Original subtitles

The string broke.

Mom!

It's okay.

Your shamisen...

Your dad said...

Shinjiro loves the shamisen so much, and I heard

he's gotten really good at it, too...

I'll have to listen to him play once.

Dad said that?

That's right.

So let Dad hear you play once.

Assassinated?

He was attacked by a mob on his way to

the Imperial Court, and died.

That can't be!

Mr. Godai! Are you okay?

No! It can't be!

It can't be! It can't be!

Asa ga Kita

Week 13 "Tokyo Story" Episode 77

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

Tomoaki Godai: Dean FUJIOKA

Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE

Ume: TOMOCHIKA

Fuyu: Kaya KIYOHARA

Toshimichi Okubo: Shuji KASHIWABARA

Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI

Shokichi Shirooka: Masaomi KONDO

SHINBASHI, TOKYO

The news about statesman and Secretary of Interior

Toshimichi Okubo's assassination was

spread throughout Tokyo in no time at all...

I can't believe that someone we just met recently was killed.

What about Mr. Godai?

Is Mr. Godai safe?

I don't know...

What am I going to do if something happens to Mr. Godai?

Oasa... I know you're worried but if we don't go soon,

we'll miss the train.

You're right.

Everyone's waiting.

I can't! I'm worried, after all.

You can't, Oasa... We'll miss the train.

I'm sorry, Oume... I'll go home as soon as I check

on him, so I'm going over there.

I still haven't repaid any of my obligations to Mr. Godai yet.

I'll take a later train. You go on ahead.

Oasa... Oasa!

Fuyu!

The mistress wants to see you.

Mr. Godai...?

Asa.

Mr. Godai... I'm so glad you're safe.

You should be on the ship...

It's about that time, isn't it?

I didn't make it in time.

I have to apologize to Ume.

Why?

I heard about Mr. Okubo when we were near

the train station.

So I thought maybe something had

happened to you, too.

Thais ridiculous.

Why did this happen?

Meanwhile, in Osaka, Shinjiro was...

What do you want? I'm working.

Never mind. Just come with me.

A letter?

That's right. We got a letter from your father.

What does he want?

It seems you have a really good marriage offer

back at your family home.

Marriage offer?

Aren't you surprised?

When you think about it, Fuyu's at that age now.

That's so true.

If this marriage offer goes well, we'll have

to think about your trousseau like we

did for Tsuta before.

That's right.

No... It was Kuma's trousseau not Tsuta.

Tsuta's still single.

Is that right?

But, Mistress... Who would offer marriage to someone like me.

You don't have to worry... It seems the man knows you very well.

He does?

He knows her?

That man...

Remember the man who was hanging around

our store quite a while hack?

I thought it was Satoshi.

But Yashichi said he wasn't the man he saw.

That's right. It was a totally different man.

I know! But lately, we haven't seen him, so

there's nothing to worry about.

But it seems that's the man.

What do you mean?

It's the man who wants to marry Ofuyu.

When the marriage offer came, he wanted to get

a look at Ofuyu once, so he came to look in at our store.

After seeing how a good- looking woman she was...

She is, isn't she?

He was so happy that he kept coming back, and

saw what a hard worker she was, and he fell

in love with her.

That's what happened.

Is that why he was grinning like that?

Kisuke?

Kisuke!

Are you okay?

But Ofuyu's my precious little sister, so I don't

want to see her marry a man who smirks like that.

Idiot! Who said she's your little sister?

Ofuyu said I was her big brother.

Don't get the wrong idea, you idiot!

You don't have to get so angry.

That man had a footwear store, but recently,

he started an umbrella shop, and is making lots of money.

So Ofuyu's father really wants her to marry him.

Before Ofuyu's father comes to see us, why don't you

at least tell Ofuyu how you feel?

No... What are you saying?

How could I tell her how I feel when she has

such a good marriage offer.

What good would it do for me to do something as boorish as that?

But...

I'm her older brother...

If Ofuyu's happy, then I think it's for the best.

I didn't think the head clerk would be so depressed like that.

Yashichi. Watch Chiyo.

Wait, Kisuke!

Meanwhile in Tokyo, Asa was...

I'll take you to the station.

If we take a horse-drawn carriage, you might make the last train out.

No! It's okay. I can go alone.

But haven't you had too much to drink?

You've been drinking quite a bit...

How can I not drink at a time like this?

With this, the restoration government is over.

He was a man Japan still needs from now.

He said he's finally free to do what he wants.

He was just about to take on the challenge from now.

He must have been so full of regrets.

I couldn't protect my friend.

If I had joined the government, and

been by his side to give him support.

It's not your fault.

I don't know anything, but having a friend like you

must have given Mr. Okubo emotional support through

the difficulties he had working in the government.

That's what I thought when I saw the two of you together.

Being apart, you were able to give each other encouragement.

Isn't that what a trusted friend is?

The straightforward and sincere man he was

in front of you was the real Toshimichi Okubo.

I'll never forget what Mr. Okubo said about what he would

do for Japan from now on.

Just as Mr. Okubo said together with you,

he would make Osaka and Japan...

Mr. Godai?

Forgive me! Just this once.

Just let me hold you like this for now.