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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:09,940 Year 37 of Meiji (1904) New Year's Day 2 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:16,300 Fukui Prefecture Takefu 3 00:00:15,020 --> 00:00:19,360 Huh? What's that? 4 00:00:22,300 --> 00:00:24,450 Is that a corpse? 5 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:39,180 Yes, I think I can proceed towards the right cause. 6 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:43,230 Is that right? Is everything going well at the university? 7 00:00:43,230 --> 00:00:47,940 Yes. Kirizuka Sensei, my adviser, has been helping me out a lot. 8 00:00:48,020 --> 00:00:50,800 I should be ready to start my on-the-job training in the spring. 9 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:53,700 Nii-yan*, are you going to be a lawyer? (*big brother) 10 00:00:53,860 --> 00:00:57,260 Yes. If I'm going to come back here eventually, 11 00:00:57,260 --> 00:00:59,280 I think that's the best thing to do. 12 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:03,960 But Nii-yan, you're talking like someone from Tokyo now. 13 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:06,960 I'm having a hard time switching over. 14 00:01:09,420 --> 00:01:12,160 - Is something wrong? - No... 15 00:01:12,180 --> 00:01:16,760 I was just thinking he was sitting here between us until last year. 16 00:01:22,220 --> 00:01:24,100 Passing through, passing through! 17 00:01:24,230 --> 00:01:26,240 Passing through, passing through! 18 00:01:33,060 --> 00:01:36,000 Isn't Toku Nii-yan coming home anymore? 19 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,380 You'd think they could let him come home for New Year's at least. 20 00:01:39,380 --> 00:01:43,300 What's a person who entered the Buddhist priesthood going to do at home? 21 00:01:43,300 --> 00:01:45,720 But that's a good sign, isn't it? 22 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:49,630 The fact that Toku-yan isn't coming home must mean he's doing well. 23 00:01:49,740 --> 00:01:52,420 That's right. It means this time, 24 00:01:52,420 --> 00:01:54,980 he finally pulled himself together. 25 00:02:00,550 --> 00:02:04,860 - Master, please. - Well then... 26 00:02:05,220 --> 00:02:08,640 - Last year... - Excuse me! 27 00:02:08,700 --> 00:02:10,520 Master, Madam! 28 00:02:10,540 --> 00:02:15,960 Toku-bon has come back dead! (bon - young master) 29 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:28,640 Akiyama Tokuzo 30 00:02:27,660 --> 00:02:30,180 But he isn't dead. 31 00:02:32,140 --> 00:02:34,500 Now then, we'll take our leave. 32 00:02:34,540 --> 00:02:37,890 - Just like that? - Pardon me, but what is going on? 33 00:02:37,890 --> 00:02:41,500 - He's been excommunicated. - Excommunicated?! 34 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,780 Osho (head monk) was infuriated this time, and 35 00:02:44,820 --> 00:02:49,600 said he can no longer keep him. Now then... 36 00:02:49,740 --> 00:02:54,780 Please wait. Can you tell us what happened? 37 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:57,210 The truth is... 38 00:02:57,540 --> 00:03:02,360 I know it's hard for you all to imagine right now, but 39 00:03:02,460 --> 00:03:07,360 this hopeless fellow will subsequently 40 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:12,900 go over to France and serve his apprenticeship at the Hotel Ritz, 41 00:03:12,980 --> 00:03:17,910 and will go on to eventually to be the Emperor's cook, a world-class chef 42 00:03:17,910 --> 00:03:21,220 entrusted with the Imperial kitchen. 43 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:28,140 However, that is further down the road. 44 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,230 The year now is 1904. 45 00:03:31,620 --> 00:03:34,180 It was around the time when the patience of 46 00:03:34,220 --> 00:03:38,900 people throughout Japan was wearing thin with the Russian invasion of Manchuria. 47 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:43,540 Father! 48 00:03:45,660 --> 00:03:47,860 He peed! 49 00:03:47,890 --> 00:03:51,440 Toku Nii-yan's peeing in his pants. 50 00:03:53,230 --> 00:03:56,280 This fellow was merely 51 00:03:56,300 --> 00:04:00,740 trying his father's patience. 