Original subtitles

WHERE THE CHIMNEYS ARE SEEN

Producer: UCHIYAMA Yoshishige

Screenplay: OGUNI Hideo Novel: SHINA Rinzo

Directed by GOSHO Heinosuke Photography: MIURA Mitsuo

Lighting: KAWANO Aizou Sound: DOGEN Yuji

Artistic Director: SHIMOGAWARA Tomoo Music: AKUTAGAWA Yasushi

Director's Assistant: MIWA Akira Editing: NAGATA Nobu

Cast:

TANAKA Kinuyo UEHARA Ken TAKAMINE Hideko

AKUTAGAWA Hiroshi SEKI Chieko HANAI Ranko

SAKAMOTO Takeshi, TANAKA Haruo MIYOSHI Eiko, URABE Kumeko

Look...

Do you know the magic chimneys of Tokyo?

Here they are. The reason for this name...

...is that, depending from where they are seen,

four become three,

and sometimes two,

and even one.

From where we live we can see three of them.

That's why the people who live here...

...think there are only three.

This isn't a luxurious neighbourhood.

When it rains, everything is immediately flooded.

That's why people are so afraid.

In spite of all that, this neighbourhood is part of big Tokyo.

Do you think it is a peaceful neighbourhood?

It's about to dawn.

The first woman getting up around here is my wife.

This woman we are seeing is an old priestess neighbour".

My wife is not as ugly as she is.

On the right you can see my derelict house.

I rent it to that old woman for three thousand yen.

It's cheap, isn't it?

To go to work from here...

...it's far away and badly connected.

But rent and life in this area are very cheap, so I can't leave.

This is my wife, Hiroko.

She suffered very much in the past.

She was a war widow and got married again, with me. She is very good to me.

These are my shoes she is cleaning.

How awful!

Well, this is me.

Hiroko's husband, Ogata Ryukichi.

Now I understand...

Why do we human beings fail as to our looks?

I have rented two rooms upstairs to a woman and a man, both single.

Well, we'd better leave that...

Probably they're asleep, too, dead beat.

I charge two thousand yen, including breakfast, for a room with six tatamis.

And 1.700 yen for a room with four tatamis. Do you find that cheap?

I follow the principle of not collecting any deposit.

J... O... K... R...

J... O... K... R...

You are listening to the Bunka Hosho radio station.

Here's this wonderful morning.

We wish you a very pleasant day.

And now enjoy this music.

Dear, are you awake?

What a noise!

But it's a business.

- I will get up. - Ok.

PRAYING PLACE

PRAYING PLACE

What a noise!

They drive me mad.

What's the matter with you?

You are like a little girl.

They remind me of the bombing.

I don't like to be like this.

Anything frightens you...

...even though you're 35.

Good morning, Senko.

Good morning.

What a racket every day!

Thanks to that you don't need any alarm clock.

They wake you up every morning.

Lend me your soap.

Again?

Here.

Breakfast is ready!

Thanks!

[WALK THROUGH THE CORRIDOR WITHOUT MAKING ANY NOISE]

In our cosmetics shop FRANCIA we offer you a complete range of items.

We are having a sale from today.

A cream with a better quality than import creams,

face powder.

With all this you will be able to protect your beautiful skin.

Our fashion shop DENKYODO...

...is selling up Japanese socks from today.

That tepidness,

that comfort that strength,

will satisfy you.

Buy YAKKO socks.

They are 35.

Mr. Kawamura, are you leaving?

Yes. I'm going to have a look at the sales.

I see. If you go to MAROBISHI, can you take something with you?

Wait, Ogata.

- I don't think I'll make it to Ueno today. - Oh, all right.

- I'm leaving. - See you later.

O kayo I

What's the matter with you? Have you caught a cold?

I have tonsillitis.

Listen, I have a sewing machine. Do you want to buy it?

It's very cheap.

I'd like to,

but I still can't.

It's very good. It's imported.

Correct forecasts are 42!

Correct ticket, 42.

- Correct ticket, 250 yen. - Please, three tickets.

Four and two.

Oh, you are Ogata's wife.

Mr. Kawamura.

Please, don't tell my husband about this.

The same to you. Don't tell Ogata anything.

Why don't you run this bar?

You'll realize what a profit you can make.

But...

Besides, my husband has started to cheat on me!

Well...

Hey, you civil servant,

before collecting taxes, why don't you keep an eye on my husband's infidelity?

I'm so angry!

The fixed-term deposit is quite safe.

Besides, if you win the first prize, it will be 500.000 yen.

- These 500.00 yen... - This is a joke!

Well, anyway, I'll come back the day after tomorrow.

By then,

please discuss it with your husband.

We don't want to seize you.

