Dr. Sadao was compelled by his duty as a doctor to help the enemy soldier. What made Hana, his wife, sympathetic to him in the face of open defiance from the domestic staff?

Hana, Dr. Sadao's wife felt sympathetic to him because she actually understood what Sadao was feeling at that time, as she knew Sadao for a very long time she must have understood Sadao’s feeling. She was aware that Dr. Sadao is compelled by his duty as a doctor and simultaneously he feels lack of patriotism. As he was hiding the enemy in his house and also their domestic staff has left the jobs which made the situation even worse. The helpless situation of her husband made her feel pity for him.