52 00:04:59,700 --> 00:05:04,320 Pardon me, but would you mind telling me what I did? 53 00:05:04,390 --> 00:05:08,320 I don't quite remember. When I woke up, I was on the floor here. 54 00:05:08,340 --> 00:05:10,820 - Shutaro. - Yes, sir. 55 00:05:12,840 --> 00:05:18,220 Tokuzo, apparently you drank the temple's sake. 56 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:22,080 Or so the monks said, but did you? 57 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:25,020 Yes, I did. 58 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:30,230 Anyway, it's New Year's, so everyone does it. Everyone. 59 00:05:30,230 --> 00:05:32,210 - Is that right. - Yes~. 60 00:05:32,210 --> 00:05:35,680 And so, when the monk who realized you'd been gone for a long time 61 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:37,900 went to look for you, 62 00:05:37,900 --> 00:05:41,480 you were apparently going around knocking down the monks' gravestones. 63 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:43,500 Do you remember doing that? 64 00:05:43,540 --> 00:05:45,830 Monks' gravestones? 65 00:05:47,900 --> 00:05:50,720 You damn rakkyo*! (*small pickled onions) 66 00:05:51,540 --> 00:05:54,040 He said that's what you were yelling. 67 00:05:54,140 --> 00:05:59,240 Rakkyo? Rakkyo... 68 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:02,210 Ah...yes. 69 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,560 Rakkyo, right? 70 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,660 You know what a monk's gravestone looks like, right? 71 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:19,660 It looks like an upside down rakkyo, right? 72 00:06:19,660 --> 00:06:23,880 I was wondering how it managed to stay up, so I gave it a little push. 73 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:25,920 Then... 74 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,420 It fell over? 75 00:06:28,550 --> 00:06:32,080 The thing is, it came back up! 76 00:06:33,180 --> 00:06:35,560 That really got me scared. 77 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:37,900 Wah~! 78 00:06:37,900 --> 00:06:39,660 And I went "Wah~." 79 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,880 - It was nighttime, too, huh? - You keep quiet! 80 00:06:43,100 --> 00:06:44,900 And when I came around, 81 00:06:44,900 --> 00:06:48,940 I was on the floor at home. What on earth happened? 82 00:06:49,060 --> 00:06:52,000 - Toku-yan, you were kicked out. - What?! 83 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:57,620 That's to be expected. You went around kicking down the founding ancestor and high priests' gravestones. 84 00:06:57,620 --> 00:07:00,200 The monks said you deserved to be punished by Buddha. 85 00:07:00,260 --> 00:07:04,380 Oh, really... Is that so? 86 00:07:09,730 --> 00:07:12,120 You wretched fool. 87 00:07:13,980 --> 00:07:16,800 When Shutaro was 16, he had already decided to 88 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:20,440 study law for the future of this country. 89 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:24,340 - Compared to him, you're... - You shouldn't compare me to Nii-yan. 90 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:26,420 When you entered the temple, 91 00:07:26,460 --> 00:07:29,580 you said you'd become the head monk no matter how long it took. 92 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,020 Everyone warned you that you weren't suited for it, but you took no heed and renounced the world. 93 00:07:32,060 --> 00:07:35,220 - Isn't that right? - At that time, yes. 94 00:07:35,220 --> 00:07:37,980 In spite of that, you were sent back after only 3 months. Aren't you ashamed of yourself? 95 00:07:38,020 --> 00:07:41,800 I was planning to quit anyway. 96 00:07:43,380 --> 00:07:44,950 Quit? 97 00:07:44,950 --> 00:07:49,100 It's seriously boring at the temple. 98 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:53,870 Like endlessly copying kanji characters I can hardly read, and sitting still without talking for hours. 99 00:07:53,870 --> 00:07:56,980 And that goes on day after day. 100 00:07:56,980 --> 00:08:02,920 I was contemplating whether I should be wasting my time there when I only have one life to live. 101 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,200 We told you, didn't we? 102 00:08:05,260 --> 00:08:09,740 Everyone told you, remember? That you were totally unsuitable to be a monk. 103 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:11,680 But you said you were going to do it. 104 00:08:11,700 --> 00:08:16,250 - I thought I could at that time. - You're always like that! 105 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:21,180 Kendo instructor, soldier, the rice market. 