All language subtitles for Tsuma (1953)

Toho

Wife

Cast:

Ken Uehara

Mieko Takamine

Sanae Takasugi

Chieko Nakakita

Michiyo Aratama

Rentaro Mikuni

Masao Shimizu

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Hajime Izu

Directed by Mikio Naruse

I don't like his mood these days.

If he sees me, all he says
is that he is tired.

I've had enough.

I can't help hating
the idea of having a family.

He's like a piece of
cloth hanging.

No matter how hard I press it,
it won't press back.

I can't understand him at all.

That's why I am
always irritated like a single woman.

He never gets promoted. We can manage
to get by because of my side job.

Life after ten years of marriage
is supposed to be like this?

What is going wrong with
our life?

What does she wants me to do?

Could it be that she enjoys
cornering me?

Home has started to become
a burden to me.

I can't help loving her less and less
as I come home more and more.

It's rather fragile between us though
married for so long.

What did we both gain from
this ten years of marriage?

We may have lost more.

Will you be alright while
I'm gone?

Are you going out?

With Mr. Matsuyama.
I need him to find a job soon.

See you.

I'm taking off, too.

Welcome.

Hello.

Welcome.

Sister, you know anyone interested
in buying this?

What is it?

That's our father's!

The other is our brother's. Well, they
are both dead. I can take them, can't I?

Does our mother know about this?

Then you took this without
telling her?

It's not a big deal.

Brother's is in pretty
good condition.

Taeko may get upset about this.

She won't. If I sell them,
I will give her the money.

She will be happy to have
some income.

Mother and Taeko aren't getting
along as always?

No way for them to get along.

With father and brother gone,
uncle moved in without our permission,

and he doesn't seem to be leaving.

Don't ex-soldiers like him
get special grants?

That's why he suddenly behaves
like a big shot.

You always sleep in,
Mr. Tanimura.

Welcome!

Sister, how much do you get paid
for that?

Not much.

Why don't we start some business
together, instead?

I hate working to make
only 5 yen.

You are talking big.

But what is good of knitting
for others?

Everyday is a series of a
boring time.

See? That's why you should
get out.

Going out, Yoshimi?
Can I keep your company?

You are not serious, I hope.

If you are not going out,
can you act in my film, today?

How much for an hour?

You are shrewd!

Did Ms. Matsuyama
leave already?

She has to work for her mother and her husband.
She is a busy woman.

Where does she work?

Some shop in Ginza.

Since it stays open late at night,
she starts late in the morning.

Don't you know it?

Know what?

I once helped the signboard shop
with my friend.

Some days before, we worked
on the ornaments in some bar in Ginza.

And, there she was!
At first, I thought I just imagined.

But, it kept bothering me. So, I asked the owner
who she was. And it was her.

She disguised a very smart
pretty woman.

Is it true?

I am not lying.

That woman, who looks like
a schoolteacher, works in a bar?

Women are so deceiving.

Pay attention!

I'm sorry. I spilt the water
from the bucket!

I'm sorry, I'm late.

I'm sorry it is always the same.

Miss Sawara, your lunch is always special.
Did you prepare it yourself?

It must have cost you.

Because I don't eat breakfast,
I have to enjoy the lunch.

I envy that. Don't you,
Mr. Nakagawa?

Yes.

Are you taking those with you?

I will leave them with you. Anyway,
I have to give them away someday.

Stop playing with it, Takuji.

Can I go outside?

Don't go too far.
We're leaving soon.

We don't have anything here,
so buy yourself something.

I want to live in the house
like this

and spend time peacefully
like you do.

Peacefully?
Surrounded by strangers?

Because they are strangers,
it is easier.

I envy you.

It looks like that
to others, huh?

Well, these days,
I am getting nowhere.

I managed to sell one of the
Mitaka's houses.

But, I have to pay back the debt
with the money.

Money is flying away
every month.

I have nothing to depend on.

