Original subtitles

Come to Tokyo, and become Japan's lord of the treasury.

Lord of the treasury?

Mr. Okubo... I'm really sorry, but I have no intention of returning

to the government.

I'm grateful to you for helping to develop the mining industry.

But right now, what I want to do is to make it so our

country can trade on an equal footing with foreign countries.

I'm terribly sorry!

You've switched completely to the Osaka dialect.

What about you? You've become a Tokyo person.

Don't be surprised. The reason this man who thinks so much

of our country prefers Osaka to the government is...

Because of a woman.

The woman a masculine man like you would care about

is probably an elegant woman who's like a crane or an egret.

Not at all... She's not that elegant.

She's more like a first penguin.

Penguin?

Asa ga Kita

Week 9 "The Light from the Coal Mine" Episode 52

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

Sobei Mayuyama: Tasuku EMOTO

Tomoatsu Godai: Dean FUJIOKA

Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE

Gansuke: Takaya YAMAUCHI

Eizaburo Shirooka: Akito KIRIYAMA

Toshimichi Okubo: Shuji KASHIWABARA

Miwa: Sumika NONO

Kazu: Yasuko TOMITA

Satoshi: Keishi NAGATSUKA

Jirosaku: Ginnojo YAMAZAKI

Genkichi Miyabe: Zen KAJIHARA

Kiku Mayuyama: Hisako MANDA

Eitatsu Mayuyama: Takuro TATSUMI

Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI

Shokichi Shirooka. Masaomi KONDO

Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI

In Kyushu, Asa was working, her body covered with black soot.

Are you at it again, Young Mistress?

The reason I can't get my words across to everyone

here is because I don't have a complete understanding

of the people who work here.

The best way for someone like me, who has always

lived a life in comfort, to get a little closer to

everyone is to work with them like this.

Good morning.

Mistress... Kisuke... It's about time for lunch.

That sounds good. I'll help you.

Don't overdo it.

I can do it myself.

I want to help.

Everyone, the rice balls are ready.

While working together with the miners and

the women every day, Asa talked to each of

the group leaders prepared for their opposition.

About that... I'll think about it...

I'm busy, so I'll talk to you later.

Just as she expected the group leaders' reaction

to her ideas were less than stellar, but...

As she doggedly continued...

GROUP LEADER FUKUTARO

Before I came to this cola mine, I had something

I wanted to do.

When I was little, my mom picked up a book once,

and I loved the pictures in that book...

What a cute looking cat.

It's a dog.

My mom told me to be an artist someday.

When I listened to you it made me remember what she said.

Chief! Sell us some sake!

Let's start drinking already.

You idiots! Drinking expensive sake every night. You should

buy your wives some sweets once in a while!

Hurry and go home!

I'm sorry.

Go home!

I'm not against what you said.

I'll believe in you.

Shall we drink sake?

One by one, the people who opposed Asa's ideas started coming around...

Until it was only Satoshi's group of miners left.

KANO-YA DIRECT SALES STORE

Do you have sake?

No... Sake's no good.

It's a great success, Mistress.

Everyone's working happily now.

But Satoshi's group is still...

I have no choice but to take my time, and try to convince him, do I?

At Hatsu's home...

My husband... You said you'll be gone for a while, but

where are you planning to go?

I'll be back soon.

Don't go anywhere!

Please! Stay here.

I said...

I'll be home soon, didn't I?

Did he leave again?

He might not come back this time.

He's a weak man.

He'll come back.

Ainosuke's here. I'm sure he'll come back soon.

Don't look so harsh...

It'll affect your unborn baby.

No matter small it may be, the baby can hear everything you say.

Mother... Thank you.

That idiot son of mine.

Go ahead and laugh.

Sanouji-ya's name has fallen to the ground.

Why follow me? You came to see Ainosuke, didn't you?

That's right.

But I'm not handing that boy over to Kano-ya.

Sanouji-ya's going to be back in business someday.

He'll be the heir to that business.

And that Sobei...! Who wants to go to Wakayama?

It's the same everywhere, isn't it?

What's the same?

You've protected Kano-ya, and it's still in business.

While we lost our business in Osaka, and they're

saying we should leave Osaka and be farmers.

It's really true what they say about a child not

knowing how his parent feels.

That's true. That's where we're the same.

My son still does whatever he wants without hardly doing any work at all...

Go ahead.

So he's still going off here and there?

It's my husband, the head clerk and that

Asa who's protecting our family business.

You mean the Asa who tried to fly with the kite?

That's right. That tomboy that you forced on us.

That girl really works hard for the sake of our family.

I didn't realize she had that kind of ability.

You made out, didn't you?

No, we didn't. She's never at home, and doesn't

take care of her husband.

Meanwhile, your Ohatsu is such a good wife...

Giving you such an adorable grandson.

She'll be giving birth to a second one soon.

I envy you.

Then give us one...

No... We won't do that.

You have nice kimono and a nice home.

You're being presumptuous to try and take a child from us, too.

You're so stingy.

You're just greedy

I know that Asa really isn't a bad person...

I'm only saying those things for Shinjiro's sake.

Even I understand that what Sobei says is for

the sake of our family, but...

But the children don't understand at all

how much we're thinking of them.

That's true. We're both suffering, aren't we?

That's true.

Mothers are a troublesome lot, aren't they?

Welcome home!

I'm home.

EIZABURO SHIROOKA

Shinjiro's brother, Eizaburo the heir to Kano-ya was now 18.

I'm so upset.

What's wrong, Eizaburo?

I thought you went to the meeting room with Shinjiro.

Shinjiro ran into one of his Noh chanting group members,

and said he's going out to drink.

And he left.

Then those old men at the meeting called Shinjiro

a playboy and that he's being led around by the nose by

his bearded wife... They went on saying whatever they want.

That's terrible.

But I can't say that they're wrong.

That's okay. Let them say whatever they want.

But there's no way I can compete with the!

amount of people that Shinjiro knows...

There are still a lot I want him to teach me.

FUJINOYA

I know you're lonely.

They kept saying it was delicious and before I knew it they bought it all.

What a surprise.

Asa!

Ohatsu!

Shinjiro...

It's been a while since Shinjiro and Hatsu have seen each other.