106 00:08:17,860 --> 00:08:18,880 13 years old 107 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:19,940 14 years old 108 00:08:19,940 --> 00:08:20,960 15 years old 109 00:08:20,980 --> 00:08:22,140 16 years old 110 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:23,120 You're quick to jump in and out. 111 00:08:23,220 --> 00:08:25,160 Where's your perseverance! 112 00:08:25,180 --> 00:08:27,680 One should not persevere in cases like that. 113 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:31,420 - Huh?! - If you persevere and continue doing boring things, 114 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:34,860 you'll end up spending your life doing boring things. 115 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:39,240 Father, please calm down! 116 00:08:39,540 --> 00:08:42,020 Please calm now. Now, now... 117 00:08:47,540 --> 00:08:49,560 Damn it. 118 00:08:51,580 --> 00:08:54,580 I see you're persevering. 119 00:08:54,620 --> 00:08:58,500 Aniue-sama (formal way of saying big brother). I knew you'd come. 120 00:08:58,500 --> 00:09:01,800 Quick, let me down. 121 00:09:04,500 --> 00:09:08,800 I wonder if he'll end up as a yakuza. 122 00:09:08,860 --> 00:09:10,800 Huh? 123 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:14,000 With that disposition of his, he won't last long anywhere. 124 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,340 I'm afraid people like him will have no means to make a living 125 00:09:17,380 --> 00:09:21,540 and end up being a yakuza. 126 00:09:21,580 --> 00:09:26,520 I know he's a bit dense (noku tee ko). 127 00:09:22,980 --> 00:09:28,040 noku tee ko = stupid child 128 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:29,360 Recently, they've been calling him 129 00:09:29,420 --> 00:09:32,550 Nokuzo in the village. 130 00:09:32,550 --> 00:09:36,560 They say, that's not Tokuzo, but Nokuzo the fool. 131 00:09:36,560 --> 00:09:40,000 - I thought that was pretty clever. - He's not Nokuzo. 132 00:09:40,020 --> 00:09:42,200 He's Tokuzo! 133 00:09:46,780 --> 00:09:49,420 Basically, Father's worried about you. 134 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:54,080 I know. But that aside, can you untie me? 135 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,440 Then why can't you have a little more perseverance? 136 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:00,700 Nii-yan, aren't there times you want to quit too? 137 00:10:00,740 --> 00:10:03,880 Studying law is hard, isn't it? 138 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:08,060 There are times I feel like giving up, but 139 00:10:08,180 --> 00:10:12,080 if I don't persevere, there's no moving forward. 140 00:10:12,100 --> 00:10:14,930 That's what I don't understand. 141 00:10:14,930 --> 00:10:17,380 Why go through all that... 142 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:22,120 This country has established laws, but 143 00:10:22,140 --> 00:10:26,290 they're far from functioning properly in a lot of ways. 144 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:31,560 As a man, it's only natural to want to render my service to our country. 145 00:10:34,620 --> 00:10:37,740 Then perhaps this is what it means. 146 00:10:37,820 --> 00:10:41,900 I have yet to find something to make me feel that way 147 00:10:44,500 --> 00:10:50,000 I guess you're not completely stupid. 148 00:10:50,100 --> 00:10:51,820 Huh? 149 00:10:55,020 --> 00:10:59,160 I hope you find that something soon. 150 00:10:59,220 --> 00:11:02,600 I know, but... 151 00:11:02,680 --> 00:11:04,140 Hey, Nii-yan? 152 00:11:04,260 --> 00:11:07,260 Wait, untie me! 153 00:11:08,860 --> 00:11:10,880 Persevere, you hear? 154 00:11:12,070 --> 00:11:15,260 Nii-yan. Hey! 155 00:11:15,580 --> 00:11:18,780 Untie me, damn it! Damn brother. You brute! 156 00:11:19,260 --> 00:11:23,250 That may be our last resort. 157 00:11:23,250 --> 00:11:26,760 To make him mend his ways. 158 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:29,020 What's that? 159 00:11:29,100 --> 00:11:30,740 That. 160 00:11:38,630 --> 00:11:40,840 Are you sure?! 161 00:11:40,860 --> 00:11:43,590 Thank you so much! 162 00:11:43,590 --> 00:11:47,280 We are much obliged. 163 00:11:56,100 --> 00:11:59,600 How can you not get tired of doing the same thing every day? 164 00:12:02,580 --> 00:12:07,080 You know Nii-yan will be succeeding the business anyway. 