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Episode 237
What are you doing at home?
Welcome home!
What's going on? Did you take the day off?
No.
Mother went out by herself?
She's with Hitoshi.
That's why I'm making Hitoshi's favorite dinner tonight.
- He's back? - Yeah.
- Is he really home?! - Yes.
You always told me to go on to college.
Even after the war, you'd lecture me about it.
But I believed that my own ability
was the only thing I needed to make it.
The fact that I volunteered for the Navy,
and was the first in my class to qualify for the Kamikaze squadron
gave me a lot of confidence.
But after the war, nobody cared about that.
Even the job I got in Tokyo,
without an education, I had no future there.
They put me in the delivery section.
All I did was sort the packages for delivery.
All the other guys my age...
Just because they were college graduates,
they'd come to work in suits, and had important jobs.
I still believed I could do things on my own.
Then I met this man in a bar.
He and I started a brokerage business.
And we made money.
But we ended up buying stolen goods,
and we were swindled and we failed...
You came home because you had no other choice?
I guess it might seem that way.
But I didn't come home because I had to.
I now know that working at a respectable job is important.
That's why I want to start all over.
I want to make it through hard work,
even if I don't have an education!
If I don't, I'd be regretting that I didn't get
a good education for the rest of my life.
You can call me a coward for coming back.
But I want to see if I can do it.
I want to see how far I can go even without an education.
Hatsuko and I do very well on our own.
I don't think we can increase our sales here even if you help us.
You know that, and that's why you left.
But if you're willing to stay and help,
you'll have to find out how we can increase our profits.
Otherwise, you'd just be wasting your time.
You realize that, don't you?
If not having an education bothers you that much,
you have to be ready to do at least that much.
I'll make money for us!
If money is what it takes to win respect, I'll do it.
Hello.
I'm sorry to come without calling you first.
I'm surprised that you came all the way out here!
I need to ask a favor of you...
Let's sit down.
What can I do to help you?
You mentioned that you bought some property
near the train station in our town.
Will you lease it to us?
Hitoshi has come home,
and we want him to help us to expand our business
at a new, viable location.
I don't even know if we can afford the lease...
But if Hitoshi can make a go of it,
I'll be able to leave the Tanokura house.
And if you're still willing to marry me...
I'll gladly give that land to Mrs. Tanokura.
That's why I bought that land.
I lived, and Yuu died.
I wanted to do something for her, and for Yuu.
I'll be more than happy to give her the property.
But you're a different matter altogether.
I'm not trying to be self-righteous.
But I don't want to be seen as a man
who is trying to win you over with money.
I didn't mean it that way...
You still love Yuu.
That's why you're willing to sacrifice yourself for the Tanokuras.
Mr. Kawamura...
In any case, I'll turn the land over to Mrs. Tanokura.
That'll make me feel better, too...
I've suffered for five years,
for having survived, and for letting Yuu perish...
This will help to atone for that sin.
If you'd just sign these papers,
I'll have the property transferred to your name.
I don't understand...
You don't have to do this for us.
It's my duty to do this as a survivor.
If Yuu had come home, he'd be doing the same for you.
But...
Think of this as Yuu's keepsake, and accept this for me.
If you insist, but I can't just accept it.
It might take five or 10 years, but I'll pay you back.
If that's what you want.
In any case, I'll sign the land over to you.
I'm glad I could be of help.
I have no family to speak of.
And I've devoted my life to making money,
but I have no one to spend it on.
If I can make you happy, it'll make it all worthwhile.
For a money hound like me, it's a salvation.
Sorry to have stayed so late.
Hatsuko.
I'll wait for you, until the day you can love someone other than Yuu.
Bye.
I have a registered letter for you.
- Here you go. - Thank you.
Mother.
There's a registered letter for you from Mr. Kawamura.
Have you seen the newspaper this morning?
No. What is it?
[Moneylender Murdered]
It can't be! It must be some mistake!
Look at the picture... It's Mr. Kawamura.
He was a loan shark and a hard-nosed one at that.
One of his clients killed him...
He survived the war, and lost his family in Manchuria...
His relatives were very cold towards him.
The bitterness he carried inside made him turn to money lending.
If it weren't for the war,
he would have lived a peaceful life like everyone else.
The war made him like that... The poor man.
Just like it killed Yuu... the war killed Mr. Kawamura.
He's a casualty of the war!
He sent this to you...
Kawamura had sent Oshin the deed to the property near the station.
Signing over the property to Oshin.
Kawamura had wanted to do this out of the feeling of guilt
for having watched Yuu died.
The war had changed his life, too.
Oshin buried Kawamura's unclaimed body
next to Yuu's empty grave.
He had a tough time...
He could only believe in money.
I never want to go through another war!
Two lives were brought to ruin by war,
Oshin felt pity for both of them.
But the land that Kawamura had left to Oshin
was to be the start of a new life for her.
Translation: UTB Channel
Thanks to Avallac'h and XrayMind at D-Addicts.