- (in Japanese) Cheers. - Cheers.
It's strong.
But delicious, no?
Margarita?
Yes.
You dip the tortilla chips in this.
- Delicious. - Delicious, yes.
Hello.
Haven't seen you in a while.
(in Korean) Here. Take this.
What took you so long?
We're almost out of everything.
Thank you.
Halmoni! I'd like some kimchi.
Come.
Chuka soba!
This is salsa sauce.
- Salsa. - Salsa.
Thank you.
Did you see that?
Didn't even have to lift a finger.
Let me do that.
I feel strange.
And it's gotten so hot.
Perhaps that second margarita was too much.
I think we may be a little drunk.
How can you say such a thing?
The dinner we had the other day, you paid for that as well.
I invited you here.
The next adventure is up to you.
- How much? - It'll be 3,326 yen.
- Do you take credit cards? - Yes.
Can I have a receipt, please?
This wait is so hard.
But I can't decide whether I want tomorrow to come sooner
or never come at all.
Stop that nonsense!
He passed.
Noa is going to Waseda.
But how can you be so sure?
Even a fool like me knows.
That boy studied so hard--
Enough of this!
What's the point in harping on like this?
Nothing's to be done, so why dwell on it?
We'll know tomorrow.
It's out of our hands.
Chuka soba! Good price! Come in! Welcome!
Chuka soba! Good price! Welcome!
Tasty noodles!
All they want is the work of our hands.
That's right!
Hands that have cracked and bled to build this failed Empire of theirs!
Even with that, they tear down our schools,
force us to sign our names in their public registry.
We were left helpless.
You're right!
The shame of it!
We are in the fight for our very own existence.
Their war may be over, but our war rages on!
Not just here, but in our homeland as well.
Where corrupt capitalistic forces threaten to tear our nation apart.
- Yes! - Look what happened in Jeju!
Jeju! Jeju!
We have a right to be angry!
That's right!
How can we not be when entire villages are being massacred?
Our children slayed.
Our mothers' and fathers' blood spilled by those who speak in our own tongue.
But with that said, we must not blame our Korean brothers.
They have been defiled by the pernicious Americans
who call themselves our liberators!
That's right!
The time has come to fight!
- Let us fight! - For our country!
We must take our stand and fight!
For Koreans!
By Koreans!
For one country!
Let us all shout!
- Long live Korea! Long live Korea! - Long live Korea! Long live Korea!
- Long live Korea! - Long live Korea!
Mr. Kim! Please, hear me out--
So it was you.
You know the situation with my wife. She's still ill.
I didn't know what else to do!
Please!
PHILOPON
- Hey. - Yes, sir.
Take this to the back.
Count them to make sure they're all there.
Yes, sir.
Sit.
If there's nothing else, I'd like to turn in.
I told you to sit.
That's the last of it.
I'm sure you already have other endeavors lined up.
I don't worry about you.
What do you think happens when the Americans pull out?
Less whores on the street.
There'll always be whores on the street.
But for better or worse,
this country will have no choice but to stand on its own two feet.
What do I care what this country does?
Don't say such stupid things.
You know just as well
that shit rolls downhill.
So things go back to the way it was before the war.
It was shit then too.
We can never go back to that.
But that's an opportunity for us.
We have the black markets and I have my plan.
For you as well.
You won't just be my fists for much longer.
I understand.
- Yuki. - I don't need that.
You're no saint.
Take good care of him.
Make him forget his troubles.
Sugihara-san.
I apologize for just dropping by.
Yoshii-san asked me to deliver a message.
What is it?
Yoshii-san sends his apologies.
But he believes it is better for you to fully understand your situation.
That is his thinking.
My situation?
His name is Kunizane Tsuyoshi.
The eldest son of the Kunizane family.
So...
A former boyfriend?
No. That photo was taken a few days ago.
Exactly.
Yoshii-san figured you were unaware.
I suggest you ask her what she is doing this evening--
Yoshii-san told me
he had cut his ties from his grandfather's world.
You think the Yakuza are the only ones to use these dirty tricks?
Leveraging compromised behavior is part of your world as well.
It's called human nature.
Who are you? Really?
My Korean is not as good as yours.
The truth is I can barely speak it.
You're Zainichi?
Like your family,
my grandparents came over before the war.
But...
that is all we have in common.
Let me tell you.
I have known Yoshii-san for many years now.
He is neither a fickle man nor a gambler.
Nor is he a man who abides by chaos or uncertainty.
If he has doubts, he will cut you loose.
And if he feels compromised...
he will do much worse.
