My big sister had just hung herself to death...
...and I wished everything to just fall apart.
Don't go, Sabu!
Its okay, lets go back.
The mistress told me to leave.
Its the third time.
I'm no good.
lm no good at all, dumb and slow.
You know the mistress just
has a bad mouth, don't you?
Do you want to go back to
your familys where so many...
...of you share a tiny old house
thats dark and full of soot.
Plus, they only have a mere
five-tan rice paddy of poor soil.
Its none of your business!
Stop crying!
Can I tell you something?
I've... stolen money from the register once.
You know the barbecued eel stand by
the moat near the Wakoku Bridge?
When I smell the barbecue...
...I can't hold back myself.
The mistress said she saw
what I'd done at the register.
She said if I wanted money to come
and tell her so and she'd give it to me.
Why didn't you tell me if you
wanted to eat the barbecue?
I was so ashamed I wanted to die.
But where could we go if we leave the store?
When I was eight, I lost both my
parents and my little sister in a fire.
I have no home to go back to.
You had a hard time.
I'll go back.
I'm sorry, Eiji.
Lets go.
Lets go!
- Okay.
What?
Use this umbrella.
We dont need it.
We're going back to Kobuna ward.
Go on your way.
Thank you, but you'd get wet.
I dont care. Here!
We dont need it!
Cause we're dumb.
Your feet look like adders.
Lets run!
Yeah.
I was nine.
Eiji and Sabu were 13, I think.
Meeting them was like seeing the beautiful
color of a flower in the dark of the night.
The memory in my heart never
faded even when I grew up.
I'm Kinta.
I got caught doing small-time gambling, and
now I'm being exiled to Ishikawa Island.
What a shame!
- Be quiet!
This labor pool is not a jail.
Ruthless vagabonds are normally
sent to another island...
...but by the special consideration
of the government...
...you were ordered to serve
as load-carrying laborers.
Pay attention!
Unlike other jails, we dont treat you
prisoners as criminals at this labor pool.
Moreover, if you have any skill,
you're give a job utilizing it.
If you dont, you can choose
whatever job you like.
I'm Gonzo Matsuda, the labor pool supervisor.
The laborers here call me the
Red Demon behind my back.
You!
Are you listening to me?
I'm Yojiro Kojima, the laborer watch.
A laborer watch is a
caretaker of you, so to speak.
I heard you cant even say your name.
In a place like this, youd better
be good or youd get hurt.
For now...
...we'll call you Bushu.
Mr. Sutekichi...
...why was Eiji fired all of a sudden?
I dont know anything.
I was hired after Eiji, I'm Gohei.
Thank you.
Are you using the same assistant?
If you prefer a different
man, I can ask our master.
lll work hard!
Osue!
Yes.
Are you getting married to the ornament
craftsman in Kodenma ward?
No.
You aren't?
You said a marriage was being
arranged with him, didnt you?
My father is living alone.
Guess lm not the only one suffering
since Eiji stopped coming here.
Thank you for everything.
You look good now that you lost the canines.
Hey, open your mouth.
Just find out where Eijis gone to.
lm a pimp, not a detective.
Falling for a man means asking for trouble.
Remember your big sister fell for a man and...
...hung herself at a swamp in Yoshiwara?
My sister was a fool.
She should a killed you
who sold her to Yoshiwara...
...before she killed herself.
I did it `cause your pop and mom asked me to.
They came whining to me they were so poor
and didnt have a grain of rice for the next day.
No.
No! No! It hurts...
Youre pretty hot.
I can sell you for more
money than for your sister.
Sabu...
Yes.
...stop sniffing around about Eiji.
If you get fired, you wouldn't
be eating so much rice.
Yes!
Stop it! Stop it!
Fighting is forbidden here.
Saiji...
...youre a group leader
and you get into fights?
Nobu-ko. Nobu-ko! Nobu-ko!
Sabu!
Eiji disappeared.
Hoko-do fired him and
hes nowhere to be found.
