Original subtitles

Here you go, Asa...

After putting a lot of time and effort into making

the coal mines a successful operation, Asa finally

put them up for sale.

After Yono passed away, Kano went back to

live with her relatives.

Take care.

Please write to us.

Come and visit us anytime.

That's right. We'll be waiting for you.

I will. Thank you.

Kano!

Don't overdo it... We're both getting old.

Yes... You're so right.

Asa ga Kita

Week 24 "Grandma's Great Task" Episode 144

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

Ume: TOMOCHIKA

Eizaburo Shirooka: Akito KIRIYAMA

Chiyo Shirooka: Fuuka KOSHIBA

Miwa: Sumika NONO

Izumi Narusawa: Koji SETO

Heijuro Yamazaki: Shigeo TSUJIMOTO

Funa Tamura: Yumiko TAKAHASHI

Ayako Okuma: Keiko MATSUZAKA

Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI

Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI

I'm home!

Yonosuke?

You came home?

Welcome home!

I'll go and call Setsu.

I thought it was about time you came home,

but we didn't hear a word from you, so I was worried.

I'm sorry... Rather than write letters that I'm

no good at, I thought if I used the time to run,

I'd be home faster.

I'm home.

Welcome home.

Dad... The oranges this year are big, aren't they?

Aren't they?

We owe it to Ainosuke.

Ainosuke?

We'll recruit girls for our Hinode Women's University's three

academic subjects and for our affiliated girls' high school.

Home economics, Japanese literature, and English literature...

We'll recruit 30 students for each...

So if we can start off with 100 students,

we can celebrate.

100 students? Can you get that many?

And...

That's Ochiyo's adoptive husband.

I see... After you graduate, you'll study for two years

in graduate school then you'll get married...?

Yes.

In the meantime, we can decide where you'll work

and where you'll live.

It's not for you to decide where we'll live, Mom.

We'll decide for ourselves.

Okay... Whatever...

Don't give me that.

I'm sure you might already realize this, but although

Chiyo is nothing like Asa, she's actually quite...

She does seem to be quite strong.

That's right.

Did you say something?

No... I didn't say anything...

Keisuke was just...

It's nothing.

Besides me and Mr. Kinuta, we we should have many teachers

from other universities who share the same educational

ideals as we do.

Is that right? That's a relief.

I understand English and Japanese literature, but

why did you include home economics as part of higher education?

Because we included home economics in our university,

those opposed to the women's university are ridiculing us by

saying we can't be that great if we're just teaching women to

be good wives and wise mothers.

Is that right?

That's right. It's a problem that so many people are

narrow-minded in thinking that home economics

equals teaching women to be good wives and wise mothers.

With the civil codes by a strong patriarchal authority, it seems

as though it's the policy to teach the doctrine of being

a good wife and wise mother. That's why when people

see the words "home economics," they think that's what it is.

It must be a relief for the opposition, isn't it?

But I think the nucleus for the new society is family.

Instead of the home economics under the head of the family

as it's been up to now, it's important to nurture women

with higher education to master the study of the family.

In other words....

In other words, if the home is enjoyable, it will benefit society, won't it?

That's right.

Is that what it means?

Of course... A country can't exist if there is no family.

It's what I want women like you with big ideas to learn

in our study of home economics.

I see... I'll have to take that to heart.

Our family isn't in a social position to send our daughter to university.

What good will it do to go on to study at a university?

I can understand how you feel...

Out of all the female workers at my husband's spinning factory,

only about half know how to read.

But I think even among those girls, there are a number of

them who actually want to study more and learn

more about the world.

But either they're in no position to do so,

or lack the means.

The students who enter this university from now

will have to represent those kinds of women in Japan.

They have to pave the road.

I want Nobu to be one of those pioneers.

This is unbelievable...

Mistress... You won't believe this!

What's wrong?

This...

200 applicants? This many?

It's only been a little while since we asked

for applicants, so I think we'll continue to get

more and more from now on.

So there are a lot of women who want to learn, aren't there?

Mom...

Please let me.

If I don't take advantage of such a rare opportunity,

it won't be worth becoming a woman of the 20th century.

There you go exaggerating again.

But...

I guess it can't be helped.

Mom! Thank you!

Aren't you glad, Nobu?

I am.

I'm counting on all of you.

And the Hinode Women's University was finally established.

Here, we will be educating girls as human beings,

as women and as citizens of our country in three areas.

HINODE WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY

Congratulations.

It's finally here, isn't it?

Thank you.

I owe it all to you.

This success is due to your financial support.

It's your achievement.

No... I want to thank you.

You fulfilled my dream of women being able to learn.

It's been my wish for such a long time...

But...

You're the headmaster now, so isn't it about time for

you to get a new one?

It's been a long time since I bought that...

No... I like this suit.

There were 80 students in the home economics department,

90 students in Japanese literature, and 10 in

English literature... A lot more students than

they had expected...

There were students from Hokkaido to Kagoshima,

married women and mothers. Women with working

experience and women of various backgrounds and ages...

What a wonderful sight.

We will now begin the Hinode Women's University entrance ceremony.

Next, we'll have Asa Shirooka.

Here she is.

It's her.

She's beautiful.

I want to congratulate all of you as students to

the first women's university in our country, Hinode Women's University.

Making a speech like this seems a little pompous...

Learning isn't anything special.

In order to build a world where everyone can

laugh and live, we need the soft power of women.

I'm going back to Osaka.

Sorry for all the trouble we caused, Ainosuke.

That mixture thing you got is something else.

I was surprised.

He went with us to Tokyo to negotiate.

So maybe it's better for Ainosuke to stay here...

Thank you, Mr. Kurakake...

But...

That's right. I told you to have faith in me.

That's right.

Take care of yourself.

I'll be going now.

HINODE WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY

Not ti-me... It's time

Let's go.

You want to study?

I come to Tokyo on business once a

month, so I'll stop by the university and

sit in on the classes.

You really can't sit still, can you?

This is a book I read before I got married.

Thank you.

Handicraft recommendations...?

Shinjiro! This is terrible.

What's wrong, Eizaburo?

Namba Bank and Nanajukyu Bank suspended payments...

This is going to turn into a big run on the banks.

Does that mean that it's just as Asa predicted?

The Osaka financial panic...

The biggest crisis since the Meiji Restoration was

about to descend on Osaka.