It's going on like this since 1950.

We don't want to seize you. We want to avoid it.

So, please, observe it.

If you insist so much, take the kid with you.

Come on, baby, you go with this man instead of the tax.

[NOGUCHI CONSTRUCTION]

[BE CAREFUL. CRIME PREVENTION]

Are you returning now, Mr Ogata?

We've got it ready.

I've gone to the nursery to install the radio.

- They were very glad. - Fine.

Children are so innocent.

I don't understand people who hate them.

You are probably also looking forward to having them.

- Not for the time being. - Not for the time being?

Yes, that's right.

Children are gifts of heaven.

Why don't you want to have any?

If we had one now,

we would have no longer any means to live.

That's why we can't.

So that's why?

Mr Ogata,

I have seven children.

- And we manage. - Here, dear.

- Mom, I'm starving! - How much is it? - Nothing, nothing.

Lunch time, lunch time!

I am here!

Welcome.

Your wife has gone to see the doctor.

- The doctor? - Yes.

Are you already here?

What did he say to you?

About what?

Are you pregnant?

What are you saying?

You're not?

Not at all. We're being very careful.

- Are you feeling sick? - I've seen the dentist. It was hurting since early this morning.

Did they make a filling?

I've been so soared!

It's okay.

I have bought this.

- Are your teeth aching? - It's for you.

- Here. - Ok.

You're very pretty in this kimono.

- Really? - Yes.

- Why don't you get up? - No, I don't want to.

Come on, get up.

Am I pretty?

Next year we'll buy a coat.

I don't know.

Hiroko...

Yes?

Give it to me.

But what?

No!

Let me go!

I am here.

Welcome.

He has knocked him out from the left and is winning the fight!

Chiyonoyama, 36 times a champion, has lost!

Welcome.

What's the matter with you?

The result is astonishing!

Chiyonoyama looks very depressed while walking to his dressing room.

Senko has watched us for a long time.

What an odd girl.

It doesn't matter.

We're legally married.

So legally that it is recorded in the general register office.

There's nothing to be ashamed of.

But I don't feel good.

Get off!

When I looked at them,

they moved uneasily,

as if I had caught them doing something bad.

You watched them without saying anything to them... How wicked you are!

It was more embarrassing to watch than to be watched.

But I looked at them.

Human love is deplorable.

You're so weird!

Don't you feel sorry for them?

I wouldn't mind being looked at!

On the contrary, I'd go on...! [DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WITH SENKO AND CONCENTRATE ON STUDYING]

You couldn't!

If it was true love, it would be like this.

I wouldn't do it.

I don't like to frighten people.

Really?

You're such a good person.

What's the matter with you?

Don't scare me.

- What's happened to you? - I've stepped on a nail.

Only a nail?

You just said that you don't like to frighten people.

Don't overdo it.

[DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WITH SENKO AND CONCENTRATE ON STUDYING]

What a good calligraphy.

I'm required to use it a lot at work.

Senko, I'll invite you to something.

You inviting me, how strange!

- What is it? - Maybe it's got cold.

Please...

Sit down.

Gee, it's a tayaki.

I bought them while I was collecting.

They were five yen each.

You're not the kind who get promoted.

Good heavens!

I don't like to frighten anyone.

- Does it still hurt? - Yes.

Don't be crazy.

I'll take the sedative he prescribed me.

Yes, take it.

- Where is it? - Inside my bag. - I'll get it.

Isn't it there?

Bring the abacus.

Read me this.

100 yen.

- 500 yen. - Faster.

700 yen, 300 yen,

580 yen, 160 yen,

600 yen, 600 yen...

I've made a mistake.

- 400 yen. - From the beginning.

100 yen, 500 yen, 700 yen, 300 yen, 580 yen,

160 yen, 600 yen, 400 yen, 700 yen,

300 yen, 600 yen, 1.300 yen, 930 yen,

300 yen, 1.000 yen, 370 yen, 300 yen...

Total: 13.000 yen.

And I'm the holder of this account...

That's right.

I wanted to tell you when we reached 20.000 yen.

- That was my illusion. - Where did you get it from?

From little jobs.

Little jobs?

Yes. Okayo offered me that job.

Nojima Kayaks?

Yes.

I do the same job as her.

First I wanted to buy a sewing machine and work at home.

But the thing is that I earn more this way than working at home.

First it was hard, but I've got used to it.

I didn't think it was so awful as to make you so angry.

The truth is that my salary is poor.

But who cares.

You married me knowing that.

I don't complain about your salary.

I did it spontaneously. As if picking up a banknote from the ground.

I don't know why you are getting angry.

- I thought you would be glad. - Glad?

You say Okayo offered it to you.