Sabu!
lm so worried, I cant even eat.
Hes probably dead.
You'll find his body floating
around there sometime.
Get off.
Sabu!
Sabu, stop it.
Whats wrong with you?
Stop it!
Whats going on?
- Out of the way!
Whats going on?
This guy...Arrest this guy!
What did he do?
Nothing really.
Cant be nothing.
- Well...
Are you alright?
- What're you all looking at?
Its not entertainment, you idiots!
lm sorry.
Sorry for your trouble.
Dont take me for a fool!
Hes a nasty pimp!
He abused me a lot, too.
You see I lost weight?
Lets drink it up.
- Yeah.
lm losing sleep, and I cant
really talk about it at Hoko-do...
...`cause the master and the mistress get
very angry if anything about Eiji comes up.
Did something happen to Eiji at Watabun?
Dont know.
Everyone was getting along.
Then, all of a sudden, they took
him off his job with Watabun.
What about the girl named Osue?
She quit and went back to Kanasugi ward.
Said her father lived alone so she was
gonna help his brush making business.
How did you know about that?
Eiji got drunk once and told me about Osue.
He said she was the type he'd want as his wife.
He likes quiet girls like her.
I...like the strong-willed type.
lm no good.
- That's not true!
Youre lovable.
Oh, you have no canines.
Had them taken out just the other day.
I see.
So, youre a woman now.
You look dazzlingly beautiful.
Sabu.
- Hmm?
Forget about Eiji...
...or Hoko-do will fire you.
Arent they making you a
full-fledged employee soon?
Better take care of yourself.
But...
But...
You dont have to worry about anyone else.
Eiji will be fine on his own.
He'll survive.
Sabu...you cry so easily.
Mr. Helper...
...by beating a bag of silver and
gold coins so many times...
...are you trying to collect dust of gold
at the bottom of the bag or something?
"The snowy day before he
disappeared, Eiji came by...!"
They'll hear you!
Sorry.
"He said he had to see our master
about the gold embroidered cloth..."
Mr. Rihei! About what happened the other day.
- Eiji!
Since we 've dealt with you for a long
time and you're still a young man...
...our master refrained from making it public.
Dealing with Kyoto-made fabrics,
I'm sure you had a rough idea...
...but it was a valuable piece worth 100 ryo!
I dont know how the gold cloth got in
my tool box, but its not of my doing!
You say so, but I saw it
together with our master.
If I had done it, I would've
hid it in a place where...
...it cant be found so easily,
instead of in my tool box!
We are merchants, not inspection officers.
I swear to God I didnt do it!
There must be something else going on!
I need to see your master to have a word!
Once lm accused of stealing, lll have to
carry the shame for the rest of my life!
Hey youngster, if you wanna
talk, we'll talk outside.
No! I won't move an inch
until I see your master!
It affects a persons entire life!
Come on!
Is this how your family treats people?
Its not enough to blame an
innocent person of a crime...
...and you treat him like a
blackmailer or something!?
Its not just us!
Hoko-do is also no longer associated with you.
I heard you've stolen money
from the register at Hoko-do.
Bastard. Shall I take you to the police?
Hey! Get over here!
What is it!?
- Who are you?
I came about Eiji of Hoko-do in Kobuna ward!
What the hells that about?
He made a scene at Watabun and
was brought here the other day.
Watabun...
Ah! The one who wouldnt talk.
So, his name is Eiji, is it?
Yes, where is he?
On Ishikawa Island.
Shikawa Island, you said?
l-shi-ka-wa Island!
Starts with I!
Ishikawa Island...
The break is over!
You, and you, come over here...
Hey! Hey! Hey!
The break is over!
You old dog!
Move your ass, get to work!
- But my slipper...
I dont care about your slipper!
The break is over.
Thank you so much.
My name is Yohei.
lve been here eight years already.
I tried and failed to kill my wife.
I owned a small fabric store in Kanasugi, Shiba.