Yoshii-san wants that golf course.
Tsutomu Miyazaki was arrested last week
for the brutal murder of four young girls,
decapitating one of them.
- Hello. - It's me.
Just calling to hear your voice.
I miss you.
I miss you too.
But this filing, it's taking much longer than anticipated.
You need a break.
How about a quick dinner tonight?
I'd love to, but I have to wait until everything gets printed.
But how about this weekend?
Let's do that then.
I have to get back to work.
I'll call you later.
URGENT
CCI INTERNATIONAL BANK
PAYMENT DEMAND. LATE PAYMENT FEES.
Mozasu.
I brought you something to eat from that noodle place you like.
Aren't you hungry? Eat.
My stomach is still so full from lunch today.
I don't think I'll be hungry for days.
What did you have for lunch?
I went to a Mexican restaurant with a friend.
A Mexican restaurant? You?
Yes, me.
Is it really that surprising?
Who is this friend?
A friend I feed the birds with.
You wouldn't understand.
Birds?
What are you talking about? Are you seeing someone?
I met him at the grocery store.
He's a very nice man.
But you really need to try that Mexican restaurant.
The food was spicy.
And that margarita...
It was so strong.
I'm going to go do the back now.
You can enter this way. Enter this way.
Don't push each other.
Stand in line.
Where is that boy?
He should be here by now.
Weren't you the one saying there's nothing to do but wait?
He'll be here soon.
WASEDA UNIVERSITY ACCEPTANCE LIST
Mother!
Long live Korea!
There you are.
COURSES FOR ACCEPTED STUDENTS
I'm so proud of you.
And here's the list of classes open to the first years.
Why am I so nervous?
European and American history. Concerns on Romanticism.
- Theory of Government Bonds. - Ugh! Sounds like torture.
Are you sure you want to do this?
Stop talking and just eat.
Nothing useful comes out of that mouth anyways.
Maybe I should run away with you to Tokyo.
Even your boring classes have to be better than all this abuse.
What did you say?
Noa. What is it?
There's a list of the other costs.
What sort?
Fees for the entrance,
and for books, student activities,
experimental practice, equipment costs...
What's the total amount?
It's about 2,400 yen.
You mean in addition to the tuition and board?
What do we do?
Perhaps we could ask Mr. Koh to help.
No. I don't want anyone else's money.
Noa. We'll pay it all back.
I'm sure there's a telegraph office near school.
I can get a job there.
No.
I saw how hard it was for you these past two years.
You're to focus on your studies.
- But, Mother, the fees-- - We'll figure out the money.
Without taking money from Mr. Koh.
How?
You don't need to concern yourself with that.
Now eat. Before your food gets cold.
Yes, eat.
Here, have this one.
SAKAI HANDMADE LEATHER GOODS
Good evening.
I'm not sure if I'm in the right place.
What is the guest's name?
Sir?
- Cheers. - Cheers.
What are you doing?
Mother.
What is all this?
I remembered we had some sugar from that deal a few months ago.
It should be enough to make some candies.
If they sell well, I can try to get some more sugar.
We could set up a second cart closer to the bus stop.
There are so many young people and families who take that line.
And what about your restaurant?
We'll wait a few years then.
When Noa finishes his schooling.
Yes, let's see then.
Mother.
Sleep. I can do this.
You really think sleep will come now?
Hurry, bring that over.
I swear, if I had known that you knew none of this,
I would never have done this.
But we heard you and the family were pulling out of the black markets.
From whom?
That's what everyone is saying.
And this person who is trying to take over,
what's his name?
You're scared of him?
I've heard some things.
Please, I'd rather not get involved.
Yoshii Isamu.
I swear that is all I know.
You find out everything about this man.
I want no stone unturned. I want everything.
How long have you been seeing him?
That's not what it is.
Then what is it?
Our families have known one another for a long time.
Since we were little,
our parents got it into their heads that we'd be the perfect match.
Is that what he thinks?
He thinks whatever his parents think.
And you?
There was a time when I tried to convince myself.
But not anymore.
But you just...
You went along with it.
They're my parents.
What am I supposed to do?
I know I should have told you.
Yes, you should have.
Is there no way to save this?
Can you promise me you'll never look away again?
Never again.
Can you do that?
I want to try.
That's not good enough.
In another world, perhaps.
Or if you weren't you
and I wasn't me.
Isn't that the truth?
I need you...
to call in Abe-san's loan.
Abe-san?
But why?
No.
The story about the buried bones, did you leak that?
I never meant to drag you into this.
You have to believe me.
But now, it's not just about the money.