I hate that woman.

She is a bit bossy, but she is a good person.

I don't mind that!

What I'm saying is that you have done it without consulting me!

But... who are you?

Do you have anything to do with me?

I am happy being married to you.

So...am I.

So... you don't understand why I'm so mad?

Well, that's it!

I'm tired. Bring the futon.

I'll go to bed, I'll calm down and then we'll talk.

Yes, these things should be discussed in a calm way.

It would be embarrassing if they could hear us from upstairs.

I'm planning to quit this job.

It's very hard to collect money from people who are selling...

...even their clothes in order to pay.

Become Prime Minister and reform the tax system.

I am serious.

I won't lend you any money.

What?

Money for what?

You'll be in trouble as soon as you quit your job.

You're right.

I've come to a dead end.

I wouldn't run away from trouble.

This is very old. My mother bought it for me when I was three.

I like it moving its head.

If you like it, I'll give it to you.

I also was remembering my mother.

When I was a kid I used to go with my mother to the fair to sell things.

I'm so sleepy.

Thanks a lot.

Thanks for the tea.

So...

I've got the feeling that you are a bit cold towards me.

For instance, that little job.

You didn't consult me about it.

And on top of it you don't seem to care.

You get frightened over petty things.

So I've got the feeling that you are committed to some shady business.

With your former husband...

You never tell me anything.

Not a single word.

He died in a bombing.

That's what you say.

To be honest,

sometimes I even think that it's you who killed him.

I'm unable to do any such thing.

I don't talk about him...

...because I love you a lot. I love you so much...

...that I have forgotten the past.

- You're so glib. - It's true.

I feel as if I was married for the first time.

It's true.

I am very happy-

Hiroko...

Forgive me my anger.

I got furious because you have been working without telling me, but...

...I a am also grateful about it.

Let's leave it at that.

It's a noise from the bathroom.

See how you get frightened?

Good night.

Good night.

We'll buy a house when we get more money.

The programmes are at an end for today.

Make sure that you have put out the fire and closed the doors.

Ifs cold. Very cold. A boy comes down from the mountain.

He comes to buy a Fuku-Fuku bread roll.

One bread roll, 10 yen.

Ifs Ueno's speciality.

Fuku-Fuku.

Do you know the Fuku-Fukuya shop?

Warm and tasty.

Taste the Fuku-Fuku bread roll, please.

He's a real beast,

hitting you.

What's happened?

He says I don't work seriously.

Stuff and nonsense.

I work seriously.

Do you know why?

The boss envies me.

He says I wear luxurious things.

And that I don't seem to need a job.

Yesterday he came by oar to pick you up.

Do you mean the manager?

He told me he would pick me up every day.

I'm afraid that he will have it in for me again tomorrow.

What do you think I must do?

Don't ask me.

Finally it's you who will have to decide.

I like others to decide for me, it's much easier.

What an odd girl you are. Cute, but rather cheeky.

Look, a pigeon has just done a poo on the statue!

Come on, let's work.

Ogata...

You look downhearted. What's wrong with you?

Nothing in particular.

It's about my wife.

Your wife? What's happened?

From time to time...

...I feel that my wife is a stranger to me.

Nonsense.

She is a wonderful wife.

It's because you haven't got any children.

Have you got a light?

Yakkotabi, hello?

Listen, Hiroko...

A guy with a kid on his back...

...asked about your address.

My address? What was he like?

I guess he was some 40 years old.

And not well dressed.

Doesn't sound familiar to me.

Attention, please.

The mother who has temporarily left...

...her baby near the ticket windows to be taken care of,

is kindly asked to call at the offices...

.10 pick him up, since the keeper...

...cannot take care of him.

Sorry it took me so long.

It's 80 yen.

Thanks very much.

- This is a little gift. - Thanks. - Thanks to you.

Madam!

Do you come this far to do your shopping?

Yes. It's very cheap because they just opened.

I've only paid 80 yen for the meat.

Don't you go home?

I must return to the office again.

I had to do an unpleasant seizure.

See you later.

- A tiny straw has got caught on it. - It's true.

Well!

These chimneys...

You can see two of them.

I thought they were three.

It's true!

How strange!

I'm leaving.

Hello!

I am here!

Sorry, I will immediately fix supper.

I've bought some meat.

- Hiroko! - Yes?

And this?

Whose baby is this?

You're asking me?

- Where has it come from? - You don't know?

- No, I don't know. - You don't?

Why is he here?

He was here when I came.

I thought somebody had asked you.

I have no idea what this is about.

Didn't anyone ask you...'.7

Dear!

It must be an abandoned child.

An abandoned child?

In some strangers' place?

It seems to happen a lot...