I came to live with the family as a servant...
...and eventually married into the family
as the daughters husband.
Kanasugi, is it?
I heard you speak for the first time!
I worked honestly, but was never
treated like the man of the house.
From morning to night, my wife ruled
over me and made me do all the work...
...and even my children
called their daddy dumb.
I was made to eat my meals on the
bare wood floor in the kitchen...
...just like I used to when I was a servant.
Um, well, good afternoon.
lm here to...
Osue! Its Sabu.
I brought Eijis stuff.
Thank you.
Come in.
I often talk to father about you.
Uh-huh.
Have you found out where Eiji might be?
Sabu, wheres Eiji?
I heard hes at the labor
pool on Ishikawa Island.
The storys that a gold embroidered cloth
worth 100 ryo was lost at Watabun...
...and they said Eiji had stolen it.
Cant be...
Cant be true.
Eiji couldn't have stole it.
Yeah, Eiji could never do such a thing.
I know well `cause lve always
been with him since I was nine.
Thats a lie.
Osue...
...pour him some tea.
Yes.
I never once heard of any money
being stolen on this island.
I put it in my wallet and stuck
it in the fold of my clothes.
Somebody stole it, lm...sure...
Hey! Are you saying theres a thief among us?
Youre a thief yourself.
Who was that? Who said that?
You claim to be sneaky when youre so big!
Hey...
...I saw you came back here
alone before anyone else.
Hey, hey.
Let me check your belongings.
Hey you!
Thought ld seen you before somewhere.
We met a few times in Sumiyoshi, didn't we?
Dont know.
Anyway, why is my wallet in your...
You bastard!
Youre Roku, the pimp.
You put your wallet in my
stuff knowingly, didnt you?
Help me, Itachi.
Help me, help me!
ld be lynched. Please help me!
Bushu, its you again!
That man tried to frame him
by saying he lost his wallet.
Thats not true! I didn't do it, it's a lie!
Bushu, no violence.
One needs patience.
Impatience only makes you pay for it.
Eiji.
You have a visitor.
I'm glad, I looked all over for you!
Whats the matter?
Its me, its Sabu!
I dont know anyone by that name.
Have you forgotten me?
We served together at Hoko-do!
Eiji! lll be back again!
lll be back, please dont
act recklessly! lll be back...
A craftsman dealing with Kyoto
fabrics in Kobuna ward...
...your name is Eiji, right?
- Don't know.
I see. Alright then.
The man who came left some food for you.
He said to tell you the woman
named Osue is doing fine.
Dont know her.
I see.
What're you gonna do about this food?
- Don't want it.
Its real good-looking sushi,
sure you don't want it?
Hey...
Denshichi, kill this with everyone else.
Yes?
Someone brought food for Eiji.
Thank you.
Sabu said to tell you not to catch a cold.
He said hed visit again.
Eiji! Sure you dont want it?
Besides sushi, there's dumplings,
crackers, towels, loincloths...
My name is Bushu!
Wait and see what lm gonna do!
The dumplings look good.
Let me have one.
Yes, here.
Here we are.
Thank you very much.
Couldn't see him?
You did, didnt you?
Yeah.
But...
...he said he didnt know anyone called Sabu.
He lost weight...
His eyes were glaring.
What about Osue?
She said shed wait for him at home.
Doesn't do much good waiting around at home.
She should go to the labor
pool herself and visit him.
Why? Why doesn't she just go if she loves him?
Forget him.
What?
I cant marry my only daughter to a man...
...whos been sent to Ishikawa Island.
Working hard, arent you?
Yes, ma'am.
Well go back to dealing
with Watabun as of the 4th.
Sabu, take Denroku with you and
take care of the annex on your own.
What?
He means to tell you to go independent.
I...I...
But I want you to forget about Eiji altogether.
All right?
Yes...I will...
lll forget about him.
You mean it?
Yes.
What is it?
Oh, I found an unusual looking creature.
Hmm...
Had a square shape.