I need him to know.
No.
I need everyone to know that I'm here.
Even if you say so--
I have to ask. Please.
You can't ask me that!
Even if it destroys Abe-san, rumors about what I did to him would spread.
The whole industry would know.
I'm sorry, but I cannot.
You know that.
Then, I'll find a way. You know I will.
And I will have no choice but to stop you.
You wanted to see me?
Take this away.
What did the new doctor say?
I'm done with all that.
You and I, we've always talked frankly, haven't we?
You were the one to teach me the power of plain speaking.
I am grateful for that.
Yes.
Everyone talks too much these days.
They jabber on about this and that.
But the Americans will be gone soon.
And that's when your rising star takes the stage.
Kurogane-san.
You've made it clear you don't like him.
But he understands the work that needs to be done.
He's still young, but a promising man.
He is ambitious.
I think you are confusing the two.
The party is still a fledgling.
Allegiances will shift.
Precisely.
All the more reason why...
I plan on sealing it with blood.
Even your loyalty was bought the same way.
His willingness to accept Keiko, despite her only being a half-blood,
it speaks to his confidence in our family.
I won't allow it.
She's my daughter!
It's too late to start acting like your daughters' father.
We both know
there has only been that one son.
That hidden life.
Remember this.
For your sake,
I have never touched that family.
Do not make me consider otherwise.
Mother.
Noa.
Why are you down so early?
There's something I need to say to you.
What is it?
Are you not feeling well?
I'm not going to Waseda.
I told you not to worry about the money.
I'll take care of it.
I don't want it.
Not at the expense of your dreams.
I won't do that.
Noa...
that restaurant, it was just a fool's gamble.
I see that now.
I don't believe you.
It's my duty to see to this family.
How is going to university not doing your duty?
Noa, this isn't for you alone.
This is for all of us.
I'll be gone for years.
So it takes years! What is that after all we've been through--
I can't bear it.
Leaving you alone to bear all that weight--
That's enough.
I have your grandmother and your aunt.
I know you're disappointed--
I'm disappointed for you!
You deserve better than this.
And I'll get over it.
This is my home.
I need to stay here.
Noa.
Noa!
He's worried about the costs, and leaving us all here--
What are you talking about?
Going to Waseda is not a choice.
Make him understand.
You don't think I've tried?
He won't change his mind.
Because that boy doesn't understand.
All those years we went hungry with barely any food in our stomachs.
To fool my belly, I gnawed on my father's fingers.
This is not acceptable.
He must go.
I realize that, but how?
You make him see clearly.
Pry his eyes open.
Make him see what this world really looks like.
If you can't convince him, I will.
And you're sure she won't budge?
She refuses.
Okay, so what are we gonna do now?
Because I can't convince the directors with her in the way.
We have to get rid of her then, don't we?
What are you talking about?
Yotsuba Finance.
Financial impropriety.
You know the playbook, Tom.
KATO TATSUMI
No, this time it's not a missing person.
I know where he is.
I need you to find out everything about this guy.
Again, the name is...
Kato Tatsumi.
He is Japanese.
Whatever you can find.
Yes.
It's urgent.
I'll pay extra.
Later.
Mother.
Ever since you brought that tofu home,
I've been curious to see how they made it.
Ma'am!
I've been meaning to come by.
I hear Noa comes here often.
Let me prepare two plates.
Do not trouble yourself.
It's no trouble at all.
- Please, have a seat. - All right.
Mother, why have you brought me here?
To see for myself what else you were considering.
It's not like that.
Look at those hands.
Still so soft and smooth.
Looking at her, it reminds me of my early days here.
I never thought I'd be here this long.
Your father asked me to come with him even though we were strangers.
When we came, we knew so little of the world.
Me especially.
Yeongdo was my world back then.
So when your father started teaching me about his faith,
it all sounded so strange.
I struggled with so much of it in the beginning.
But then, he told me about Heaven...
and it all made sense to me.
When I...
When I think of Heaven, I see Yeongdo.
I don't know what your Heaven is, but I know mine.
This is not it.
If you stay...
you will sit here and the memories will burn in your soul.
I can't let that happen.
I made a promise to your father.
No matter what,
you and your brother must thrive.
I intend on keeping that promise.
I'm sorry for the wait.
I hope you like it.
Let me try.
It's delicious.
I can taste all the work that has gone into it.
Thank you.
Surely in Tokyo, the tofu will taste better.
It's such a big city after all.
But I hope you remember us when you have that tofu.
I can't imagine how it can possibly be as good as this.
When I'm there...
I know I will miss this.