165 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:10,140 Toku-yan. Later, okay? 166 00:12:10,180 --> 00:12:12,600 Hey, you should be calling me Nii-yan. 167 00:12:12,700 --> 00:12:16,300 Then why don't you act like a brother once in a while, huh? 168 00:12:27,560 --> 00:12:30,040 - What're you doing! - Get out of my way! 169 00:12:30,060 --> 00:12:32,520 - The least you can do is stay out of my way! - Say what?! 170 00:12:34,820 --> 00:12:37,760 I swear, there's a serious lack of parental discipline. 171 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:39,590 Ready... 172 00:12:39,590 --> 00:12:43,200 Go, go, go, go, go! 173 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:45,680 Hey, Koshiro. 174 00:12:45,680 --> 00:12:48,080 Let me see that for a minute. 175 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:49,440 - It's Nokuzo! - Huh? 176 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:51,560 Don't touch me. I don't want your stupidity to wear off on me. 177 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:52,800 What did you say, you brat? 178 00:12:52,820 --> 00:12:56,000 Anyone who's 16 and still pees in his pants is stupid! 179 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:59,000 He's spreading his stupidity. Run, run. 180 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:00,420 Hey! 181 00:13:04,100 --> 00:13:07,920 I swear, there's a serious lack of parental discipline. 182 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:09,960 Tokuzo. 183 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,140 Do you have minute? 184 00:13:12,180 --> 00:13:14,260 Yes? 185 00:13:14,540 --> 00:13:16,260 Marry into a family?! 186 00:13:16,260 --> 00:13:20,680 That's right. Matsumae-ya, the store that sells kombu-kelp in Sabae. 187 00:13:20,740 --> 00:13:24,740 They have a daughter who's the same age as you. 188 00:13:24,780 --> 00:13:27,960 But... I don't need a wife yet. 189 00:13:28,020 --> 00:13:31,240 - The wedding will take place in 10 days. - Wait a minute. 190 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:33,600 - What about my feeling... - What meaning is there to a feeling 191 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:36,600 of a guy who can't stick to anything for more than 3 months. 192 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:40,270 Mother, this is not the time to laugh. 193 00:13:40,270 --> 00:13:43,180 - But... - Anyway, 194 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:45,240 I'm having you move out of this house. 195 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:48,740 Hereafter, you belong to another household. I'm not feeding you or 196 00:13:48,740 --> 00:13:51,220 giving you a sen of allowance. Be prepared. 197 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:54,820 - Father. Wait, please. At least... - What? 198 00:13:54,860 --> 00:13:58,680 like...this lady's face... 199 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:01,770 - Face? - It's only natural 200 00:14:01,770 --> 00:14:04,860 to be curious, isn't it? 201 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,380 Just be grateful that 202 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:10,300 they're willing to take a lazy bum like you! 203 00:14:10,820 --> 00:14:13,560 Tokyo 204 00:14:13,860 --> 00:14:16,540 Kanda 205 00:14:26,980 --> 00:14:30,820 Be quiet, you guys! Quit fighting! 206 00:14:34,610 --> 00:14:36,710 Right~? 207 00:14:37,700 --> 00:14:40,540 - Bye then. - Have a good day. 208 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:42,460 Ryuun-kan Proprietress 209 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:42,460 Okichi 210 00:14:43,060 --> 00:14:46,660 Fukui Prefecture Sabae 211 00:14:44,300 --> 00:14:47,040 What are we doing all the way at Sabae? 212 00:14:47,100 --> 00:14:50,920 We're going to take a look at my bride. 213 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,240 Secretly, mind you. Secretly. 214 00:14:55,580 --> 00:14:59,750 Woah! Well, well. 215 00:15:00,340 --> 00:15:02,440 Now then, Father, I'm going. 216 00:15:02,540 --> 00:15:04,060 Father?! 217 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:12,080 - Shall we go now? - Yes. 218 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:14,600 We'll see you later. 219 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:16,880 Is that her? 220 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:19,020 She's sure pretty. 221 00:15:25,260 --> 00:15:27,860 So she's my bride... 