A Son of the Good Earth

Yangtze River (1x11)

Air date: Mar 20, 1996

After being cleared of all charges, Riku Isshin returned to the steel plant construction site and worked hard. In November 1985, the completed steel blast furnace was lit. Father and son embrace. After the project was completed, Matsumoto Koji and Isshin set off on a trip down the Yangtze River. On the boat, Koji asked Isshin if he could come back to Japan. Isshin tells him that "I am a child of the earth" and that he is determined to stay in China.