Today it happened as well at the cycle track.

A mother vanished leaving her baby to a stranger.

This is crazy!

What shall we do?

This is some trouble...

I don't know what to do.

- What are you going to do? - Well...

I'll take it to the police in any case.

[FOR HIROKO]

What's the matter with you?

Tsukahara Chujiro.

That Tsukahara...

This baby, Shigeko, is your daughter.

I enclose the birth certificate as a proof.

Please, take care her.

Tsukahara Chujiro.

[TSUKAHARA CHUJIRO. HIROKO, WIFE. SHIGEKO, DAUGHTER]

Tsukahara is alive.

Even if he is alive,

this is not my daughter.

Tsukahara can't oblige me to this thing.

It's not a thing, it's a baby.

I'm going to consult it with the police.

Wait!

It's weird.

Very weird.

Who the devil are you married to?

According to this certificate,

you're Tsukahara's wife.

No, it's not possible.

I am your wife.

I am Ogata Ryukichi's wife.

Hiroko, wait!

Yes, it's legal.

Look, you're my wife, without any doubt.

Ogata Ryukichi and his wife Hiroko.

This is legal.

Of course it is.

This is authentic.

So we must calm down and start thinking.

The issuing date of Tsukahara's certificate is the 10th of last month.

And then you were my wife.

Yes, that's right. I am your wife.

Then this would be bigamy.

It's not possible!

If this is bigamy,

I'll be punished, too.

According to...

...criminal law,

art. 184:

"The wedded person who marries another person...

...will be sentenced to two years prison at the most.

The same penalty will be applied to the new spouse."

It's a crime of bigamy.

You didn't take your name off Tsukahara’s certificate.

It's your fault.

[OGATA RYUKICHI. HIROKO, WIFE]

We got married two years ago.

We've been together ever since.

And you were pregnant without me knowing it.

And you had a child without me knowing it.

What shall I do?

What shall I do?

What do I know?

If I knew, I would do it.

I'm a person who does the right things.

As long as I know what to do.

It's not my problem.

Why are you accusing me like that?

Where are you going?

Don't go to the police!

It's not that!

Where are you going then?

I see. You are going to look for Tsukahara.

If you are going to him, take the girl along.

If it was my daughter...

But I hate her being another man's child.

She is not... my... daughter.

It's logical. I only say that if you want to look for Tsukahara, go.

I am your wife.

I am, whatever they say.

Well, you were about to leave.

I only intended to buy some milk for the girl.

What must I do?

There's no need to buy milk.

I don't care if she dies.

Is anything wrong? You were talking about dying...

Ah... There's a baby...

No way out... Go away.

Madam...

Children are a gift from heaven.

Hurry UP-

Take much care of it.

Good night.

I am here!

Good heavens! A kid. What's the matter?

I don't know.

But here's...

...a baby.

That child's voice comes from the neighbour's next door.

It's the voice of God.

It's a voice accusing the Ogatas.

Don't say such nonsense!

It has come to warn the Ogatas because they are faithless.

Are you awake?

What's going on?

It's crying a lot.

What's the relationship between that child and the Ogatas?

I have no idea.

Ogata himself ignores it.

Strange.

It's like the chimneys.

Today I only saw two of them on the other side of the river.

Only Mo?

As if they were ghosts. It's not possible.

From here you can see three of them.

Excuse me.

Yes?

Are you Hiroko?

What's the matter with you?

What? A child?

Yes, I'm sure this child...

Her kimono looks familiar to me.

It's the daughter of the man who asked for your address.

I don't know why he has left her to me.

I don't understand anything.

Undo it.

Whatever the reason, if we don't know where that man lives,

it's hopeless.

I was that man's wife.

Ah, it's your former husband.

My husband Ogata doesn't deserve to go through this.

I can't stand it.

Good afternoon!

What's the matter?

I'm very busy.

Has anything happened to you that you haven't come to work?

I've quit.

Why?

Are you going to marry...

O p' k

That manager?

I don't know if I'll be a wife...

...or a concubine.

He is fifty-two.

But my parents are very happy...

...because we're poor.

I love to see my father and mother so happy.

The manager's house is huge.

It's got 11 rooms.

I will invite you once I have settled into it.

Thanks.

I've come to say goodbye.

I like you very much.

Goodbye. Take care.

Goodbye!

I am here!

Don't Cry!

She had just gone to sleep...

What does this face of yours mean?

Do you have a right to accuse me because of this girl?

What right do you have?

Eh, Hiroko?

Forgive me.

I'm beat...

...after taking care of her all day long.

It's none of my business.

Don't cry.

What a racket.

I can stand almost any noise. [DON'T SURRENDER TO THE WHINING OF A BABY]

I can't stand children crying.