222 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:47,520 - Did you hurt your back or something? - You must be joking, Haha-ue (mother, formally) 223 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:50,260 Haha-ue...? 224 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:54,960 Now that I'm taking a bride, I should get my act together. 225 00:15:56,020 --> 00:16:00,260 - (She) was so pretty. - What was so pretty? 226 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:04,500 Stop that, will you? Oh, Chichi-ue (father, formally). 227 00:16:04,700 --> 00:16:07,460 today, by coincidence, 228 00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:11,230 I was granted audience with the countenance of my future wife. 229 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:19,140 Isn't he mistaking her for someone else? 230 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:21,280 What are you talking about? 231 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,980 Toshiko-san isn't homely, but 232 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:27,920 I don't think she's quite someone to get so excited about. 233 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:30,590 She's a cute little thing. 234 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:34,260 She's very much like me in my younger days. 235 00:16:34,260 --> 00:16:37,860 I wonder if he's not mistaking her for someone else. 236 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:43,080 Isn't this a bit too long? Is it all right? 237 00:16:43,180 --> 00:16:44,980 We can get it fixed. 238 00:16:45,090 --> 00:16:49,600 Wouldn't it be better to have one made brand new? 239 00:16:49,660 --> 00:16:52,270 We can get it fixed. 240 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:56,360 Toku-yan, you look handsome! 241 00:17:01,820 --> 00:17:05,940 But it's amazing they even found someone to take him. 242 00:17:05,940 --> 00:17:09,090 They probably went all the way to Sabae to keep his true character a secret. 243 00:17:09,090 --> 00:17:12,380 I bet he'll be back in 3 months again. 244 00:17:19,770 --> 00:17:23,160 We are grateful to you for this great opportunity. 245 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:23,820 Takahama Harue 246 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:23,820 Takahama Kinnosuke 247 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:24,540 Not at all. 248 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:27,460 Thank you in advance for taking care of our Tokuzo. 249 00:17:27,500 --> 00:17:28,780 Not at all. 250 00:17:28,860 --> 00:17:32,660 Toshiko is a girl you can count on. You can set aside your worries. 251 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:35,230 This house is full of women, huh? 252 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:40,840 Stop that. 253 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:46,280 Toku-yan, I bet you couldn't sleep last night. 254 00:17:47,100 --> 00:17:49,230 Stop that, I said. 255 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:54,270 It's the bride. 256 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:47,160 Takahama Toshiko 257 00:18:43,780 --> 00:18:47,160 I'm Toshiko. I'm pleased to meet you. 258 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:57,320 Mitsuko. You're late. 259 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:00,360 I couldn't decide on the kanzashi (hair ornament). 260 00:19:00,380 --> 00:19:03,080 You're not the bride, you know. 261 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:06,540 Is she...your sister? 262 00:19:07,580 --> 00:19:09,860 Yes. 263 00:19:09,860 --> 00:19:11,520 Really? 264 00:19:11,580 --> 00:19:14,700 Oh... really. 265 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:19,560 Yes. 266 00:19:21,940 --> 00:19:24,380 We were mistaken. 267 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:26,230 About what? 268 00:19:30,750 --> 00:19:32,850 I know. 269 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:51,880 Toku-yan, give up. Resign yourself! 270 00:19:51,940 --> 00:19:54,820 This marriage cannot be. It cannot be no matter what. 271 00:19:54,860 --> 00:19:56,860 You have nowhere to go now. 272 00:19:57,540 --> 00:19:59,260 Ouch. 273 00:19:59,260 --> 00:20:02,140 Father, now! 274 00:20:04,060 --> 00:20:06,640 What are you doing? Father! 275 00:20:07,060 --> 00:20:09,260 What is that?! 276 00:20:27,460 --> 00:20:29,840 I've been had. 277 00:20:44,180 --> 00:20:48,510 - Did you mend that for me? - Yes. 278 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:01,520 - Here you go. - Thank you. 279 00:21:02,930 --> 00:21:06,910 If you'd like, shall I decline this marriage? 