Isn't uncle helping you at all?

He can't have a job at his age.

Right, many young people
don't have a job, either!

Seriously, I'm thinking...

What about?

I want to get out the house with Takuji,
and make a living by myself.

If I open the second hand bookstore
or a dress making shop,

I can manage to live, I suppose.

But it will be hard.
Why don't you marry?

No man wants to marry a woman
with a kid.

That's not true. Don't you have anyone
in your mind?

Why don't you look for someone?

Mr. Matsuyama.

Are you going home?

Yes. Where are you going?

I'm looking for a job as always,
but I have no luck.

You aren't going home, yet?

Shall we?

But, it is good that your wife
is working.

I'm just like an ex-husband.

Now, I'm her boyfriend.

That's why it is not working
between us.

How is it not working?

I mean, I can't stand her treating me
like an old sock!

Her feelings are thousand
miles away from me.

I'm thinking about divorcing.

That will be my sincere gift to her.

I'm home.

Can I lock the door now?

You're sleeping here again.
You will catch a cold!

I feel like a fox bewitched me.

She's a Christian and once was a teacher
at the elementary school.

Men can do anything
depending on the situation.

But, she is a hostess
at the bar!

Mr. Nakagawa!

Where are you going?

I'm taking a walk to Ginza.

Can I keep your company?

Rumble

Thank you.

Do you know this piece?

No, I don't know anything
about music.

Mahler's Violin Concerto.
I love this piece.

It might be trouble if I give you
something like this, but...

- Is it for a music concert?
- No, it is a friend's art exhibition.

If you have a chance to go on the holiday,
please come.

I love paintings, though I don't know
how to enjoy them.

You just have to feel honest
towards them.

There is an art student in my house,
he teaches me about it.

A student from the art school?

My friends are also teaching me a lot.
Now, I am thinking about starting painting.

That's great.
You are enjoying your life.

Well, it's only because I don't
have anything else to do.

I envy you.

Why don't you come to the exhibition
next Sunday?

I will keep you company.

Maybe.

Miss Matsuyama did what?

What about Mr. Matsuyama?
Is he out?

She's leaving the house
without him.

I should ask her to stay
till he comes back.

I don't know what to do! You have to
come home earlier tonight.

Mr. Matsuyama will be surprised
when he gets home.

She is quite brave for her looks.

You praise her as a hard worker, a quiet
person like her can be so determined.

- Mr. Matsuyama, is that you?
- I'm home.

A big thing happened today.

What? Don't try to
scare me.

You are drunk.

Welcome home.

Anyway go upstairs and take
a look at your room.

What's going on?

Why don't you invite him
for dinner?

What?

It must be hard to take
what happened.

You are too nice.
He hasn't even paid the rent yet.

I am talking about tonight.
He must be hungry.

We don't have any food left
for him.

- Excuse me. Can I come in?
- Please!

I don't know what to say
about this.

I tried to stop her but she left
in a hurry,

saying that she'd be back
sometime soon.

So embarrassing. I didn't expect
her to be so stubborn.

You should talk with her whether
you will get a divorce or not.

She left the letter on the futon,
which says not to look for her.

I can't agree with the way
she left you, though.

She shouldn't have left you like that.

Mrs., please have this tempura.

I visited my friend from
junior high, tonight.

We had drinks at the Tempura restaurant
at Asakura. And he bought me this.

This is Sake from Hiroshima.
Good to drink cold. How about a cup?

He just told me to invite you
for dinner.

- Have some, please.
- No, but thank you!

Why not?

Well then. I'll have a bit.

My friend just told me
he would find me a job.

So, I came home to tell her
the good news, but...

I might get a good job.

It looks great.

We needed "a major operation" anyway.

I feel rather refreshed.

Thanks to her outrageous way
that she left me!

I should consider myself reborn and
work hard like the money mad.

Have some more.
You, too, Mrs.

Dear, I'm going out today.