Listen... It's sibilant.

When I hear this sound, my heart stands still.

I envy children.

They can cry freely, whenever they want.

Even if they are threatened by the atomic bomb,

they don't care and keep crying.

They are admirable.

But you also said they were very noisy.

That's why I say that I envy them.

Go to sleep, go to sleep...

This way of crying...

...means that she's hungry.

How do you know?

I've never been married, but...

...I've raised a kid.

My brother's kid, who died in the war.

My sister-in-law gave birth to him and died.

I carried him on my back while I was ploughing at the evacuation area.

He was a very delicate kid.

I was very fond of him.

I wanted to do everything for him.

But...

...he died.

It seemed very cruel to me.

From that moment on, I decided that...

...I would never again get attached to anybody.

I don't want to go through that again.

Do you understand that kind of female feeling?

Kenzo?

Kenzo!

Have you fallen asleep?

You're going to catch a chill.

That baby is a pain in the neck.

Are you already awake?

It's very early.

It's impossible to sleep with this child.

What a shame.

It's only a child.

Not sleeping makes me think about things.

I feel that I get a thousand years older.

I've dreamed we got married and we had a kid.

And we aged and died together.

I've dreamed it a thousand times.

Finally, I got tired of dreaming.

I ignore what you think of me.

Do you love me or not?

You're so rude, coming in without knocking.

I am a woman.

I don't understand anything.

You must understand yourself.

Maybe I love you.

But...

Maybe I don't love you.

That's why I don't understand anything.

You drive me crazy.

I haven't been sleeping for two nights.

Neither have I.

It's probably because of the baby downstairs.

The child wakes me up, but...

...afterwards, you are the main subject.

Maybe that child makes me think of you.

Listen, what is the truth?

Do you love me or not?

Both answers are right.

See? This drives me mad.

Haven't you fallen asleep?

I can't stand the kid's crying.

And I can't stand your face, either.

You look like a spectre taking care of the girl.

Pass her to me.

Thanks.

How she looks when she ones.

Shut up!

Don't stand there like a fool, go to bed.

We needn't be both awake.

I'm sorry.

I feel sorry for you.

It's not your fault.

Neither the girl's.

But why is this girl crying so much?

Look, we're going to do this.

That is...

Let's play jankenpon.

If you lose,

it means that you love me.

You will lose.

I'm not lucky with games.

What's the matter with you?

Be a man.

Jan . . ken . . pom!

Jan . . ken . . pom!

Jan . . ken . . pom!

Jan . . ken . . pom!

Jan . . ken . . pom!

- Jan... ken...! - Silence, please!

Let's stop it.

It's nonsense.

The baby is to blame.

Stupid!

I was planning to lose...

What a racket upstairs.

Don't say that.

- I feel sorry for them. - Sorry?

It's not their fault.

Poor guys.

Poor?

I am the poorest guy in this world.

There are people who abandon their own children,

and I can't abandon this crybaby.

I have never cheated on my wife.

And you cheat on me and I can't even hit you.

Hit me.

I am an ordinary worker.

I don't even spit on the street.

And now, without wanting it, I am committing a crime.

That's why I told you to go to the police station.

Don't Cry!

I am willing to get any punishment.

If you tell me to go, I'll do so.

If you tell me to kill this baby, I'll do so.

If you tell me to leave her, I'll do so.

I have not deceived you!

I have not!

You may not have deceived me, but you have concealed things from me.

Also about the cycle track.

Regarding that job,

I have nothing whatever to feel ashamed of.

You say I didn't consult you, but...

...it's normal to decide things on one's own.

I'm not a little girl.

From...

...that bombing,

I've been like that to survive.

The baby was not the reason.

It was the war.

The day after the bombing,

I went back home, I survived.

All my relatives were dead.

Not one of them was left.

I thought that Tsukahara had died, too.

Nevertheless,

I went and looked for him.

While I was turning round the corpses,

I felt more and more furious about the war.

Besides,

I started to hate...

...the human beings who had caused it.

I felt lonely.

I decided to live alone.

At the evacuation spot...

...I picked up vegetable scraps...

...lying around behind the farms.

I felt like a clog.

To live alone...

...is worse than to be a dog.

Damn it!

Yes, I am damned!

I didn't mean you.

Yes... You are damned.

This baby is the proof of it.

We are through, aren't we?

Well, yes,

no wife would hide anything from her husband.

I see.

Finally, lam alone.

It's all right.

At that moment I thought that I had had enough.

The bombing only left chaos.

That's why it was possible to create any family register.

That's why...

...I created my own family register.

If this hadn't happened,

I wouldn't have created any new family register.

I didn't want to see anybody.