Hey!
Yes.
He wont see you.
Says he doesnt know anyone named Sabu.
Dont be discouraged, do come and visit again.
I know he appreciates it in his heart.
Yes!
Wheres the old helper?
I heard he was fired.
Sabu!
Yes.
Sakichi of Asakusa will be
taking care of the annex.
You can go home now.
What?
I heard youve been visiting
Eiji at Ishikawa Island.
Is it wrong?
Is it wrong to take care of a friend?
Sabu!
Theres no way Eiji stole
the gold embroidered cloth!
- Stop it!
Someone else must have done it!
Sabu!
What is it?
- Please stop!
Hoko-do would lose their patronage!
- I don't care!
Gohei, how come you dont
say anything about Eiji?
lll say it, then. Mr. Rihei!
Eiji would never do such a thing!
Never do such a thing!
What is it?
Hes our friend!
Stop it!
- He's our friend!
Mr. Rihei! Mr. Rihei!
Continue!
Yes, sir.
Hey, Sabu! Hurry up and clean up the barn!
We cant wait until its winter!
You move so slow!
Yo, everyone!
Weve got newcomers.
Giichi, Shokichi and Ryu, three of them.
Look after them, alright?
Thats Denshichi, the group leader.
lm Denshichi.
Let me introduce you to everyone.
Thats not necessary.
Well, what stupid faces you all have!
What!?
Be quiet!
Giichi, dont cause any trouble.
Yes, Sir Kojima.
Well do our best to be good.
Brother, what do you want me
to take care of to begin with?
You beat up anyone who'd go against me.
Shut up!
What's so funny?
Hey, Red Demon!
Is it alright for them to be like this?
You weren't that much different when
you were new to the labor pool.
In about 10 days, they'll calm down.
Thats true.
Hey...
...which one is Bushu?
lm Bushu, and what do you want?
lve heard about you...
...that youre tough.
But our Brothers not like everybody else.
He was known as the Mountain Scarecrow,
famed even in Tenma ward.
Mountain Scarecrow...
Your face looks like an adders.
Hey!
My face looks like an adders, huh?
Giichi, dont do it.
That ones scary.
He might even kill you if you get him upset.
Giichi, quit it!
Sabu suffered beriberi at
the beginning of May...
...and has been recuperating at home in Kasai.
We thought hed recover quickly but
then he got a stomach problem.
Sounds like Sabu.
I got a letter from him saying it didnt
look like hed be up and about for a while.
He asked me to visit you.
To bring this to you.
He knows he wouldnt be welcome back home.
Guess he was fired by Hoko-do.
Sabu didnt want you to worry about
him and told me not to say anything.
Its because he came to visit me...
...one who was dismissed from the
house, every time he got a day off.
Such a fool he is!
Its not nice to say that about him.
He told me about the gold embroidered cloth.
I know, youd never do such a thing.
I have one clue...
...about why I got the
blame and who plotted it.
This isn't anything I can prove...
But I was close friends with
the daughter at Watabun.
Someone spread a rumor we
were gonna marry each other.
Give me a break.
I had no such intention whatsoever.
I had someone else I...
If I were to get married...
...ld squarely set my
heart on you for my wife...
But no one at Watabun knew how I really felt...
...and it'd be troublesome if
such rumor spread further.
I wouldnt be surprised if they decided to do
something to keep me away from the premise.
When I get out of this island...
lll avenge Watabun...
...and the detective and
his crew in Section A...
...in a way they wont forget for the
rest of their lives, I promised myself.
I swear on my life.
Please forget about me.
But...
All...
...I think about is to avenge myself.
I...
...understand how you feel...
...but if you were executed...
...what am I to do?
Nothing we can do about it.
Nothing will make a dead bird sing.
Eiji, youre not a bird, youre human!
A person only has to change his heart,
and he can sing a different song, cant he?
Shut up! As if you know what it's like!
Go home.
Go home!
I can smell flowers in the wind.
Smell so good!