I'm going out, too.

Why can't you stay home
for me once?

But, it is something I have to do.

What is it?

Something important.

Is that true?

Yes.

It has been a while I came out
to a place like this!

That's the museum, right?

Over there, it's the art museum.
Behind it, the zoo.

- Where's the art school?
- Over there.

Now, it's called
Tokyo University of Fine Arts.

Right!

Isn't it nice to come out of the house
like this once in a while?

Yes. It has been suffocating
everyday.

My son modeled for this painting.

How old is he?

Four. He always gives me
troubles.

Mineko, you weren't like this before.
You have changed a lot.

So, what is her husband
doing now?

He is left behind in the room.

If he moves out, I can take a
new tenant who will pay.

I'm a bit responsible for this because
I introduced Eiko to you.

No. That is not what I meant.

I had to get out of there because it gets
on my nerves.

I asked my husband to stay home.
That's when a man loses his dignity.

But, take good care of him.

He's like a balloon without air
these days.

You should talk with Mr. Matsuyama.

I don't want to keep anyone
who can't pay.

We'll see how things go
for a while.

You don't understand
why I have a side job.

I do. But, you don't really
have to do it.

Mr. Matsumura doesn't pay at all.
Not even Mr. Tanimura.

Mr. Nakagawa,
do you have some cigarettes?

I will give them back tomorrow.

I have six.
Each of us can have three.

Great. Thanks.
Could I ask for a cup of coffee?

What a nerve!

Life is boring. I get hungry,
have no money, no love life...

I can't even paint these days.

What are you painting now?

Flower and girl.

Illusion, again?

Illusion is better.

Yoshimi again rejected modeling
for his painting.

She doesn't understand the art. She never
comes to the exhibitions though I ask her to come.

I wanna go to France, possibly with a
nice girlfriend. I can't ask for more.

Sassy.

I wonder what is Mr. Matsuyama
doing.

He must be writing his resume every night.
He seems to be writing something.

After all he is in love with Eiko.

Does the feeling get stronger between
married couples after they get divorce?

Why do you ask?

He gave me a sandwich the other day,
saying that Eiko made it for him.

Really? Does he see her
sometimes?

He seemed getting some money
from her, too.

He should move in with her, then.
Pisses me off.

No!

"Rumble"? Mr. Nakagawa,
where is the Rumble?

In Ginza.

Osaka?

It's my hometown.

After my husband passed away,
I managed to make a living with my son.

But, my mom and brother in Osaka
keep asking to come home.

Are you going to marry there?

No men will be interested
in a woman with a kid.

That is not true.
It wouldn't be a problem for you.

Thank you.

I feel sad about leaving.
We became such good friends.

But, I can't do much about it.

Do you want to go
see a film?

It stinks!
Is the electricity shorted?

She looks like Yoshimi.

You think so?

Your husband is late.

He must be wondering around
since it is getting warmer.

- Maybe, he found a nice girl.
- He? A man like him?

It is very possible.
Eiko said she liked him.

Can I write you sometimes?

Off course. I'll write, too.

Really? Promise me, then.

I won't be myself for a while
after you leave for Osaka.

I'd follow you to Osaka if I was young.
But, I can't do that.

Recently... I have been seeing you
in my dreams every night.

I saw you several times
in my dreams.

Leave me alone.
You are ripping my clothes!

Mr. Matsuyama, what is wrong?

Tonight, I dragged her here to punish
this unfaithful woman.

Don't run away!

Mr. Matsuyama!

Eiko, what is going on?

Eiko, you messed up my life and
you are having a great time.

Mr. Matsuyama, be quiet. My husband is out.
Our neighbors will be shocked.

I'll teach you a lesson
for deceiving a man.

Where did he drink
that much?

He came to my bar after
having got drunk somewhere else.

He asked me to bring more saké.

I tried to send him home soon,
but he didn't leave.

We shouldn't have left him
alone here so long.

