The next day, Nobuko tells Tomiko of her parents' conversation, and both start crying when they get into an argument over their different families.
Later, when Nobuko is hurt during a bathing trip, Tomiko calls her mother for help, which leads to a short, polite but distanced encounter between Tsuta and Keikichi.
Mrs. Asada confronts her husband with his gift to Tomiko, and is in return scolded by him for her continuous complaints.
When he reveals that he has just received his draft notice, she apologises for her selfishness, to which he replies, "now I can go to war without worries".
[4] Dan Sallitt notices overall sharp behavioural detail and subtle dialogue, but an unfulfilling structure and vague character motivation in the film's climax, speculating if these shortcomings result from censorship intervention which would not allow for the character of Keikichi, a symbol of Japanese military zeal, as a subject of criticism.