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But why...?

Why are married couples so strange?

What do you mean?

I wonder why wives are always saying bad things about their husbands.

You don't do it much, but Kuma and the other

maidservants often complain about their husbands

saying how they make them so angry, don't they?

When you're with someone for so long, does it make

you want to complain about how troublesome they are?

That's true... When I'm out asking for donations, if the

wives I talk to complain, it's usually about their husbands.

Then do you think it's a form of bragging?

Bragging that they know their husbands down to their faults...

No... it's 60 percent wanting to complain,

having someone comfort them and 40 percent is

the feeling of relief that their marriage is good, after all.

Is that it?

Asa ga Kita

Week 23 "The Palm of the Chief Clerk's Hand" Episode 135

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

Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE

Gansuke: Takaya YAMAUCHI

Ume: TOMOCHIKA

Eizaburo Shirooka: Akito KIRIYAMA

Chiyo Shirooka: Fuuka KOSHIBA

Heijuro Yamazaki: Shigeo TSUJIMOTO

Eitatsu Mayuyama: Takuro TATSUMI

Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI

Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI

Oasa! Not so loud!

He's alive, isn't he?

He's alive.

The doctor! I'll go and call the doctor!

Gansuke?

Ume?

It's me, Ume.

Why? Why are you here?

Never mind... My brain's not working.

I'm glad.

I'm so glad.

Yashichi! Is it true?

Yes. Ume sent a telegram.

I'm glad. I'm so glad.

The advisor and Kisuke should have reached there just about now.

Hei-san...

I need to talk to you about something.

He did? He woke up?

He's still talking and moving slowly, but...

The doctor said that might improve day by day...

I'm sure the family must be relieved.

They're with him now.

Asa...

Dad... I'm so glad.

You really have the luck of the devil.

To think you're alive after something like that...

You must have a head as hard as stone.

Be quiet!

I'll have to tell our clients about this tomorrow.

They'll all be so surprised.

They were cold to us... Telling us to repay them.

They'll be so happy when we tell them that you came back to life!

Your name's Ume, isn't it?

Thank you very much.

We owe it to you for watching over him.

I didn't do anything.

No... It's true. You're not even family, but you were

so good about taking care of him for us.

Thank you so much.

Thank you very much.

I'd better go.

Ume.

Thank you for your hard work.

So it's okay for me to go home now, isn't it?

Let's go home together.

Let's go.

I'm so glad.

Getting old, I'm hearing more and more about

people getting sick or collapsing.

And on top of that, Gansuke collapsed...

That's so true...

What about the loan?

It seems Gansuke thought it was ridiculous and he

was really angry that they let something

like that be known outside the family.

He didn't want to trouble us about it.

No matter how badly he needed help, we're

the last persons he'd want to find out about it.

That may be true, but when things settle

down a little, will you go, and see how he is?

I know, Mom...

Shinjiro... Asa...

I'm thinking about buying out that life insurance

company that came to ask me for help a while back.

Life insurance?

WAKAYAMA

Meanwhile in Wakayama...

Yonosuke turned 20, and his marriage to Setsu,

his childhood friend was now official.

Thank you for coming today.

Not at all.

VILLAGE HEAD NORIO KURAKAKE

How did that go?

He passed the conscription physical.

His only strong point is his good health.

How can you say that, Mom?

Because it's the truth. It can't be helped.

Even if he passed the physical, they say only one in ten

will be drafted into the army.

In the past, he used to always talk about wanting to be a

soldier just because he'd be able to eat rice.

Now he's gotten to be such a hard worker.

We owe it to you, Set-chan.

I'm happy to hear that.

Thank you, Dad.

Having a girl call me "Dad" is embarrassing.

Mom... Let me help.

You don't have to.

That life insurance company is in Nagoya, isn't it?

That's right.

They started it during the war.

They got a lot of contracts, but because a lot of the

people who took the insurance died

their business went downhill.

It sounds like they were sloppy in their investigation before

getting the contracts.

So they want us to help them?

Until now, I wondered about turning a person's life or

death into a business, but...

When you think about it, insurance can help the

family of working people.

It's an enterprise that's meaningful to society.

It would be hard to start up a new company, but

if we buy out this company, and provide them with

sound management, I think it's possible to rebuild it.

What do you think of making an insurance company

Kano-ya's third business venture?

That might be a good idea.

People's life span is said to be 50 years now,

but in the future, it could be 60 years or even 70.

Meanwhile, the insurance...

Asa!

Have you really thought this thing through?

Right now, you have your hands full with your work for the university.

On top of that, you were really worried because

the bank's cash flow was slowing down,

and now you want to start a new venture?

You mean you talk about things like that in the bedroom?

Yes.

You're absolutely right, but...

But, Shinjiro...

Unlike short-term savings, the insurance money we take in

will be long-term, so the good part is that we can use it

as operating funds.

In the future, if by some chance the booming

economy should end, and the high cost of living

continues, and the flow of funds seriously slow down...

I think nothing could be better to fall back on than this.

I see... So you're saying that it's possible to help that

person and his family if the unthinkable should happen?

That's right.

All right. Since you, Hei-san and Asa say it's okay,

then go ahead and do it.

Right, Dad?

Let's give it a try, Eizaburo.

Eizaburo and Heijuro started taking steps to obtain the

business rights of that life insurance company.

I'm counting on you.

Eizaburo's really enthusiastic about this, isn't he?

It's the first time that Eizaburo suggested

a new enterprise...

I hope it goes well.

Are you worried?

No... Not at all.

I started off as his guardian, but now I'm an advisor...

So I should pretend that I'm worried once in a while.

There you go again.

Is that a letter from Ohatsu?

They decided to have Yonosuke's wedding in the fall.

That's good news.

Since both their families are close by, they're

only having family at the wedding, so

we shouldn't worry about it.

I see... I thought we could go to Wakayama

again when they had the wedding.

Did you?

Since I was little, I used to hate the countryside

or going up into the mountain, didn't I?

You did say that.

You said it's either hot or cold and

you'd get bitten by insects.

That's right. I was worried that my kimono hem would get dirty.

But we went to Wakayama together, didn't we?

Ever since then, I remember the scenery there...

Is that right?

I'd like to take a trip together again someday.

So would I.

You almost got it.

Ume?

Since you came back from Kobe, you've been a little depressed.

No... Not at all.

Asa-Sensei was worried, too.

No, I'm fine.

I'm not depressed...

I never thought I'd go through something

this heartbreaking again.

Heartbreaking?

You mean...?

It's love.

Love?

I'm sorry... Thank you for picking it up.