I don't know what to do here either.
I rented the room to you.

Sorry, but I don't
love him anymore.

I waited his return for long.

But, he wasn't the same guy
as he used to be!

He came back as a coward, and
depended on me all the time.

I didn't wait for him to have a life like that.
I want be free from him.

How's Mr. Matsuyama doing?

He fell asleep.

Welcome home.

It is a mess, here!

Mr. Matsuyama dragged Eiko
here drunk.

It was a big mess.
He was shouting and all.

Eiko is still here?

Did you see a money order
for me?

No.

A love letter for me?

Finally, money and women
have forsaken me.

By the way, do you know how
Mr. Matsuyama is doing?

I have no idea.

Sawara?

Wait for me, Mr. Kawai.

Hello?

What a surprise!
How have you been?

It has been a long. I've always
wanted to apologize to you.

Mr. Matsuyama moved out.

I know. That's why I'm here.

Today, Mr. Tanimura is out,
so, I'm taking it easy. Come in.

How did you know he moved out?
Did he come to see you?

I didn't have to see him
for that information.

He was wandering around my bar
the other day.

I felt sorry when he moved out.
He was saying he would become a monk.

He wouldn't even think about
getting a job.

If he gets a job, he can survive.

Eiko, are you going to be single for
the rest of your life?

There are two guys who are really kind to me.
But, I can't really depend on them.

I'm sick of marriages.
I'll live my life free in my way.

How impressive!
I could never do that.

I would marry a man like
your husband, though.

Why him? He's not
very reliable, either.

We can't trust guys, can we?

You never know, guys with money
today might be bums next day.

Women have to be careful.

Is it so?

This is nothing special but for you.

Thank you.

Actually, I came here
to ask you a favour.

What is it?

My friend wants to rent
a room here.

She doesn't mind paying
the premium...

and the rent more than
average.

Is she working at the bar, too?

She's a single and really nice.

Her patron comes to see her
twice a month, though.

Will you do me that favour?

I have to talk with
my husband.

Today, Eiko visited here to ask me if
her friend can rent a room.

I don't want to have
any mess again.

Seems a very quiet
and nice single woman.

She will pay 50.000 yen
only for the premium.

So, what do you think?

You decide.

I'll leave you with the
matters upstairs.

She has a patron whi visits her
twice a month.

That is kind of disagreeable!

I don't want to rent
but I want money.

What do you need it for?

For what?

I need to buy your
and my clothes!

We can also make
a day trip to Hakone.

Do as you wish.

I'm going to Osaka on
business in a couple of days.

To Osaka? Going alone?

No, with the managing director.

Osaka just reminded me that you
received a postcard from Miss Sawara in Osaka.

"It's already a month since
I moved to Osaka.

I wonder how you are.

My son already made
lots of friends.

But I sometimes miss
the sky in Tokyo.

Take care of your health."

Did she work at your company?

She is very nice.

- Were you close to her?
- Well, we worked together.

- Is she young?
- She has a kid.

Married?

No. She is a widow.

You can see her when
you go to Osaka.

Moment by moment, the train
is taking us away from Tokyo,

leaving my work,
my wife and children behind.

Don't you feel freedom?

Yes.

However, it's good that you
don't have a kid.

I think things can be better
if we have a kid.

No. I have four kids. I have to work for
them as if I was a carriage horse.

What kind of woman
do you think she is?

Not a dancer, not a wife

Maybe a geisha.

Could be around 25 or 26.

- No, could be older than that.
- Traveling alone...

The girl who is moving in
to upstairs, is she young?

I haven't decided on that, yet.
But, she is around your age.

Mr. Tanimura, aren't you gonna
get excited?

No. All the women already
have deserted me.

I can't compete with the charms with
mid-aged man like Mr. Nakagawa.

He keeps telling me that my
husband attracts women.

Do you have any evidence?

Not really.

Hi.

Did you arrive last night?

