Original subtitles

Asa joined with life insurance companies from Tokyo and

Kyushu and established a life insurance company

that was Kano-ya's largest enterprise.

Chiyo and Keisuke had a grand wedding.

Meanwhile at the university...

Please don't forget that anything you do will discredit this school

in the eyes of society.

HARU HIRATSUKA (LATER KNOWN AS RAICHO HIRATSUKA)

What a disgustingly arrogant old lady.

Asa...

My husband...

Come with me to the hospital...

All right.

Shall we go then?

Asa ga Kita

Final Week "A Soft Heart" Episode 151

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

Ume: TOMOCHIKA

Eizaburo Shirooka: Akito KIRIYAMA

Chiyo Shirooka: Fuuka KOSHIBA

Heijuro Yamazaki: Shigeo TSUJIMOTO

Kensaku Otsuka: Ikkei WATANABE

Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI

Tatsuko?

So that she'll receive lots of blessings...

It's so like Dad... It's a beautiful name.

It really is. Aren't you glad?

Where's Father?

He went out with my mother.

What's that look on your face?

I'm getting old...

So if something is wrong with me, and I should

just drop dead one day, you should just say,

"what a surprise" and laugh about it.

I couldn't say something like that if something

like that should happen.

What are you saying?

It's "pokkuripon" not "bikkuripon."

Sorry to keep you waiting.

When I get the results of the tests, I'll come and give them to you.

DOCTOR KENSAKU OTSUKA

Thank you very much.

When I come, let's have a drink...

Of course...

It seems the doctor is one of my husband's tea ceremony group.

Chiyo was saying that Father's tea ceremony

was a lot better than her teacher at the girls' school.

Of course... He's considered a master of the shamisen,

tea ceremony and Noh chanting...

But he still knows a lot of people, doesn't he?

He's so popular... I envy him.

What are you saying?

The girls at the women's university all look up to you.

There's one from Nobu.

You're right. It's from Nobu.

Excuse me...

Aunt Hatsu!

Yonosuke!

This is the first you've been here, isn't it, Yonosuke?

Yes.

Before we get so busy in the winter, I came to see Ainosuke.

I heard from Mr. Kurakake that you've been

exchanging letters since then, and talking about

opening a business in Tokyo someday.

That's still a long way off...

But I'm hoping that I can do it someday.

I had no idea you were thinking of doing

something like that, so when I heard about it

from Yonosuke I was surprised.

That's right... Right now instead of the bank,

he's working at Kano Trading, so he can learn the business.

He said he wants to hurry and become full-fledged,

so he can support Arida oranges from a business perspective.

Is that right?

I don't believe you were thinking that.

I'm so happy... Someday, we'll work together,

and do it in a big way.

Ume... I'll help you.

Thank you, Ohatsu.

Although Mom's putting on a brave front, she's not

as cheerful as she seems.

I thought if she saw you and Aunt Asa, she might

cheer up a little, so I brought her here.

You two brothers are really thoughtful.

Please don't be so disappointed.

Sis?

Asa!

And Yonosuke, too.

I'm so happy.

I'm so glad... She was feeling depressed.

Depressed?

Did something happen, Asa?

Nothing really.

It's because of that book, isn't it?

Wait a minute...

This is the one.

Look at this.

One of the most spirited women of the Meiji era... Kano-ya's Asa.

They wrote about you in a book that men read for their work...?

"It's strange to think that such a strong minded spirited woman

"like Asa Shirooka comes from the Imai family, the most

"prominent merchant families in Japan."

Oh, my.

I know she's used to being written about like this, but

what I think she's upset about this here...

You sure look like you're in a bad mood...

Doesn't she?

They could have taken a more adorable picture.

One of her smiling like this...

That's true.

Not you, too, Yonosuke.

I wouldn't get angry or depressed over a

picture making me look good or bad.

I've already been drawn with devil's horns...

Devil's horns?

That's right...

It's not that book that she's upset about...

It's about a letter.

Nobu told me about it in her letter.

That there's a first year university student

that's bad-mouthing me at the university.

Bad-mouthing you?

What is she saying about you?

Calling her an arrogant old lady and things like that...

That's terrible.

I thought it was a specialty of old

men to talk about women behind their backs, but

to have young girls do it, too.

What are you saying?

There's a saying from a long time ago that women are

a woman's worse enemy.

If she's a person who lives her life in a proper manner,

she wouldn't do something as cowardly as that.

That's true... Instead of whispering behind my

back, I'd want her to come out and say it straight to my face.

I agree with you, Sis. Maybe I should tell her that.

Don't encourage her, Ohatsu.

That's right. That's going too far.

But I never expected to see you and Yonosuke, Sis.

I'll hurry and finish up my work.

Come with me, Yonosuke...

You can get a tour of the business.

Thank you, Aunt Asa.

I'll show you around.

She's as lively as ever.

Isn't she?

Even if they call her a spirited or a great woman to me,

she has a side that's like a baby or little girl.

She should use her feminine wiles once in a while to

get her way, but...

MEDIC HON FOR SHINJIRO SHIROOKA

she doesn't ever use it.

She just forges straight ahead.

That's true.

I'm the only one who knows how frantic and adorable Asa can be.

No other man knows that.

It makes me feel good.

It feels like he's still there behind me,

and I'll call out to him.

I still can't get used to being without him.

Isn't it strange?

It's been six months.

No... It's not strange at all.

But...

The time will come someday when it'll happen, won't it?

I hope it doesn't happen, but...

Several days after Hatsu and Yonosuke left...

Thank you for the tea.

Excuse me.

Doctor... Please!

Use any medicine that you have to.

I don't care if you have to cut a part of my body to do it...

Please... Please save my husband.

Oasa...

Mistress...

No matter how powerful or how much money

you have, there things that you can't do anything about.

That's how long you'll live.

A person's life span.

Of course I do whatever I can to treat him.

So calm down...

Please... Make the best of your time.

My husband...

I just had a good idea.

Like you said before, let's build a villa

in a place where we can see Mt. Fuji.

Mr. Kabayama, one of the founders of the university

said he has a good piece of land.

It's in a place call Gotenba where you can go to

avoid the heat in the summer.

Asa...

Thank you, but it's okay. I want to stay here.

I want to be here with the whole family.

Why are you crying?

Right now, there are people who die from being hit by

a train, jumping off a waterfall, or blown up by a bomb...

Things that we never would have imagined.

Compared to that...

I'm able to be here with my wife like this.

So there's nothing to cry about.

You're right.

I shouldn't cry, should I?