- Tamae Kiyooka: Please forgive me. Let me be Shigeko's mother again.
- Shunsaku Atsumi: Shigeko already has a fine mother! I'd never allow a tramp like you to call herself Shigeko's mother!
- Kishiyo, Atsumi's mother: To live a long life only to meet with shame. And now I have to move into a small house. I can't even show my face anymore.
- Masako, Atsumi's wife: Do I have to just give Shigeko up to that woman?
- Masaya Kusakabe: Don't give up so easily. Right now you're the only mother Shigeko knows. I'll find her. Just take heart and be patient.
- Tamae Kiyooka: You're no blood relation to Shigeko. You think you can just take her? Shigeko's my child. Even if I hadn't seen her in ten years, or even ever, she'd still be my child.
- Masako, Atsumi's wife: And who's the one who decided to sever the bond?
- Masaya Kusakabe: If Shingeko took to you without hesitation, I'd try to convince Masako to give her up right now. But I think it's raising a child, not giving birth to one, that makes a woman a mother.