Last evening.

Why didn't you write me
a letter?

I sent you a postcard.

Yes. A postcard!

What's your plan for tonight?

I have to by home by ten.
Do you want to see a film?

A film?

I guess you already saw
the new ones in Tokyo.

I don't want to see a film.

You sound like a student.

Maybe we should have dinner
and say goodbye.

Do you know somewhere nice?

Somewhere quiet so
we can talk?

Let me think.

How about some nice inn?

An inn?

What time is it now?

Do you care about it really?

What's the matter?

I worry about my family,
but I also think about you.

I am afraid that
we'll end up getting blamed and hurt.

It will be hard for us.

So, it'll be hard. We love each other.
I don't want to care about others.

You are going back tomorrow,
right?

How can I live from
now on?

I want to go to Tokyo
with you.

Why are you so quiet?

I wish I could stay here
like this forever.

Carry that to the upstairs,
will you?

You rented the room to her?

Yes, I decided.
I received 50.000 yen.

She brought a really nice fridge.
I wonder if it is an electric one.

Make me a nice
hot cup of tea.

Hello, is Miss Mineuchi here?

Thank you for the other day.

You must be the master
of this house?

This is Nakagawa.

Papa, this is Mr. Nakagawa.

I'm Kitou. Nice to meet you.

Please.

See you.

That's her. I met her yesterday
and was surprised.

I'm hungry. Fix me something.

Miss Mineuchi is going
to Atami with him.

Men think it's their world, they can have a
woman in anyway they want with money.

Did you meet Miss Sawara
in Osaka?

Did you?

I did.

Just as I thought. She's the one you went
to the exhibition with, right?

Someone saw you with her.

Are you in love with her?
Do you love her?

I'm really sorry.
I wanted to tell you earlier.

Do you really love her?

Yes.

I knew it!

All men are selfish.
They do the bad things behind our backs.

I never ever expected you'd
have another woman.

If you were strong enough, a woman
like that wouldn't come near you.

Why does a thing like this happen
to us now?

How dare you could do this to me.
How dare you!

I'll never divorce you. Never!

I'm home.

Coffee.

I kind of understand why she
is in love with Mr. Nakagawa.

You have to put yourself together,
otherwise you'll lose him.

You think so?

Being in love in the mid-age is pretty serious.
It's rare that they return home.

But a guy without money like him.

Love is beyond logic.
I've seen many men.

I think I understand them
better than you.

It is scary because a man like Mr. Nakagawa
won't be in love with a woman as a joke or a fling.

Welcome home. Your wife hasn't
come home yet.

Hasn't she?

It seemed a quite stormy
last night.

Not really.

Should I make you tea?

No, it's alright.

Aren't you hungry?

- We can have some coffee, then.
- Sounds good.

She can stay here all right but her
husband will be worried.

It is good to make him worried
sometimes, right?

Give us some tea, will you?

Have you decided to divorce him?

Not yet.

I understand.
He's nice and helpful.

He sweeps the garden
and chops the wood.

Matsuyama did nothing but
swore at the world.

I can't stand the fact that he is in love
with another woman. It feels so dirty.

It is hard to find a perfect
married couple.

Everyone is making mistakes while showing
an innocent face. That is world.

I'm thinking about going to Osaka.

You'd better try to hold his
old feelings for you.

Don't blame him too much.

I can be so mad with just
a look at his face.

Mr. Tanimura, have you ever been in love
with someone?

Being in love?

Sounds nice. Yes, I've been in love with
a woman once but she wasn't with me.

That's promising. Being in love is like
having a lighthouse in your life.

Your painting would soon get better.

My paintings are already.
Maybe not good...

Maybe, you use
too many colours!

You think so?

I want to paint something
that emits life.

Something that emits life?

Welcome home.

I'm leaving for work.

Dear! Didn't you even get worried
about where I was last night?

You were at your mom, right?

I'd be too embarrassed to go there.

