Original subtitles

It's a nice day, isn't it?

Kano-ya!

Father!

This turnip looks delicious.

MEETING PLACE OPENED BY GODAI

How are you? There are a lot of people here again today, aren't there?

We were invited here by Mr. Godai today,

so everyone gathered here because they wanted to

hear what he had to say.

Everyone!

I have to hear what he has to say too.

Asa ga Kita

Week 5 "Bringing a Smile to My Big Sister" Episode 28

Original Story: Chieko FURUKAWA

Screenwriter: Mika OMORI

Music by: Yuuki HAYASHI

Theme Song: "365 Nichi no Kamihikouki" Sung by: AKB48

Narrator: Keiko SUGIURA

Asa Shirooka: HARU

Shinjiro Shirooka: Hiroshi TAMAKI

Rie Imai: Shinobu TERAJIMA

Tadaoki Imai: Takeshi MASU

Sobei Mayuyama: Tasuku EMOTO

Saisuke Godai: Dean FUJIOKA

Gansuke: Takaya YAMAUCHI

Ume: TOMOCHIKA

Tadamasa Imai: Yoichi HAYASHI

Kiku Mayuyama: Hisako MANDA

Eitatsu Mayuyama: Takuro TATSUMI

Shokichi Shirooka: Masaomi KONDO

Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI

It's no good...

It doesn't move at all.

Please stop.

You'll dirty your hands.

I may not seem like one, but I am a man.

I don't believe I can't even help with this

I'm really pathetic.

How did you know we were here?

I was just walking around.

Darn. If I knew I was going to see you,

I should have brought the things Asa had prepared for you.

I don't want charity.

Right now we're staying with a farmer here...

Is that right?

Is everyone in the family okay?

Shinjiro!

Sobei!

What are you doing in a place like this?

Please don't tell Asa where I am.

And that you saw me today.

Please!

So Kano-ya's still in business...?

We're managing.

I'll have to get you to buy me sake.

Let's go.

Meanwhile, Asa was at the Osaka merchants' meeting place.

In order to be on an equal footing with

the foreign countries the merchants of

Osaka have to unite, so they can do big transactions.

Everyone... Let's all make a new Osaka.

Osaka has a lot of good merchants like you...

But at this rate, you'll all be driven out of business

by businesses from Tokyo and western countries.

That's why we want to ask you what we have

to do to make money right away.

It's not that simple to make a profit.

First of all, you mustn't be impatient, and

you have to change your business from the ground up.

Business?

What do we have to change?

But we're having trouble right now.

We need it right now.

He's an outsider, after all. It doesn't apply to him.

On top of that, he used to be a samurai from the Satsuma Clan.

To begin with, you need a company...

You need a big company that can do business

with the world here in Osaka.

What you're saying is too big for us...

It's all gibberish to us Osaka merchants.

He's just like the rumors say...

What do you mean?

The rumors say that he's a samurai who's been

westernized and is always talking about business...

Why are you doing that in a place like this?

I'm sorry... I can't seem to finish my sewing...

Your stitches are as big as ever...

Are they?

Excuse me. Are you okay?

Asa...

The Osaka merchants are a problem.

Even if they have the knack for it, they're all bound by

family traditions, and won't attempt anything new.

New things?

But to have you worry about me.

I'm really sorry about the other day...

It's okay.

Today, you were listening in earnest to what I had

to say while you were sewing, weren't you?

Were you watching me?

Thank you for coming.

Actually, the money changer that my older sister

married into, went out of business.

They ran off in the middle of the night,

and I still don't know where she is.

The truth is, I just can't think about doing any

kind of business right now.

But I thought this is what I should be doing now.

I'm really sorry.

Just as you said, the reason the money changers are

in a bind right now is because of the

new government's mismanagement.

Why? Why did the new government...?

Young Mistress!

You mustn't keep asking why.

I'm sorry... Please forgive me.

It's okay.

That's why it's my duty to make Osaka a

town that is known to the world.

I'll admit that Mr. Godai's ideas were too big,

but I have a feeling that he's really

thinking about the good of Osaka.

If someone from outside thinks that much of

Osaka, we can't just sit back and do nothing.

That's true.

Something new...?

Oasa... Here's a letter from your mother.

From Mom?

KYOTO IMAI FAMILY

In that letter, she let Asa know that the

Imai family was officially going to be working

TOSHIMICHI OKUBO (FORMER YICHIZO)

with the new government.

And in order to work with them the Imai family

was thinking of moving from Kyoto to Tokyo.

And...

Do you know how Hatsu is doing?

I've been looking for her through people I know.

But I still don't know where she is.

I wonder why we didn't help them out.

I'm full of regret.

Please give your support to Shinjiro and protect your family.

Mom.

So that house in Kyoto might be gone soon...

Asa! What can you see from there?

I can see Mt. Hiei and the Mt. Daimonji!

I can see it all.

Are you crying, Sis?

No I'm not.

Asa's memories of Kyoto all had Hatsu in them.

Sis...

Meanwhile, Shinjiro was...

I was really surprised.

I never thought playboy Sobei would look that

good dressed in a loincloth...

Are you trying to pick a fight?

But I don't have any money to pay to pick a fight.

That's very funny.

I...

...couldn't kill my mom.

I always wanted to kill her.

But I got it off my chest.

You did? I'm glad.

I guess I owe it to Hatsu.

I thought she was a weak woman.

But she might be tougher than I thought.

Is she?

I guess they're both Imai's daughters.

Does that mean that Ohatsu's stubborn?

That's for sure.

Thank you for waiting.

I wonder how I'm going to get her to see Asa.

That tomboy sister is lucky to have a husband who cares so much about her.

But I...

It's been a while since I had sake, so it's

already gone to my head.

I'm home.

Welcome home.

You're home late again.

What about you?

Were you reading again?

I was About what we were talking about the other day...

About that...

Please don't tell Asa where I am.

No! I can't tell you yet.

Please! Tell me about the coal...

It's too soon.

Coal?

You said that Yamaya told you that Kano-ya

should get into the coal business.

Were you listening to what I said?

I was... Tell me about that one more time.

What am I going to do with you?

I'll tell you another time.

When will you tell me?

I'm too sleepy today.

My husband!

Asa's mind had switched from thoughts of Hatsu

to a burning passion for business.

While Hatsu was...