This ones the sweet olive.
I have no use for the wind or a smell of flowers.
People have good luck and bad luck.
What do you mean good luck and bad luck?
Someone framed me.
The rich with power of money and
the officers with power of authority...
...they blamed a man for a crime he
didn't commit and beat him up half-dead.
They're still out there going on with their
lives as if they've done nothing wrong.
I can't die peacefully 'til I make them suffer.
Are you suspicious of Sabu?
Theres an aroma of the
sweet olive in the wind.
If you calm your mind and breath it in...
...you can smell the aroma, too.
Rains a lot, doesnt it?
Nobu!
This here is Toku, a chef
at Tokiwa-ro in Ryogoku.
Uh-huh.
I recall hes a friend of your late husband.
Thats right.
Well, why dont you come and sit with us?
Nobu, would you consider marrying him
and taking over this restaurant Sumiyoshi?
Since my man died, we lost our customers.
Going on at this rate, we
could end up closing the shop.
Plus, youre 20 now, at an appropriate age.
Um, I...lve always liked you.
How old are you, Mr. Toku?
Mm...lm 37...
Is it bad?
lm sorry...bothering you
when the shop is closed.
You must be Osue, arent you?
Yes.
And youre Nobu?
Yes. lm Nobu-ko.
I went to see Eiji at the labor pool.
Would you like some sake?
No, I just wanted to meet you.
Youre so pretty.
lm surprised.
I have lots of make-up on.
Whos that man?
He wants to marry me.
Him? Hes 35 or 36 at least.
No matter how old he is...
...even if he were a wrinkled-up old man,
I couldn't disobey my mistress' order.
Because of her, my familys been able to eat.
Thank you. lll borrow this.
You dont have to bring it back.
You know there are things women
can understand about each other.
Like what?
It was you who stole the gold
embroidered cloth, wasn't it?
Youre brave.
Hard to do.
Putting your life at stake.
Big brother! The chickens laid an egg!
Hey, Sabu, what're you doing?
What? Did you steal it?
Bastard! Were you gonna
eat a chick, you lazy bum!
There you go.
Thank you.
There are mums blooming.
lm sorry about making you look
for a home for me all the sudden.
Your father must be upset.
No, he likes you, Sabu.
I hope Eiji will like this place.
Or will he complain that its a row house?
He wouldnt.
I wonder when he'll get out of the labor pool.
When hes out, I want to start
Kyoto fabric business with him.
I make the best glue in the world,
and Eiji does a great job of drawing.
He said to forget about it.
About what?
He said he wouldnt marry me.
Said he was going to avenge himself.
If I told him I did it...
...I wonder if hed beat me up `til I almost die?
But if hes satisfied with that...
...I wonder if he wouldnt marry you then?
If hed be content with that...
...then I would.
Watch out, Roku!
Eiji!
Dices going in.
- Odds! Even!
Make a bet, anyone else?
Even.
All up.
Hey! Kojimas coming!
Doesnt matter.
Here we go.
Its Odds.
Dont do it so openly.
You go and negotiate.
Bushu, I declined but he
insisted, so I brought him.
Dices going in.
Make a bet...
Eiji, it must have been so painful.
He was crying, "lm dying, lm dying!"
Dont make fun of an ill person.
Giichi, dont make any trouble.
Yes, sir.
Eiji, is this a gambling spot?
Sabu, thanks for coming.
I was so shocked to hear you broke your leg!
Here.
Nobu-ko made these for you.
She said it tastes awful but gives you energy.
And these are for other people in the room.
Whats that?
You, go and fetch them.
Its finger food for sake.
Dont gamble so much.
Gamblings my only addiction.
Thank you.
Hurry and get your leg back in shape!
ld hate to get a reputation
for beating up a wounded guy.
What if it never healed for the rest of my life?
What do you care? Come and get me.
lm dying, lm dying!
Go and die, then.
Eiji, you said, for the rest of your life?
Yeah, I might be limping.