Hello?

Miss Nakagawa lives here?

Yes.

I'm Kitou's wife.

She's out of town.

It is embarrassing but I am
terribly upset by Mineuchi.

I finally found out about
this place.

Well, come inside.

I haven't been able to sleep for the last
couple months.

My husband runs a furniture making
business.

The woman wheedles money from him.

He rarely comes home.
When he comes home,

he takes money
and valuable things.

He uses them for stupid things.
I can't stand this.

I see. My ex-tenant asked me a
favour to rent her a room.

Only if I knew your situation,
I wouldn't have rented it to her.

Can I wait for her here?

Well, they left for Atami
for two days.

Atami?

I heard the he has
a cottage in Itou.

No, he doesn't. My aunt runs a cheap
candy store in Itou.

He told me he has
a phone there.

He wrote down the number.

They'll drop by Kitou on the way back,
so that he can pick up the message.

That is a phone number that my aunt's borrows
from the next door, the butcher.

He lies like that.
So she thinks he's a rich dupe.

He doesn't have to do so much
for a just bar girl.

I know.

Right after you left work yesterday,
your wife visited the office.

My wife?

I told her you weren't that
close to Miss Sawara.

But, I really didn't know
what to say.

Well, sorry about that.

Miss Sakurai's here to see you.

Mr. Nakagawa, please
don't make Mineko sad.

She went to you, too?

I heard it all.

I don't trust guys,
but I did trust you.

What did she tell you?

She wants me to ask you
what you really want.

Don't be mean to her.

She is the one who is mean to me.

You don't have to tell her everything.
You must keep things to yourself.

So that's what is done.

I don't think you really
love that woman.

Don't get silly ideas.
Stay a good husband.

She can only depend on you.

Thank you.

I have to go to work. But,
you are off tomorrow, aren't you?

Be home tomorrow morning.
I'll come to see you both, alright?

- All right.
- See you tomorrow, then.

Should we get a divorce?

You shouldn't come to my work and
tell embarrassing things.

I went there only because
I care.

It's only embarrassing.

I can't stand that your feeling
is not here with me.

I feel sad.

I wrote her letter to Osaka.

What did you write?

My feelings
and not to come near you.

Why did you do such a thing?

Is it wrong?
Setsuko said it's fine.

Still in bed?

Still having a temperature?

That's why I came here.
It is already noon. Wake up!

Mr. Nakagawa, how would you
like to eat this?

Great sole fish, huh?

Let's have one side as sashimi.
How do you want to have the other half?

Who is cooking?

Me. You didn't know
I was a good cook?

Give me an apron.

Here.

Shall I sauté the other half?
I brought a lemon.

You only have a kitchen knife?
Don't you have a sashimi knife?

I don't think we do.

It is pretty rusty.
Do you have a knife sharpener?

What a dirty kitchen.
Only one dish cloth?

It looks like a poor
student's kitchen.

I thought Mineko was cleaner
than this.

What could she possibly prepare
for you with this knife?

Well, not great.

I can tell.
I am disappointed in you, Mineko.

Can you sharpen this knife, too?

Are you up?

I'm cooking now.
I bought you a sole.

Let's have a drink for a change.

I'm going to my mother's.

Why are you in a bad mood?

I came here to cheer you up.

You pretend to cheer me up, but
you are talking behind my back.

I see. You are upset
because of me.

That's it, right?

Think about our long friendship.

How many friends do you have
that you can really talk to?

I don't need a friend. Everyone is a liar.
I'll take care of my business.

Though it might end up with a divorce,
I won't come to you for help.

You're so cold hearted.
I can tell you so now.

Have you tried to care
about others?

It may sounds cheesy,
but you just get pissed

at not getting anything from others
without giving anything to others.

When do I get upset like that?

You've always behaved like that to your
friends and even to your husband.

No. You don't understand about marriage,
because you're not married.

Mr. Nakagawa, I'm leaving.