280 00:21:06,910 --> 00:21:09,600 Oh, I'm sorry! 281 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:11,600 I'm sorry. 282 00:21:14,420 --> 00:21:19,880 Uh... how did you know? 283 00:21:20,120 --> 00:21:23,910 I'm used to being compared to my sister. 284 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:37,660 Ah... 285 00:21:38,340 --> 00:21:41,860 I'm compared to my Nii-yan all the time too. 286 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:43,740 It's not good to compare, is it? 287 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:46,580 This is this, and that is that. 288 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:52,240 Oh...I did you wrong. 289 00:21:58,120 --> 00:21:59,600 I mean... 290 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:02,480 you should smile more often. 291 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:04,870 Why don't you smile? 292 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:11,540 I...can't do it. 293 00:22:11,580 --> 00:22:14,850 It makes me uncomfortable to put on a fake smile. 294 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:49,200 Don't you find it funny? 295 00:22:56,980 --> 00:22:59,720 How do you do that? 296 00:22:59,740 --> 00:23:01,600 Excuse me? 297 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:04,760 I'm a boring person, so 298 00:23:04,820 --> 00:23:09,340 I'd like to learn as many funny tricks like that as possible. 299 00:23:09,700 --> 00:23:11,270 Really? 300 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:13,760 Yes. 301 00:23:14,260 --> 00:23:16,240 Is that right! 302 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:20,540 First, do this to your lower lip. 303 00:23:21,980 --> 00:23:25,280 Yes, and the tongue... 304 00:23:28,260 --> 00:23:31,560 This is the hard part. 305 00:23:32,930 --> 00:23:39,230 Focus on this part of the tongue. 306 00:23:39,900 --> 00:23:43,000 Yes, yes, that's right! 307 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:46,220 - Did I do it? - You did it! 308 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:52,800 Now then, 309 00:23:52,820 --> 00:23:55,160 let me go over it again. 310 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:09,550 Toshiko-san... 311 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:15,380 Can we do that later? 312 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,920 Starting today, 313 00:24:19,060 --> 00:24:21,520 we're husband and wife, right? 314 00:24:34,780 --> 00:24:39,260 Oh, my. Now they're all cuddly. 315 00:24:39,260 --> 00:24:41,860 - Huh? - Yes. 316 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:47,580 I wonder if it went well. 317 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:55,680 - Shall we go ahead and start? - I guess so. 318 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:58,800 Father, Mother, Mitsuko-chan, Suzuko-chan, Shizuko-chan. 319 00:24:58,860 --> 00:25:03,150 - Good morning! - Good morning. 320 00:25:09,340 --> 00:25:11,820 We're sorry for making you wait. 321 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:16,480 I hope he's not causing any trouble. 322 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:20,580 Shall I go take a look? 323 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:24,900 He belongs to another family now. Don't bother. 324 00:25:28,500 --> 00:25:32,700 Have this Kichiji, the head clerk, teach you about business. 325 00:25:32,850 --> 00:25:35,600 - Yes, sir! - Good answer. 326 00:25:42,530 --> 00:25:45,880 Who did this? It's wasteful. 327 00:25:47,060 --> 00:25:48,820 I'm sorry. 328 00:25:48,860 --> 00:25:53,780 Listen now. It's this kind of thing that makes us lose the god of money. 329 00:25:53,820 --> 00:25:56,820 - Ah, yes. - How many times do I have to tell you? 330 00:25:56,860 --> 00:25:59,460 I'm terribly sorry. I'll be more careful from now on. 331 00:25:59,500 --> 00:26:02,620 Excuse me, but are you going to use that as a butt wipe or something? 332 00:26:03,140 --> 00:26:06,400 Huh? Straw ropes are good enough for that. 333 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:10,860 Envelops are turned inside out and reused as envelops! 334 00:26:11,020 --> 00:26:12,460 Oh... 335 00:26:14,940 --> 00:26:19,600 Goods procured at the beach are stored here temporarily. 