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Title: Marian Asao Kurosu Interview
Narrator: Marian Asao Kurosu
Interviewers: Alice Ito (primary), Tomoyo Yamada (secondary)
Location: Seattle, Washington
Date: June 23 & 24, 2000
Densho ID: denshovh-kmarian-01-0033

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TY: [Jpn.] Were the Arakis your only relatives?

MK: [Jpn.] What?

TY: [Jpn.] Your family in the U.S.

MK: [Jpn.] That's right.

TY: [Jpn.] Yes.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] Well, that's right. Your husband was left alone, wasn't he?

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah, that's right.

TY: [Jpn.] His father returned.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] Then during that time, were your father and husband managing the business in Sunnydale?

MK: [Jpn.] Who?

TY: [Jpn.] While you were helping at South Park, Sunnydale was taken care of by your father and husband.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah, uh-huh... No. We left my father alone at home.

TY: [Jpn.] Oh.

MK: [Jpn.] Well he told us to go to help. He was too old.

TY: [Jpn.] Yes.

MK: [Jpn.] Help.

TY: [Jpn.] Oh, did your husband go, too?

MK: [Jpn.] Yes, that's why we...

TY: [Jpn.] Yes.

MK: [Jpn.] My husband and I came here to help.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] We say help, but it wasn't help at all. Instead it was a lot of trouble.

TY: [Jpn.] I see. But it turned out well.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] Yeah.

MK: [Jpn.] Life brings a lot of unexpected things.

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