I have nothing to say to her.
Get a divorce.

I don't think I'll see you again.
But, good luck.

I'm going to my mother's.

What's wrong?
Why holding a knife like that?

Can you cook fish?

Fish? I once stayed at the fisherman
in Chiba. I can do a little.

Will you try?

It's good.

"Being in love is gentle like
the flowers in the field."

What's wrong?

Even desolate houses like ours
has a light on.

You can feel the light of civilization
all night long.

She is late.

My wife?

She'll be staying at
her mother's for a while.

"The formal dress is finally gone to far away.
Only time escapes to a moment from a moment."

Isn't that nice?

Only time keeps running into
the far future.

Humans are silly animals.

Indeed.

Mr. Nakagawa, why don't you join us
fishing on our next holiday?

I am pretty busy. I can't.

Your priority is the family, I know.
But, just for a change.

I have no time and money
for fishing.

I arrived at Tokyo last night.

Did you?

Can I see you at the café Rumble?
I'll be there at 5.

Yes. I'll come.
See you, then.

A man is here to see you.

"Mr. Okamura"

Mr. Nakagawa. I'm here for Mineko.
Niimura family sent me here.

What are you going to do
with Mineko?

Because you find another woman,
you'll leave her?

No. I'll visit you soon to talk.

Though the world became liberated,

it is not that simple between
the married couple.

You think you can have a happy life while
giving her pain?

You are still responsible for the consequences.
Anyway, come to the Niimuras with me.

I have a meeting tonight. So,
I'll come to see them tomorrow.

No, I don't care how late it gets.
Come visit them tonight.

I'll come tonight, then.

We'll be expecting you, then.

When did you arrive?

Last night.

- Where are you staying?
- At my friend's in Koenji.

- Did you order already?
- No.

Two soda, please.

How have you been?

Fine.

You seem to have lost
some weight.

You told me that in Osaka, too.

Did I?

I am hungry.

You just had a lunch,
didn't you?

Just noodles.

You didn't bring a lunch box?

My wife is at her mother's.

Didn't you receive
a letter from her?

She wrote a pretty
nasty letter, right?

No, I understand why she is upset.

And her letter made me realized that
I'm really in love with you.

It will be too late to realize that
he's a good man after you are divorced.

He doesn't love me anymore.

Why did things go wrong?

He has a man's mind.

I have a woman's will.

You don't know anything
about men.

If you keep your mouth shut, pretending
you don't know anything, he'll be trapped.

I can't stand staying with someone
who has no feelings for me.

You sound like a new bride on
her honeymoon.

Yoshimi!

I don't really trust people.

If they are reliable, we wouldn't need
laws, temples, marriages or chuches.

Because humans are not reliable, we need these
various institutions to restrict them.

You say these things because
you are not married.

I'm thinking of opening a
small boutique with my friend,

specializing in blouses and skirts.

Really?

In Osaka many women work.

We sell cheap skirts mainly and blouses
that match them.

If I keep myself busy,

I won't have a time to feel lonely.

Should we make a small trip to
Atami or Igawara now?

But...

Let's go.

It took me quite a thinking to decide
if I should see you or not this time.

I shouldn't have called you.

I shouldn't have met you.

What are you saying?
Let's leave for somewhere right now.

I have to go home today.
My friend will worry.

You can call her.

No, I have to see someone tomorrow morning.
So, I really can't go tonight.

I'll see you at the café tomorrow
evening, then.

I'll be there by 5:30, alright?

Mr. Nakagawa is late.

I knew he wouldn't come.

He said he would come. He wouldn't
think a cat or a dog sent me there.

He pretends to be a coward but
actually he is just cold hearted.

He won't come.

Maybe he is snoring at home.

Yoshimi!

Good morning.

I won't be home tonight. So,
take care of the house.

Travelling?

Business trip.

Your wife... is not back yet?

She told me she wouldn't be home
at least for a week.

