Near the end of World War Two, most of the shops in Osaka are closed, but Sunja and Kyunghee continue to work at the restaurant six days a week. Kim then calls in the women to tell them that the restaurant will finally close. When Kim and Kyunghee leave to go to the market, Sunja stays behind to wait for a delivery. To Sunja’s great surprise, Hansu, whom she hasn’t seen in twelve years, shows up at the restaurant, telling her that he owns it. He tells her that he created a job for her when Isak went to prison. He then tells her that she must leave Osaka because the Americans will begin bombing Osaka soon and everything will be destroyed. There is a farmer, Tamaguchi-san, whom they can work for and who will house them.

Yoseb gets a job offer to work in a factory in Nagasaki where he will earn triple his pay. The rest of the family go with Kim to move to Tamaguchi’s farm. Tamaguchi is happy for their arrival once he sees how hardworking they are. Hansu arrives a few months later with Sunja’s mother,