336 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:29,560 - What's the difference between all these? - They come from different regions. 337 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:35,180 These are from Rishiri, these are from Rausu. And, Hidaka. 338 00:26:35,380 --> 00:26:40,740 - I see. - It will take a while to be able to tell them apart. 339 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,030 Can you tell by the smell? 340 00:26:49,030 --> 00:26:52,840 I have a pretty keen sense of smell. 341 00:27:02,940 --> 00:27:05,660 - Is something the matter? - Oh, uh... 342 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:09,900 When Tokuzo-kun sorted these out by their smell, we found different varieties mixed in. 343 00:27:09,940 --> 00:27:13,180 And that was happening here, there, and everywhere. 344 00:27:13,180 --> 00:27:17,480 I tell you, Wakadan-san (young master) has an amazing nose. 345 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:35,280 It smells like the sun. 346 00:27:39,190 --> 00:27:46,040 I think...I might be suited for this job. 347 00:27:46,120 --> 00:27:49,200 My Nii-yan who's in Tokyo 348 00:27:49,220 --> 00:27:53,190 told me before to find a job that I can say "this is it." 349 00:27:53,190 --> 00:27:56,630 In my case, maybe this is it. 350 00:27:56,980 --> 00:27:59,900 This is it? 351 00:28:00,020 --> 00:28:02,960 Rather than having aspirations or whatever, 352 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:06,800 I feel that I can work hard if I think I'm doing it for my wife. 353 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,060 We're wasting oil. 354 00:28:30,100 --> 00:28:33,160 It's this kind of thing that makes us lose the god of money. 355 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,500 We should sleep at night! 356 00:28:36,900 --> 00:28:39,480 Come here! How's this.... 357 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:43,840 Back then, 358 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:49,400 it appeared to me that Tokuzo-san was enjoying work in his own way... 359 00:28:49,530 --> 00:28:52,840 - Me too! I want to do it too. - Then... 360 00:28:53,100 --> 00:28:57,860 More than anything else, I was having so much fun myself that 361 00:28:57,860 --> 00:29:01,840 I did not notice what one might call 362 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:05,140 Tokuzo-san's calling. 363 00:29:09,020 --> 00:29:13,180 Year 37 of Meiji (1904) April 364 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:30,960 Is that boy being of any use to you? 365 00:29:30,980 --> 00:29:33,900 He's doing very well. 366 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:37,600 It's hard to believe that he was known as Nokuzo. 367 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,980 Oh dear, you knew? 368 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:43,100 I just pretended to believe what the go-between told us. 369 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:45,540 Then why on earth did you... 370 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:49,920 You have a great tendency to bear boys, right? 371 00:29:49,980 --> 00:29:52,000 Now that you mention it, I guess so. 372 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:55,360 One after another, they're all boys. 373 00:29:55,490 --> 00:29:58,680 I have a great tendency to bear girls. 374 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:02,020 My husband wants a boy no matter what. 375 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:04,040 So that was the reason. 376 00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:08,520 But I'm glad he married into our family. 377 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:10,640 He's a hard worker, and 378 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:15,560 more than anything, Toshiko is smiling a lot more these days. 379 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:20,920 He's quite a character, isn't he? 380 00:30:30,230 --> 00:30:32,530 Boring. 381 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,000 Just between you and me, 382 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,900 my husband is such a cheapskate, 383 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:46,200 we were having difficulty finding someone to marry into our family. 384 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:49,160 We had given up all hope for Toshiko's marriage. 385 00:30:53,500 --> 00:30:56,340 Mother. Thank you for coming. 