Original subtitles

I didn't expect Kano-ya's young master to come.

He even hired a palanquin to come here...

Can you believe that?

It must have been the young master who

gave his wife that pistol.

He's a man who has that quick tempered wife under control...

Shall we go, and see...

How scary he is?

My husband... Why?

I wondered how you were doing.

That's not what I meant.

Why did you hire such an expensive palanquin?

It's a waste of money.

After I came all the way out here

you're saying it's a waste of money?

That palanquin doesn't even cost as much as

the neck of my shamisen.

Does a shamisen cost that much?

Is he really the young master of the number one merchant in Osaka?

It's hard to read that man.

So how did it turn out?

Your negotiation with the coal miners who won't work.

About that...

I did it.

When I held the pistol on them like this

and told them I wouldn't back down, they all

suddenly got really quiet...

My husband...?

Asa ga Kita

Week 7 "My Husband's Secret" Episode 41

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

Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE

Gansuke: Takaya YAMAUCHI

Ume: TDMOCHIKA

Kazu: Yasuko TOMITA

Jirosaku: Ginnojo YAMAZAKI

Genkichi Miyabe: Zen KAJIHARA

Tadamasa Imai: Yoichi HAYASHI

Shokichi Shirooka: Masaomi KONDO

OSAKA

Shinjiro went to the coal mine?

He said he was going to see how things were going.

I can't believe it!

Shinjiro would never go to a place where he'd get his kimono sleeve dirty.

On top of that, purposely going to a place that's full of ruffians...

He must really miss the young mistress.

No matter how much he missed her, up until now

he'd never go near a place of business.

Maybe Shinjiro's changed a little.

I guess we owe this to Asa...

I guess it is.

It's been 20 years now.

It has been, hasn't it?

I'm sorry.

No... I'm sorry.

Was it you who's been cleaning this area all this time?

You've been cleaning it so well.

Thank you.

In exchange...

What happened to Shinjiro 20 years ago?

KYUSHU

I see.

So you were saved thanks to this...?

Yes.

We're really indebted to Mr. Godai...

If it wasn't for this, who knows what those guys

would have done to the young mistress.

I see... I guess I'll have to thank him someday.

Kisuke...?

Could you go out, and buy me some daifuku mochi?

Where would I find daifuku mochi in a place like this?

In that case, get me some candy or roasted buds...

Anything... Think about it, and be a little considerate.

Are you saying I'm in the way?

Then why didn't you say so from the beginning?

I see! Pardon me!

We're finally alone.

Thank you so much for coming.

There were so many times when I thought it just wouldn't work out.

After saying that I wanted to start a new business,

I guess I just wasn't prepared enough

to manage a business all by myself yet.

In order to get a lot of people to work for me,

I have to become stronger.

What is it?

I just thought how soft your cheeks are.

It really stretches, doesn't it?

I's just as soft as daifuku mochi..

Come to think of it my grandpa used

to say my cheeks were like daifuku mochi, and

was always pulling it.

He did?

I always thought people who ran a business had

to be strong-willed or be able to bluff his

way through so he had to be overbearing.

Especially if you're going, to be in a position to lead others...

And you're trying to do that with your slender body.

But I have to admit...

This doesn't really suit you.

It doesn't?

Not something this hard...

Your weapon is this daifuku mochi-like softness...

Daifuku mochi...?

If I had to choose, I prefer daifuku,

but I can't win against those men with mochi.

You think so?

When you threw me over with your sumo wrestling,

it scared me, but I always feel that nothing can

beat these soft spots when I touch them.

Leaving things to them is also a weapon...

Then they'll try to find a more powerful

weapon that can beat 1 that, and you'll come

up with an even more powerful weapon...

It's the way of thinking of a foolish man since ancient times...

You don't have to copy those strong men,

and just do things your own way...

But I wonder about something coming

from a man who's not known for his strength.

Come to think of it, that's what my

grandpa told me when I was little.

Did you think it would have been better if I was a boy?

I did, but a girl has her own good points.

The softness that's part of being a girl.

Softness?

Is that right? Your father is a bit scary, but I think

I might get along with your grandpa.

You would...

My husband...?

I don't know how to say this.

Thank you.

The next day...

Mistress! Look at that.

The coal miners are working.

They really are.

Boss! Boss!

The mistress and her husband are here.

It seems the mistress has something to say.

That's right... Since he's here, why don't we have your husband...

No.. I can't...

A man like me who just plays around couldn't

talk to a group of men who pride themselves on being strong.

They'll probably just blow me away.

Kisuke. Which way to the toilet?

It's this way.

Ouch! There's so many rocks here, it's hard to walk around.

My favorite kimono is covered with soot.

He doesn't fit in with this place, does he?

Excuse me.

Mistress. Go ahead.

I'm sorry if it seemed like I was threatening you.

I will never use this again.

Actually, it's true that Kano-ya is on the verge of bankruptcy.

That's why I thought we couldn't go on

the way we were and we had to get into a new

business, so we bought this mountain.

It's just as we said.

But it wasn't a lie that coal mining is an important

business that will support our country from now on.

Do you know how this coal is used in the "okajoki" (steam engine)?

They boil lots of water using this coal, so it produces a

lot of steam and using the power from that, it makes

the pistons move... Using the power from that,

it makes this really large iron car run on rails.

Using the steam engines and steam ships, they

deliver lots of people and things throughout Japan and the world.

Don't you think that its something really amazing

that the coal mine here in Chikuzen is making

something that powerful?

The most important person isn't the owner of the

mountain or the manager...

It's all of you who actually go into the mountain

and dig out the coal.

I want each of you to be proud that you're building

a new Japan and continue working.

Please support Japan from here in Chikuzen, Kyushu.

You certainly have a way with words, don't you?

If you won't do what I say unless I have a pistol,

then it can't be helped... I'll challenge you.

In exchange, if I win you'll promise to work hand

enough to make up for the time you took off.

What are you challenging us to?

Juggling beanbags?

Tiddlywinks?

No... Sumo wrestling.

Sumo?

I may not look it, but at one time, I was

known as the best female ozeki in all of Kyoto.

You don't have to hold back.

What is she doing?

Someone! Stop her!

Come on! Come at me!

All right!

I'll do it!

No! Let me!

I'll do it!

How will Asa's sumo wrestling match go?