Pachinko
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Together, the two head to a convenience store where Hana stalks the aisles, aggressively squeezing onigiri.
Though reticent, Solomon acquiesces.
In the police station, Mozasu comes to take Solomon home.
He begs the police officer not to call Solomons school and inform them of the shoplifting charge.
Instead, Mozasu stands outside the police station and tells Solomon hes sending him to America.
Solomon protests he doesnt want to leave Hana but Mozasu is firm.
Solomon must go abroad to forgo any bad influences.
First, theres Solomon, who tries to convince Hana to go to the U.S. for better treatment.
Hana tells Solomon shes not going to the U.S.
Instead, shes just going to die.
He must see her and understand how she lived her life.
With these words, we watch Solomon walk head held high through Shiffleys to empty his office.
Naomi watches him but makes no move to get up and say hello.
Tom Andrews closes his blinds to avoid making eye contact.
When Solomon finally leaves the building, he throws his box full of files into a fountain in frustration.
Suddenly, hes approached by Mamoru Yoshii.
Yoshii knows who Solomon is and points out that they both have bad reputations.
Yoshii invites Solomon to join him in a business venture: bringing pachinko to the world.
Meanwhile, Hana is being snarky to her mother, asking where her Yakuza boyfriend is.
Etsuko responds that just because Mozasu owns a pachinko parlor doesnt mean hes Yakuza.
Sunja arrives and takes over Hanas sponge bath.
Sunja looks blankly at Hana, and for a moment, the vitriolic, acid-tongued girl loses control.
Realization crests across Sunjas face.
She tells Hana she didnt mean that Hana would ruin Solomon.
She meant thatshewould ruin Solomon.
She knows this because she had another son once, whose life she ruined.
Outside, Sunja unboxes a gorgeous spread of banchan and invites Solomon to sit with her.
He refuses to eat and then blames Sunja for his lost job.
In 1931, Yoseb is furious with Kyunghee for bringing him shame by paying his debts.
He stalks off, still angry when Sunjas water breaks.
Mulling these things over, Isak returns home to find his wife in labor.
Kyunghee tells him to go find Yoseb; theres nothing for him to do in the house just then.
As the door shuts behind Isak, Sunja unleashes the scream shed been holding back.
This will be far from an easy labor, it seems.
Yoseb is drinking in a bar under the streetcar station that rattles with every passing car.
Isak stops in his tracks and tells his older brother never to speak about Sunja that way again.
Isak wants to make the world a better place for his children, himself, and Yoseb.
The scene is domestic, beautifully lit, peaceful, and perfectly depicts a happy new family.
Meanwhile, Koh Hansu tells his icily beautiful Japanese wife that he has a son.
This means his wife no longer needs to perform her conjugal duties to him.
Hana is the child of a single, divorced mother when such a thing would have been extremely stigmatized.
She is a multilingual marvel!!!
Also, I KNEW that the lady who kept pigs in the neighborhood would get her moment!
Hooray, Neighborhood Lady Who Keeps Pigs!!
Nothing more attractive than a man who takes care of his beloveds.
