 When Shuhei returns home, he suffers a stroke and is admitted to the hospital.Asking Hirata's daughter Fumiko (Mitsuko Mito) to take care of his son, he dies soon after.The final scene shows Ryohei and his new wife Fumiko returning to Akita, with the urn containing his father's ashes resting on the luggage rack; the two have agreed to live together with Hirata and Fumiko's younger brother.