Not even my former husband.

That's how I thought.

How bold!

If you feel so much like living alone, do so.

Thanks a lot for everything.

I appreciate it.

What shall I do with this girl?

Hiroko!

Hiroko!

What has happened to you?

What a fool.

She's heading for the river.

I don't know if she is going to kill herself.

Why don't you stop her?

Madam!

Madam!

- Madam! - Madam!

Hiroko!

- Hiroko! - Madam!

Hiroko!

Madam!

What have I done.

Nothing is the matter.

Nothing has happened.

Are you Ok?

Are you cold?

Let's go home.

Ogata...

I know about the kid. We heard you argue.

I think... it's not such a big problem.

That's right. It's only about a baby.

But it's about an exhausting baby.

I know.

I don't mean that.

- Then... what do you mean? - What do I mean?

Maybe you think that everything will get sorted out by holding on.

But what Tsukahara has done is not right.

It cannot be solved by keeping silent and playing the victim.

It's a matter of human justice! So we have to struggle!

But we've got a weak spot.

We can't know until we fight.

Maybe you have misunderstood it.

Look, Ogata...

This problem will get solved when you find Tsukahara.

Do I have to look for him?

For Tsukahara?

Why?

How shall I do that?

There is no alternative but to start looking for him.

What a coward you are.

It's a matter of justice, not an individual matter.

It's about justice, about society!

Senko, am I right?

Only because of this?

What do you mean?

Kenzo, anyone can talk about justice.

I don't only talk, I act!

It's very easy. We only have to find Tsukahara.

Ogata, I'll do it.

I will look for him from today, even if I have to be off work.

Because of lack of justice,

I have ended up looking for Tsukahara.

I hadn't even dreamt of it.

Nothing can be done about it now.

First! went to the city hall where Tsukahara is registered.

Then I went to search for him at his piece.

It's across the river.

Thanks.

That Tsukahara is a bad guy.

He used to work at the bicycle shop.

He is said to pay visits to his old friends to ask them for money.

But that was two years ago.

I don't forgive myself for getting into this trouble.

I feel silly and wimp.

Justice!

They're loading me with too much responsibility.

Kenzo...

You're coming back now? I've been playing pachinko for the first time.

I feel sorry for the owner. I've earned a lot.

What do I care.

I feel uncomfortable with my wife,

and the truth is that I don't like pachinko.

Do you have any idea for whom I am making this effort?

For justice, right?

I am here.

What's the matter with you?

I'm tired of all this searching.

Not one single track.

Besides I'm worn out and my head aches.

I think it's nonsense.

It's none of my business.

And the Ogatas don't seem happy, either.

[DON'T FORGET ABOUT WORK BECAUSE OF THAT STUPID JUSTICE]

I haven't gone to work and I've spent money.

I didn't think that justice would exhaust me so much.

What can I do...

...while Kenzo is investigating for us.

I don't know.

Have you started to smoke?

I don't like it at all.

Stop fooling around.

It's useless. The table isn't level.

I tell you it's useless.

You are so stubborn.

See? It's possible.

I see...

I'll go and get him.

I'm leaving.

Kenzo, I love you.

- See you later. - Good luck.

[DON'T FORGET ABOUT WORK BECAUSE OF THAT STUPID JUSTICE]

It's over there, in that house.

Thanks.

It's that man.

Thanks.

You are Tsukahara, aren't you?

Yes, I am.

Have you left a girl at Ogata's place?

- Are you a cop? - No, I'm not.

My name is Kubo and I am an acquaintance.

It's about the baby.

Wait a moment.

Please...

Can you come with me?

I would like you to persuade Katsuko.

Katsuko?

She is my wife.

She left home. She left me and the girl.

Give me some money.

Dear...

The girl seems to be ill.

So why don't you call the doctor?

I'm going to play pachinko.

What are you doing?

You must call the doctor.

What are you going to do if it's too late?

This baby is also human.

I'm going to get the doctor.

[TAVERN HOUSE OF THE MOON]

Listen...

Do you have any matches?

Well...

It's about the baby.

Shigeko?

This guy is responsible for the girl.

I wanted to abort, but this guy spent all the money he had for this.

Finally, she was born.

Why don't you take him to the police?

That would make him understand.

He's like that, just as you see him.

Even if a woman hits him, he is so coward that he doesn't react.

I have often thought of killing myself.

I'm no longer his wife!

We have separated!

He is obsessed with the cycle track!

He sold even the pots when I wasn't there.

He told me that the girl would be at a relative's.

It was a lie!

And what happens?

Madam!

You've seen it, I'm a good-for-nothing.

A real good-for-nothing.

I don't think so.

You are mistaken about yourself.

