noriko’s wedding day arrives. at home just before the ceremony, both shukichi and masa admire noriko, who is dressed in a traditional wedding costume. noriko thanks her father for the care he has taken of her throughout her life and leaves in a hired car for the wedding. afterwards, aya (yumeji tsukioka), a divorced friend of noriko’s, goes with shukichi to a bar, where he confesses that his claim that he was going to marry mrs. miwa was a ruse to persuade noriko to get married herself. aya, touched by his sacrifice, promises to visit him often. shukichi returns home alone.