The doctor said itd look kind of cool.
Thats cruel.
How cruel...
Eiji, lm sorry. I want to...
Hey, you dont have to apologize.
But...but...
Eiji limping...he might look cool.
Nobu-ko, you always take things
positively when it comes to Eiji.
Thats true.
I wonder why?
I know it.
Know...know what?
You...
...youve always liked Eiji.
Nobu-ko?
Sabu, run away with me.
Nobu-ko?
Run with me.
Run?
To elope?
But I cant run away and leave Eiji on his own.
lm gonna open a shop with him.
With his skills, we can make Kyoto
fabrics business bigger than Hoko-do.
You, Eiji or I...
...none of us would ever become happy.
Thats not so.
Were fine.
Were fine.
If we do our best, God watches over us.
God is you.
What?
Close it! Its cold.
I said its cold.
Pack up the game right now!
I hate gambling.
Brother, here it is.
It might be a bit too long,
but you wanna give it a try?
Can you get up?
Thanks.
Yeah, feels good.
Its solid.
Really? Its cherry wood.
Anything too flexible or too
heavy would do no good.
I asked around and seems
this is the best material.
Youre gonna need another clutch in time.
What do you mean by that?
Both of your legs may
break, thats what I mean.
Youre so dumb.
Mankichi, don't! Don't pay any mind to him.
Theyve got a knife.
A knife?
Well, well...
...were supposed to get along around here...
Shut up!
Are you alright?
Oh, lm sorry.
Lets do it.
What a good night!
Whats the matter, Yohei?
What are you doing down here?
l, well, I dont know why my footing
becomes so unstable at night.
Its hard getting old.
I see.
Are you alright?
Oh, I'm sorry.
This isnt a gambling lot!
Its the rule.
Hey, Giichi, what did you just say?
I was just mumbling to myself and
dont remember what I said.
You, shit head!
Where do you think you are?
I thought this was the labor
pool on Ishikawa Island.
lll never do it again.
Please forgive me.
My name is Osei, I'm your neighbor.
Yes. Osei, what is it?
Do you need anything?
ld like to borrow some money.
Me loaning you money.
Thats fine.
Except I bought some paper for my
work yesterday, and this is all lve got.
Will this be enough?
Here.
The roofs blown off!
Get out, everyone get out of here!
The oil house is on fire!
You guys, dont go near it!
Gather at the station!
Roku! Roku, were gathering
in front of the station.
Roku!
This island was originally a sandbank.
A bank of the pebbles and sands spitted
by Ookawa River that accumulated.
Its not safe when it gets flooded.
In addition to this storm, the tide
will be high in half hour or so...
...and we cant be sure if
well survive if we stay here.
Therefore, at my discretion as
Governor of the labor pool...
...youre temporarily released
Quiet! Listen to me!
However, though lm releasing you
in my power as Town Governor...
...be sure to return here
in 7 days! Understood?
There are 3 connection boats on Ookawa River!
Let the sick and the women go first,
and evacuate in an orderly way!
Theres a woman in the oil house!
Theres a woman!
A woman in there? Why?
Yes, well, I dont know
why, but theres a woman!
Roku!
Brother!
Eiji!
Help!
Roku! Roku? Roku!
Roku!
Eiji!
Roku! Roku! Come back out! Roku!
Roku!
Eiji!
Get away, or were gonna be hurt!
Roku! Get down here, quick!
Let me take care of the women!
Fool! Theres no one in there any more! Roku!
``Thanks.
Watch out! Get back!
Roku!!
Everyone! We should all go back.
Why should we!?
- We'll all stay except for the women and sick!
Lets protect the labor pool!
We all owe so much to this place.
How could we forget our gratitude?
You gotta be kiddin'!
Why should we?
Do you want to abandon the labor pool?
Thats right!
Hes right.
Lets protect the labor pool!
Why should we?
Do you wanna abandon it?
Please! I beg you!
We should protect this place!
What do you say, everybody!?