No.

I am like that.

I tell you.

Why did you separate from Mr Ogata's wife?

Why?

It was during the bombing, on the last year of the war.

I don't know why, but it happened like that.

I don't understand anything.

Shigeko was born last month.

I went to the city council.

That woman...

What was her name?

Ah, Hiroko.

That woman...

...was registered as my wife.

And, besides, she is officially married to Mr. Ogata.

So you bear no grudge against Mr Ogata?

Not at all.

It all started when I saw Hiroko...

...at the cycle track.

At the cycle track?

- Mr Ogata's wife? - Yes, that's right.

At that moment I was being reproved by everyone.

I was in trouble. I didn't have anyone who I could depend on.

Doctor, how is she?

Well, are you worried about her?

As I feel sorry for this girl,

I have made an effort.

I am worried about her fate: parents like you, who wait until it's serious.

How sad that nowadays there are so many parents as cold as you.

You should feel ashamed.

Is she ill?

- What's her name? - Her name is Shigeko.

Cheer up!

Listen, the girl next door is seriously ill. Her life is in danger.

That baby?

Mr Ogata...

I have found him at last.

What's the matter with the baby?

She is seriously ill.

I see.

Welcome home.

What's the matter with you?

Nothing can be done.

I don't know why I have made such an effort.

What a story!

At last I have found Tsukahara.

He lives nearby.

From there...

So strange.

You can see four chimneys.

Four?

So how many are there, for heaven's sake?

The place and angle even matters with the chimneys...

They have made me think.

I see...

And what does this have to do with Tsukahara?

There are people like Tsukahara,

who see their lives in a way.

That man is a disaster.

If we return him the kid, with the life he leads,

it would be like killing her.

We have lost control about this matter.

It's a social issue.

And what's the matter with the baby's mother?

I've seen her, too.

She left them and she lives and works in a tavern.

I had never met such a cruel woman as her.

She is a disaster, just like her husband.

Disaster... disaster... Disastrous... How awful!

What do you think you're? Do you think yourself an authority?

You judge people and you sentence them.

What right have you to criticize them so relentlessly?

Only because they're human beings?

I hate that kind of people.

Senko...

Are you annoyed?

Senko!

Senko!

Shut up!

She is going to die all the same, even if Senko comes.

Senko!

- What's the matter with you? - The girl is dying!

The doctor said that it was too late!

It's our fate.

Everything is doomed to go wrong.

What is going wrong?

The baby is still alive.

What is going wrong?

But the doctor said it was too late.

Whether or not too late,

why don't you do as much as you can while you're waiting?

Kenzo!

Please, get some ice.

All right.

Isn't the child going to survive?

Why are you all like this?

The baby is still alive.

The baby is still alive. That means that she is going to survive.

That means that she is going to survive.

Nothing is going wrong.

If you say so.

I'll get the ice.

I'll get another doctor!

Shigeko, darling! Shigeko, darling!

[A PLEA FOR THE HEALTH OF OGATA'S CHILD]

Listen, honey...

It seems difficult for her to breathe.

Enough!

I don't know myself if I am dead or alive.

The baby will recover.

She'll get well.

Being so small,

fighting against her illness,

she's making a great effort.

Dear!

Dear!

She's recovered.

That's fine.

This night, between two and three,

I thought she'd die.

Shigeko, darling!

Shigeko...

How wonderful that you feel better!

We're going to take the medicine.

Thanks.

Hiroko, come here!

Who might it be?

I was asleep. I haven't noticed.

I have to go to work.

You've come so soon...

What do you want?

Senko...

Look at this...

Nice.

Do you like it?

Do you like it? I'll give it to you then.

I'll give it to you then.

This is nice as well, isn't it?

It costs 35.000 yen.

Fine.

I'll give it to you as well.

And... this.

Here you are.

Yukiko...

What's happened to you?

I don't even... understand it.

Don't you know?

Have you argued with your executive?

No, I haven't

I was afraid.

I really was.

Afraid?

- Of what? - Well, last night...

...he came back home around eleven o'clock.

And he behaved in a queer way.

He was cheerful. Had a bounced 2-million yen cheque with him.

He had brought a bottle of wine and wanted us to drink it up.

But he was very odd.

His hands were shaking.

He spilled the wine.

He clumsily took out a handkerchief and started drying up.

When he took it out of his pocket,

this small bottle he carried inside fell out.

It's very dangerous.

It's poison, isn't it?

I got afraid. I told him I was going to the kitchen to get some food and fled.

I was so frightened!

But then maybe he drank it.

Maybe he is dead.

That's right.

This is why I am afraid...

...of going back home.

You're so weird!

I am more frightened at you!

What is not possible?

