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Excuse me...

You must be tined after such a long journey...

I'm sorry.

Who are you?

COAL MINE OWNER SOE KUSHIDA

I'm pleased to make your acquaintance.

I'm Kushida's wife.

Mrs. Kushida had some business in Osaka,

so she stopped by here.

I'm sorry to drop by all of a sudden.

Are you Asa?

Thank you for your letter.

I'm sorry my handwriting is so bad...

Hurry, and change your clothes.

You got wet from the rain, didn't you?

I'm sorry... Please wait for a little while.

There she goes walking with those long strides again.

Asa ga Kita

Week 6 "A Wife's Determination, A Husband's Decision" Episode 36

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

Tomoatsu Godai: Dean FUJIOKA

Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE

Gansuke: Takaya YAMAUCHI

Ume: TOMOCHIKA

Miwa: Sumika NONO

Fuyu: Kaya KIYOHARA

Genkichi Miyabe: Zen KAJIHARA

Soe Kushida: Yoshino KIMURA

Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI

Shokichi Shirooka: Masaomi KONDO

Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI

To be honest, the money we can prepare right

now isn't enough to pay the price you're asking.

So I'd like to pay you in installments.

We'll decide the amount of the first payment,

and on top of that...

About that...

Will you let me say something?

I have a rice warehouse in a corner of Tosaburigawa.

I passed by it earlier.

The white walls were all lined up...

That's Kano-ya's warehouse.

I'm thinking of selling it.

But, Father... You can't let go of the land...

It's okay. I'm going to believe in you.

That's what I decided.

Father...

Whatever fells short, my son's wife will put her life on the

line to make the coal mine succeed, and

we'll pay the whole amount.

Would you consider a promise like that?

Coal mining is an important industry that will support Japan in the future.

I'll make your mountain into a gold mine.

My late husband nurtured that mountain with care, so I want

to sell it to someone who really wants it.

Meeting you today, I made up my mind.

You can pay the price in installments.

I'll sell it to you.

Really?

Thank you. Thank you!

Will you give me the deed?

Let me...

I'll do it.

I'll leave you women to talk.

We're just beginning...

We're finally going to start a new business for Kano-ya.

Asa...

Do you realize...?

That you're blessed.

It's not very often that someone would believe

in a woman, and leave the business to her.

You're absolutely right.

In the near future, a woman will go to study in America.

You mean a woman will go abroad and study?

That's right.

The times will change.

From now on, women won't only stay at home, but

they might start to play a part outside the home just like you.

Be careful.

Young Master...

I'm sorry for laughing when I saw your wife.

So you were laughing, after all.

Actually, when I was young, I was often being scolded

for walking with long strides.

Which means my wife could become ladylike just like you.

I wonder...

It's hard for a woman to continue walking with long strides...

So there's no need for you to Kyushu anymore.

We promised to let the coal miners that

Mr. Kushida had hired continue working

there, so I have to go and ask them to put all their

efforts into working for Kano-ya.

I'm terribly sorry... Please let me go to Kyushu.

Two weeks to a month?

Kyushu's too far... I couldn't stand the loneliness...

Lonely? You were thinking that you'd be lonely.

Of course.

Don't overdo it.

You're always overdoing it.

Don't get hurt and get sick.

Don't use your feminine wiles on those strong coal miners.

How did you know about that?

When I went to bring Ainosuke a top, she scolded me.

Shinjiro. Please don't make Asa cry too much.

That's what she said.

I'm the one who's crying.

So...

You don't have to worry about Ohatsu.

I'll go over there every once in a while to see Ainosuke.

My husband...

Does that mean...?

Go ahead...

I'm putting Kano-ya in your hands.

I'm sure it'll go well.

Thank you, my husband.

Thank you!

It doesn't have to go well. As long as you come

back home safe and sound.

Don't make me cry.

Thank you so much.

So Kisuke is going, too?

That's right. As the young mistress companion.

Why do I have to do this?

Do your best.

Stop laughing.

About that shamisen teacher...

No matter what Shinjiro said, I was going to

have her as his mistress.

But she said she doesn't want to give up being a shamisen teacher.

It's a little different from my way of life.

It's too bad but I'll have to look for someone else.

Are you still planning to look for a mistress?

Of course!

I see...

I'm going...

SHINJIRO'S YOUNGER BROTHER EIZABURO SHIROOKA

Dad, Gansuke, Shinjiro and I will be here to protect Kano-ya.

I can't protect something like that.

Don't say things like that.

Asa... Be careful on your journey.

My husband...

I don't want to hear any goodbyes.

Just go.

I'll be going now.

Kisuke... Take care of her.

Thank you so much, Kisuke. I'm counting on you.

Asa...

Mr. Godai?

I'm glad I made it in time.

Take this...

It's to protect you.

Take it with you.

I can't take that.

That's how dangerous the place you're going to is.

It was this pistol that brought the two of us together.

Wait, little girl.

I found it.

I know you can do it.

Thank you, Mr. Godai.

Taking a boat from Osaka to Kyushu, Asa headed

for the coal mine with a manager named Miyabe as her guide.

KYUSHU

Mr. Miyabe...

How much farther?

It's still a long, long, long way from here. It's a lot farther.

COAL MINE MANAGER GENKICHI MIYABE

I told you we should have hired a palanquin.

We have to use every little bit of money we have for the mountain.

And besides, I want to see what the road to the

coal mine is like by walking to it.

If we walk at this pace, it'll be night.

I guess we'll have to sleep out in the open.

What are you saying?

I can't do that.

Don't worry... No matter where you sleep morning will come.

I'm sure we'll be able to see a beautiful sunrise like a dream.

Young Mistress!

At the time, Asa didn't know the hardships in

store for her at the Kyushu coal mine.