Alright, alright!
To the station, were going back to the station!
Lets go back to the station!
Hey, over here!
Quick, the wood, bring the wood!
Hurry up!
Lets work together!
Keep it up!
Brother!
How does the soil taste?
Were gonna leave the island now.
I wanted to finish my business with
you even though youre wounded!
Brother!
Eiji!
- Dont interfere!
Nobody interfere!
This is my job.
Eiji!
lm gonna die! lm gonna die! lm gonna die!
Hey! The watchmans coming!
Mr. Kojima!
Better not do it.
If you killed Bushu, were his witnesses!
Or rather, we wont let you kill him!
Thats right! Try to kill him!
Dont! Dont get in his way!
Put the sword away.
Please put it away and get
back to your position now.
Shut up!
Whats going on?
Eiji!
You fool!
Such a big fool!
lll punish you when the storms over.
Giichi lost an eye and got two ribs broken.
Ryu got his left arm broken
and his left ear torn off.
Yes. lm so very sorry.
Eijis not a patient type.
I hate him.
He thinks hes right in everything.
Theres no such thing in the world.
Thats arrogance.
But...
I wonder if thats not better than holding
back his anger and not fighting back, like me?
Giichi and Ryu will be sent to Tenma
ward as soon as they get well.
Eiji will be sent back to Kitamachi
Governors office for reassessment.
Oh...Can I see Eiji?
Idiot!
Hes a sinner.
No way lll let you see him.
Yes.
Do you know what this is?
What is it?
Its an appeal for your sentence
reduction and release.
Signed by over 100 laborers.
lll send this over to
Kitamachi Governors office.
If you will swear not to make
any trouble back in town...
...this will help you a great deal.
lm happy.
lm grateful.
Are you?
For a kind like me...
I cant find a word to thank them.
But, Sir Okayasu...
...if I get back out...
...if I breathe the air of the outside, then...
Eiji, you smell the flowers?
Is it the mums?
Its the wild mums.
Kitamachi Governors office
Eiji!
At last I have a girl now.
Her name is Osei, shes the daughter of a
poor samurai who makes umbrella shades.
Its real funny.
The way we met, she appears at
my doorstep out of nowhere...
...and goes, "Lend me some money."
Sabu...
I wanna show you my girl.
Dont I have the right?
Since the time we started working,
lve always been made to feel jealous of you.
Osei is quite pretty.
Will you please meet her?
Since lve been transferred here,
every day I remember the incident.
The incident?
You mean the stealing?
Yeah.
I thought ld changed somewhat since
serving at the labor pool, but not a bit.
When I get out, lm sure ld go straight
to Watabun and make a scene.
Sabu...
Please go back home.
Eiji, it wont happen.
You wont do such a thing any more.
See, your eyes are completely different.
- I'm not coming back.
I wont leave this place.
Eiji!
Think about how Osue feels!
I feel bad for her.
Please go.
Eiji of Shitaya Sakamoto ward, Section 2.
Youre released. Get out.
Mr. Eiji, congratulations!
Well, not quite so.
lm still having bad dreams.
Heres a cake sold at the shrine.
The Red Demon and Denshichi, the group
leader are looking forward to attending...
...the wedding of you and Miss Osue,
bringing you gifts from everyone!
No matter what kind of person you are,
you cant live alone.
You were never alone, and from this point on...
...you'll never be alone, either.
Old man...
lve always had this idea,
that when ld get out...
...ld get you out too, and live with you.
Thank you!
But lve been at the labor pool for so long...
...that lm scared of living outside.
The best I can do is dream about the past...
...and shed tears from time to time.
Are you gonna be alright?
Eiji!
They kicked me out.
Thats right.
You never did anything wrong to begin with.
By the way, Osue wanted to come along...
...but I asked her to prepare your
favorite meal and wait at home.
Hows the daughter of Watabun doing?
I heard she got married.
I know lve got to forget about the incident.
To forget and live an honest life.