She is trying hard, isn't she?

You look pretty if you don't put
too much rouge.

If you do, you look like
a country woman.

But, doesn't my face look pale?

It is better if you put
only lipstick on.

Women's lot is miserable.

Because you are not careful.

If comes home, just say sorry
to him as if it was nothing.

Why do I have to
say sorry to him?

You are so stubborn.

I don't mind going back home.

Here, that is all I have.

With this money, go see a film,
have your hair done and go home.

No, you don't have to.
I have some money.

Do you want to call him
at work?

Once a husband finds
another woman,

the marriage can break up
as easily as this?

Of course.
Because we are human.

That is why the family courts
are making money.

The family courts can solve
these things?

You don't know anything.

Welcome home.

Mr. Nakagawa told me that he was
leaving for a business trip.

It is nice time of year. I wish
I could go on a trip.

I'm leaving.

I'm tired.

Me, too.

Madam. This is for you.

Thank you.

"Fusako Sawara"

Hello. Anyone home?

I am here to see
Miss Sawara from Osaka.

You mean Fusako?
Wait for a moment.

I am Sawara. Who are you?

I am Nakagawa's wife.

I wanted to talk with you. Sorry about
coming without notice.

I was about to go out.
Can we talk outside?

When did you come to Tokyo?

Do you mind talking as we walk?
We can have a tea somewhere.

Tea? I didn't come to see you in
any casual way.

It is a critical matter for me,
thanks to you.

I've wanted to see you. I really had to
come to see you this time.

I couldn't believe this at first.

You worked with him, right?

When did you start going out
with my husband?

We've gone through a lot together
since we married.

You can't break us up
in an instant.

The whole world won't let you.

Welcome.

Can I have water?

Two teas, please.

Getting me to divorce him or getting
money from him are not an option.

If you still don't want to
break up with him,

I'll kill myself and curse you
for good.

That is enough. I am leaving for
Osaka tonight.

I have many things to do before I leave.
So, I've got to go now.

I didn't tell you even one tenth of what
I wanted to say to you.

You are meeting my husband
somewhere tonight, right?

I knew it.

No.

Liar. I know it. You are seeing him
somewhere, aren't you?

Tell me what you are thinking.
Please, break up with him.

Do you understand what
I'm telling you?

I came here because
I couldn't sit by anymore.

I don't want to see you
again, so.

I have to hear your words
from you.

You are pretty old-fashioned,
aren't you?

I told you I'd go back to
Osaka tonight.

Are you Mr. Nakagawa?

A young woman came to ask me
to give this to you.

And where did she go?

She left soon after.

"Your wife visited me this morning.
I'm writing this letter feeling confused.

I didn't want to see her. It is unfair but
I didn't want to understand her.

I didn't know what to do
when I met her.

Now, I've decided.
I won't see you again.

I have nothing to say.

Please, find your
happiness with your wife.

I will find mine, too."

Here are some sweets for you.

- Your husband isn't home yet?
- No.

My friend hasn't come to see me
for a while. I wonder why!

"A wife of the manager of furniture
manufacturer has committed suicide.

She took sleeping pills. She was distressed
by her husband's secret lover."

I wonder if she knows about this.

I wonder, too. But, how could she
commit suicide?

She didn't have to die.

Yes.

Welcome home.

My husband comes home late drunk.
He doesn't speak a word.

He makes his own bed in silence
and goes to sleep.

As night falls, we don't speak a word to
each other till the day breaks.

Like other mornings,
he leaves for work in silence.

Maybe we should get a divorce.

If we did get a divorce,
we may live again.

I'd trusted him completely,
but now this feeling is leaving me.

I couldn't tell her even
half of what I wanted to say.

Was I supposed to let them
be together?

But, where can I go,
if I leave here?

And if I don't leave now,

will we have
the same problem again?

What is to be a woman
or to be a wife?

The End
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Synch, check, adjustments: Dan