 After a few months , Mika returns and announces that she is pregnant . She expresses hope that Daigo will find a job of which their child can be proud . During the ensuing argument , Daigo receives a call for an encoffinment for Mrs Yamashita . Daigo prepares her body in front of both the Yamashita family and Mika , who had known the public bath owner . The ritual earns him the respect of all present , and Mika stops insisting that Daigo change jobs . 
