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Asa had married into Kano-ya, an Osaka money-changer,

and for the sake of the family business that was on the

decline, she started learning more about business.

Reading books, and attending the merchants' meetings...

However...

Coal?

I can't think of any other business than coal mining.

So I thought I'd go to see what coal mining

and coal was all about.

You can't go.

I absolutely won't allow you to go.

Mr. Godai...

You're someone we need here in Osaka.

I promise that I, Saisuke Godai, will come back for the sake of Osaka.

Just what we'd expect of you Mr. Godai.

Sanouji-ya, the family her older sister, Hatsu had

married into had gone out of business...

It was my fault.

I'm really sorry.

Sis!

Asa...

When her husband, Sobei disappeared,

Hatsu was...

Sis?

Are you okay?

Asa ga Kita

Week 6 "A Wife's Determination, A Husband's Decision" Episode 31

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

Tadaoki Imai: Takeshi MASU

Saisuke Godai: Dean FUJIOKA

Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE

Gansuke: Takaya YAMAUCHI

Ume: TOMOCHIKA

Toshimichi Okubo: Shuji KASHIWABARA

Miwa: Sumika NONO

Kiku Mayuyama: Hisako MANDA

Eitatsu Mayuyama: Takuro TATSUMI

Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI

Shokichi Shirooka: Masaomi KONDO

Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI

This is delicious.

I'm sorry for causing you trouble, Asa.

It's okay. Are you sure you're okay?

I'm fine.

I just felt a little sick.

But...

She's right, Ohatsu...

You mustn't overdo it, and take care of yourself now.

Since you might be pregnant.

A baby?

That's right. I'm finally going to have a grandchild.

Isn't that right?

Father!

We don't know for sure yet.

If that's true, it's such a blessing.

What's a blessing?

We have no home or anything else,

so why have a baby now?

I've never heard of a bride with worse timing.

Having a baby now when we live in such a small

space is only going to be an inconvenience.

It doesn't matter where we are, a blessing is a blessing.

That's right. You're absolutely right.

You're just giving lip service while

you're thinking how glad you are that it's your

sister, and not you, living in this broken down shack.

Will you stop being so nasty?

At a time, you have to look on the

bright side, and look to the future.

Isn't that right, Ohatsu?

Sobei will be happy when he hears...

However, days went by, and still Sobei didn't come home.

I said no, so you're not going.

You're a business fanatic.

Magnificent.

Are you okay?

Never mind doing your specialty...

How about doing a puppet show today?

No... I'm no good at puppet shows.

When I keep repeating the same thing over

and over again, it sounds like a cat with a head cold.

I know you're good at it.

I'd like to hear you say those words over and over again.

Shall I say it for you?

Stop that!

What? He didn't come home again last night?

No... Lately he's been coming home in the mornings again.

Shinjiro's bad habit is coming out again.

Who is this woman Shinjiro's been seeing...?

It's not Shinjiro's fault.

With a wife who's always thinking about business

and burning rocks, who can blame him for not

wanting to come home?

You were listening?

According to the maid servants, there are books about

business all around their bedding.

Even your "ohariko" dog has been pushed to the back.

Who can feel loving toward his wife in a room like that?

You're so right.

Protecting the family doesn't mean a

woman being independent, and going out.

You're so right.

You're right, but that's...

Am I being a mean mother-in-law?

What's this all of a sudden?

No... I'm not a mean mother-in-law...

No matter how strange Asa is, I've been bearing

with it all time for Shinjiro's sake, and

for the sake of our family.

And yet...!

I know best that you're not a mean woman.

Head clerks...!

Will you go, and check up on this woman

that Shinjiro's been going to see every day?

Asa was uneasy about Shinjiro who hasn't been coming home, but..

In order to try to erase the feeling of unease,

Asa would go to see Hatsu.

I'm grateful, but I don't need anything.

The farmer shares what extras he has from

his fields, and it's more than enough for me

to see your face once in a while.

But...

What about rice, and kimono...?

If I wear something like that here,

they'll just laugh at me,

And besides...

Ohatsu can't eat rice now.

She can't even stand the smell.

Were you sick, after all?

No you're wrong.

It's called morning sickness.

Proof that she's pregnant.

Is that right?

You! Stopping sitting there like an ornament,

and help out a little.

Come on out!

He's been going out to sell vegetables and

doing all the heavy work to make up for my husband.

He's been a great help.

He seems to have gotten younger.

So you don't have to worry about me...

If you keep coming to see me so often,

I feel bad for your family.

But Sobei hasn't come home,

so you're lonely, aren't you?

If you have time to worry about me,

you should worry about yourself.

You had a fight with your husband over

that burning rock, didn't you?

Shinjiro has been coming by...

And he's been going through people he

knows to look for my husband.

He's such a nice man.

Is that right? I didn't know anything about that.

You're the one who's lonely.

There are times when I'm so worried that I can't bear it.

But right now, I know I have to be strong.

That's right. You're not atone, are you?

In that case, I'll take this.

I always want to eat something sour...

I'll have a talk with my husband.

My husband... Welcome home.

Were you practicing your shamisen again?

You reek of sake.

How unusual for you to come out, and greet me like this.

I wanted to talk to you.

First, about my sister...

Forget about the coal.

That's not what I want to talk about...

You keep talking about coal all the time like some fool.

You may call me a fool, but the price of coal

has increased six times in the last 10 years.

If you dig it out, there's no mistake that you

can sell it at a good price!

If you can make that much money, then everyone

would already be doing it.

There are a lot of people who say it's something

that's unpredictable and dangerous,

so they gave it up.

That's whether you have courage or not.

If you have the courage to do something that

no one else is doing early on, you don't

have to compete with others.

That's true, but Kyushu!

Isn't Kyushu closer than Hokkaido?

Whether it's Kyushu or Hokkaido, if it's

for the sake of this family, I'll go!

Instead of my wife, I feel like I'm talking to a man.

A man?

What's with him?

Meanwhile, in Tokyo...

You mean you're going to quit working for the new government?

That's right.

NEW GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE OFFICER SAISUKE GODAI

I have no regrets about leaving my post...

I'm going back to Osaka.

Wait a minute...

Your hometown isn't Osaka...

Why would you leave your post to go back to Osaka?

COUNCILOR FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT TOSHIMICHI OKUBO

Is it that interesting over there?

Yes, it is.

Are those two still fighting?

It's a problem.

We have a visitor.

The sound of those big bowlegged footsteps...

Who's bowlegged?

Are you still working with the abacus?

Dad!

You haven't changed, have you?

It was her father, Tadaoki who had amassed a

fortune even in Tokyo, and should have been very busy.