I have just come to fetch my child!

I tell you she isn't here!

What about that crying? Is it your child's?

She is Tsukahara's wife.

Don't come up to our house without permission!

You're stealing my baby!

This is unlawful entry!

Oh, it's you!

You went to see my husband! You told us to fetch the kid! That's why I've come!

But look at these people! Maybe you can persuade them...

But...

You told me that you wouldn't be responsible for the kid.

I only said this because my husband was there.

You know I am Shigheko's mother.

Return Shigeko to me.

I thought that...

...leaving the child with Tsukahara would make him more responsible.

But he left it with some unknown people.

What a hopeless man!

I've come to apologize and thank you.

But... this man...

...says that he knows nothing.

Do you understand why I've got angry?

You told me you wouldn't be responsible.

And you had a cold attitude, as if you wouldn't care about the kid.

It made me angry to see a mother like you.

And now, suddenly, you change your mind.

I can't believe it.

You can't imagine how I suffer.

The suffering of a woman with a useless husband!

He made me to give birth to a child I didn't desire!

I would have wanted to get rid of her!

But I am attached to her!

You can't understand my feeling!

What's wrong with you? You're standing there, judging me!

I won't give up!

The baby is mine!

- Whatever you say, she's mine! - Mrs Tsukahara!

Can you raise her if you take her along?

Besides, the baby...

...is sick now.

Sick?

It's not about being able to raise her, but about raising her.

But you work in a tavern, don't you?

Besides you live there, don't you?

I've had enough! Do away with me, if you want to!

I am leaving, too.

Madam!

Madam...

Where are you going?

L...

I don't know...

...where I am going, either.

I don't understand anything of what you think and do.

You told me the baby was a nuisance!

That's why you were arguing so loudly.

And now you change your mind!

And you reject the mother who has come to pick her up.

Why did I make such an effort then?

I took several days off and walked a lot.

Not to mention...

I've spent 750 yen in search of Tsukahara.

And this only as regards transport, without including expenses.

We'll pay you that.

You're so stupid! I don't mean that!

And you without noticing, playing pachinko.

Do you know why Tsukahara's wife has come?

Because I told her.

I met Tsukahara and I saw his wife.

At that moment, it didn't look as if she meant to come.

So it didn't look like it, did it?

That's right.

I said that this woman was a disaster.

I also said that my effort had been in vain.

But yes, it has been in vain!

Madam...

Do I look happy to you?

You're a good lady...

Do you think I am happy?

Yes.

Madam, put this on.

- Don't worry. - Please.

Let me put it on for you.

Let's go.

Thanks, miss.

I see...

I will also go barefoot then.

Madam...

What are you going to do?

This baby...

I'll return her to her mother.

Why are you whispering?

Senko...

It's true, we have grown fond of the baby.

It seems weird to you, doesn't it?

Only yesterday we didn't want her.

And today we're fond of her.

It's also true that...

...she has caused us some trouble.

That's right.

But then again...

...we've become attached to her.

But so has Tsukahara's wife.

That's why I've told you.

This baby's mother...

...is Mrs Tsukahara.

It's been like that from the beginning.

Can I let her know then?

What a bore you are, Senko.

What a bore you are, Senko. I'm going to fetch her!

I'm going to fetch her!

Here, Shigeko.

Miss Tsukahara!

Yukiko!

Senko!

It seems Yukiko's husband hasn't survived.

Yesterday the newspapers said that he would recover.

It's such cowardice to kill oneself.

I think one can get over all kinds of suffering.

Yesterday, while I was at work,

I went past that tavern.

And I saw Yukiko taking care of Mrs Tsukara's baby.

An odd sight.

So she didn't go back to the manager's place.

What's the matter with you?

It feels as if Shigeko were still here.

Such a little girl...

I've learnt many things.

But she cried too much.

Come on, you're late.

- See you later. - See you later.

- Today you'll start again at the cycle track, won't you? - Yes.

- What do we have for supper? - Cod roe and kinpira.

Listen, honey.

Kenzo and Senko will get married next month.

- Really? - Didn't you know?

We'll give them a little discount. Three thousand yen.

I see...

I swear.

I will never cheat on you.

I'll always love you.

Don't commit yourself.

I know what husbands are like.

It's true.

I swear I'll always love you.

Without fail.

I tell you that you had better not commit yourself.

I can commit myself.

Don't you understand?

If you don't trust me, it means you don't love me.

Don't marry me then.

I don't know why you don't trust me.

Let's decide with jankenpon then.

If you lose, you'll have to trust me.

Jan... ken...pon.

Jan... ken...pon.

Jan... ken...pon.

Jan... ken...pon!

Jan... ken...!!

THE END