help you.
I'm taking out a loan to buy my own land.
Our eldest son is getting married, too.
So we have to build him a new house.
We don't have enough money as it is!
We will be cutting down cedar trees to sell.
Sell the trees for lumber?
Yes. Some trees are more than 40 years old.
It's been 40 years?
I was eight when I helped carry seedlings up here...
We planted trees every day. It was hard work!
I wanted those trees for myself...
I didn't want others to reap the profits of my hard labor.
But now I can't even buy a single tree...
I came here to borrow money.
- Oshin... - Shoji.
Will you loan me ¥1,000 when you sell those trees?
I stayed and suffered here for years...
I wanted to leave countless times.
It was a long rough haul...
But now the cedars and the fields...
The land I paid for with my sweat and blood will be mine!
Everything I have, I paid for with my life.
Come on inside!
Stay with us, and eat your fill.
That's all we can do for you now.
Oshin had a lot to say to her brother.
But she kept it to herself.
She was sorry to have even considered depending on her brother.
She returned to Ise with only the memories of their hospitality.
Sadness dwelled within her.
Translation: UTB Channel
Thanks to Avallac'h and XrayMind at D-Addicts.