Thats right.
My moms not doing well.
lll swing by my folks and check on her.
I wonder if the glue came out OK.
Can you check it for me?
lve got an order.
Nobu-ko!
Welcome back!
Nobu-ko...
You lost your canines.
Guess lm an adult now.
Welcome!
Welcome!
Eiji, my mistress new husband, Toku.
Come in.
While I was avoiding my commitment...
...the two became close to each other...
...and decided to get married.
A nice couple.
Tokus asking if you want him
to cook something for you.
Not to worry.
Eiji is about to eat Osues homemade
dinner `til hes full and some more.
Mistress, lm glad for you.
To hear such word from you!
Youve changed.
The hardship paid off.
People can be mysterious.
Why?
Roku the pimp, tried to help
people on a stormy night...
...got into a burning house and died.
I cant believe thats true.
He was always truly nasty, the kind of person
whod pull on the foot of a hanged body.
Guess thats what everybody thinks of him.
But he was brave.
He jumped in the fire and...
...saved a woman about to burn to death.
I lost to him after all.
Eiji, you really have changed.
You, too, have come up beautiful, Nobu-ko.
I want to be your wife.
What?
ld sell my body gladly if you wanted me to.
They might be worried about me
at home, guess lm going now.
Please stay a little longer.
Nobu-ko, spare me, will you?
Its not much but its a good sake.
lll burn some incense for Roku the pimp.
Eiji...
I wanted to come and pick you up...
...but Sabu said to stay
home and make some food.
Oh, you think this fish came out good?
The landlord said he was
gonna bring a yellow tail...
...so I was grilling some bonito, your favorite.
But you know, bonito doesnt
come out good if you overcook it.
Sabu wanted you to see how the
glue is coming out when you get here.
Yeah.
That bastard!
Eiji?
Bring me sake.
Bring me sake, cold one is fine.
"lm sorry."
"Its my fault that you were sent to the
island for the thing about the cloth."
"I must compensate for the sin lve
committed if it takes my lifetime."
I knew it was Sabu!
He was jealous thinking I might
marry the daughter of Watabun...
So he stole that gold embroidered
cloth and had me sent to the island.
Dammit!
Wait! lm sorry.
Please forgive me.
Its me.
I wasnt going to tell you...
...for the rest of my life, no matter what.
But if you suspected Sabu...
...and your friendship got damaged...
...there'd be no way I could
repay you, so I'll tell you.
The one who placed the
cloth in your tool box...
...was me.
Osue, youre covering for Sabu, arent you?
No.
I wanted to be your wife.
ld do anything for you to make me your wife.
Eiji...
...would you consider marrying me?
What?
Please dont make such a joke.
Forgive me!
lm sorry!
I wanted to be your wife!
That was all I could think of.
I couldnt think of anything else.
Please dont let me go!
I beg you!
I beg you, please let me stay here!
Osue...
As I suspected.
Mr Eiji...
Please do with her whatever suits you.
Osue, rinse them.
Your fathers feet got dirty.
Hurry and rinse them for him.
The 3 years I spent at the labor pool taught
me more than spending 10 years out here.
Its not a lie.
lm even grateful for you.
Osue...
Youre my wife.
Mr. Eiji!
Wait inside.
Please forgive me, Eiji!
lm sorry.
It was me who stole the gold cloth.
I was jealous of you 'cause you
always got all the good things...
...and lm dumb and slow...
So...
lm sorry, Eiji.
lm sorry.
Please forgive me, Eiji!
lm sorry, forgive me, lm sorry, forgive me...
I never saw Sabu and Eiji since then.
I decided to get married.
My husband is almost 40.
As you can tell from his age,
its his second marriage.
But he runs a large restaurant
in the Enoshima area...
...and lm told living is easy.
So, I think its good fortune for a girl like me.
Each person has his fate...
...and the time it took me
to acknowledge my fate
Its been 10 years since
I first met Sabu and Eiji.
It took me a long, long time.
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