Pachinko

Koh- san ! Welcome home.

- Unload the cargo. - Yes, sir.

Unload now.

It seems

your trip was fruitful.

Who will it be then?

The Soviets

or the Americans?

It's still not clear.

I need you to stay behind.

Watch the men.

Make sure no one thieves.

Everything will be as you instructed.

Do not worry.

"We are showing the world our nation's great might.

Our brave soldiers storming the battlefields..."

You better not lose on purpose!

"...our cowardly enemies retreating in fright."

Mozasu!

Noa!

Come on!

Come, get a taste of home!

- Good morning! - Noa! Wait!

Try it with your ration rice!

Tastes better, stomachs feel fuller!

Come, get a taste of home!

- Kimchi! Delicious kimchi for sale! - I won!

- No fair! Noa! - Noa.

You always win.

I told you not to drop your guard.

Why do you encourage him?

Mother, if I don't nag him, he'll never leave the house on time.

May I get some kimchi?

Mr. Kim, good to see you. It's been so long.

Yes.

I was worried you went elsewhere.

How could I possibly go elsewhere? No one's kimchi compares.

Have you been busy?

Yes, it's been good.

You're running low. I hope that means sales have been good.

I wish that were the case, but no.

I check each day for cabbages but they're in short supply.

This is the last of what I have.

My sister-in-law scours the markets for anything to pickle, but no.

What will you do then?

We'll manage somehow.

We always find a way.

Here.

You look like someone who can handle his money.

That's good news. I want to be very rich one day.

You have a son you can count on.

- Thank you. Be well. - I'll come again.

Goodbye.

That man's definitely gotta be a spy or something.

You should never make a joke about that.

Who's listening?

You never know. Not in times like this.

Look at that!

- Mama? - American planes!

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Mother, look!

Something's falling.

Got it! What is it?

What does it say, Noa?

"To the people of Japan,

petition your emperor to halt this brutal war.

If Japan does not surrender, the situation will worsen.

We strongly urge you to accept the consequences

and begin the work of building a new, better and peace-loving Japan."

I don't understand.

How will things get worse?

Mama, don't you get it? This means the Americans are coming.

With 500 million yen in funding

from wise investors like you,

I can put my previous experience to work.

How much have you raised so far?

I've almost reached my goal.

Investors are enthusiastic.

With modest investments, limited risk,

especially in a runaway market like this,

the potential returns are substantial.

You plan to manage the fund on your own?

It will keep overhead low.

Besides,

I'm neutral.

Whether the dollar or the yen come out on top,

it makes no difference to me.

But you certainly weren't neutral at Shiffley's.

We heard...

You were compromised because of your sympathies with that landowner.

That deal fell apart

because we were all too emotional about it.

That woman...

She was never going to sell.

Not to Abe- san . Not to Colton Hotels.

What I'm trying to say is

it's dangerous to do business

based on loyalties.

Your relationship with Mamoru Yoshii...

We have our concerns.

To be frank,

his associations.

Tokyo is now a metropolis of 11 million people,

and yet it still feels like a village.

You do not need to worry.

I have nothing to do with that man.

Brock, listen. It's not hype.

I mean, look at the Nikkei!

Aw, come on, man.

Would you even be sitting in that cushy Goldman Sachs chair

if it wasn't for me hauling your ass through college?

I... I'm not asking for a huge investment. It ju...

Listen, I-I don't know which story you've been told, but...

Talk soon, yeah.

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Hey!

What stinky food are you eating today?

Listen up!

You need to learn this too.

This is beoseot gangjeong.

It's usually spicier,

but there's no more chili peppers. Still...

Delicious. I could eat 100 of them.

Neulgeun hobakjeon.

Last fall, my aunt went to a farm in the country

and bought a huge pumpkin.

- - Five times the size of my brother's head!

She said we had to make it last the whole winter so enjoy every bite.

And I do!

Bando- kun ! Get off your desk now!

- - Get down!

To the wall!

Hey, Bando.

Is it true?

The gossip about you.

Hey, garlic breath.

I'm talking to you.

I hear your family lives with pigs.

And the pigs sleep inside your house. Is it true?

- Look, he's not denying it! -

If it wasn't true, he'd deny it. Right?

He just lets that bully come after me!

I know the jerk is just trying to get my goat,

but come on!

I'm gonna smash his face in one day. You'll see...

Noa.

I know how you're feeling.

You're not the only one. We all live feeling that rage.

Especially here.

Look around you.

Angry husbands shouting terrible things at their wives.

Tired mothers snapping at their children. Brothers fighting each other.

But, Noa,

You must realize, that anger comes from feeling so powerless here.

That's just how it is.

If you don't like it,

then my advice is don't be Korean, Noa.

Even if only in your imagination.

Cheers!

I hope you are satisfied now.

With our major contribution of military supplies.

Yes. Everyone is pleased.

Does this mean

in our next contracts,

our loyalties will be rewarded?

If we don't,

we risk displeasing you, Koh- san .

When you are displeased,

It seems everyone in Osaka knows what happens.

Speaking for myself,

I prefer to keep all of my limbs.

Rather than worry about pleasing my son-in-law,

let us all enjoy ourselves.

After all, his generosity is just as well-known.

Please, enjoy.

Inoue- san .

We have all this rice piled up in our colonies,

but it's impossible to get it shipped to us now.

Yes.

I say we strap the rice on the back of the Koreans, make them swim it over.

Serve those lazy cockroaches right.

Go and see where those two guests are.

They've been gone too long.

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So it's happening then?

It's not confirmed yet.

But some messages have been intercepted.

There are whispers that the bombings are imminent.