386 00:30:56,440 --> 00:31:02,080 I'm the one who should thank you. For making him mend his ways. 387 00:31:02,140 --> 00:31:07,060 Oh, I haven't told her. About Tokuzo-san. 388 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:10,100 About Tokuzo-san? 389 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:16,140 Shall I take this opportunity to reveal Tokuzo's childhood stories? 390 00:31:16,300 --> 00:31:18,120 Yes, please! 391 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:26,240 Sabae Army Infantry 36th Regiment 392 00:31:38,540 --> 00:31:42,600 I'm from Matsumae-ya. I'm here to deliver the merchandise. 393 00:32:22,190 --> 00:32:23,860 Excuse me... 394 00:32:24,140 --> 00:32:27,040 Sabae Army Infantry 36th Regiment 395 00:32:24,140 --> 00:32:27,040 Cook Sergeant 396 00:32:24,140 --> 00:32:27,040 Tanabe Yukichi 397 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:34,260 Oh. Ah...you're from Matsumae-ya, huh? 398 00:32:34,340 --> 00:32:38,040 You're not the usual guy so I didn't realize who you were. 399 00:32:40,980 --> 00:32:44,860 Uh...what are you doing with that? 400 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:47,980 I'm beating the meat to tenderize it. 401 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,100 Meat, as in... 402 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:51,670 Meat from a cow. 403 00:32:51,670 --> 00:32:54,240 - Did you say cow? - Yes, cow meat. 404 00:32:54,260 --> 00:32:57,170 Cows are four-legged animals. 405 00:32:57,170 --> 00:33:01,840 Oh, I forgot. People around here don't eat beef yet, huh? 406 00:33:02,340 --> 00:33:06,810 But it's good for you. Gives you strength. 407 00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:10,720 Oh...is that right. 408 00:33:10,780 --> 00:33:13,160 In Tokyo, it's already common practice. 409 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:17,160 Oh, in Tokyo... 410 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:20,340 Do you want to have a taste? 411 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:23,850 No, no. It's okay. It's okay. 412 00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:26,280 If you're dealing with food, 413 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:29,100 shouldn't you know what meat tastes like? 414 00:33:29,100 --> 00:33:31,820 Really, no thank you. 415 00:33:31,900 --> 00:33:34,520 Oh! You can't tell anyone, okay? 416 00:33:34,620 --> 00:33:37,640 I don't want it then! 417 00:34:02,620 --> 00:34:04,840 What the heck is that? 418 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:17,120 It smells good. 419 00:34:18,300 --> 00:34:20,660 It doesn't just smell good. 420 00:34:20,660 --> 00:34:22,760 It's good. 421 00:34:51,860 --> 00:34:55,160 All right. Go ahead and eat. 422 00:35:09,670 --> 00:35:11,670 Go ahead. 423 00:35:34,900 --> 00:35:36,900 How is it? 424 00:35:41,860 --> 00:35:43,860 Hold it! 425 00:35:45,340 --> 00:35:49,340 It's even better with this. 426 00:36:21,230 --> 00:36:24,160 What is this? 427 00:36:24,340 --> 00:36:27,260 What the heck is this! 428 00:36:27,380 --> 00:36:30,620 - It's cutlet. - Cut...let? 429 00:36:30,700 --> 00:36:33,140 Yes, cutlet. 430 00:36:42,060 --> 00:36:44,820 Well, the worst time was when 431 00:36:44,860 --> 00:36:48,510 he came up with the idea of becoming a rice market speculator. 432 00:36:48,510 --> 00:36:50,600 Speculator? 433 00:36:50,620 --> 00:36:56,360 That must've been when he was about 15. My sister married into a family in Osaka. 434 00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:58,620 When she came for a visit here, 435 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:03,840 she talked about a speculator who made a huge amount of money in the rice market. 436 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:09,840 Then on the night my sister went home, Tokuzo went missing. 437 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:13,460 There was quite a commotion that "He's gone missing!" 438 00:37:13,500 --> 00:37:17,040 We managed to catch him at the train station, but 439 00:37:17,150 --> 00:37:21,590 a normal kid would give up after that, right? 440 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:27,840 But a month later, he ran away from home again. 441 00:37:28,140 --> 00:37:32,160 This time, he wracked what little brain he had, and 442 00:37:32,260 --> 00:37:35,180 got on the train going the opposite direction. 443 00:37:35,220 --> 00:37:39,540 And he succeeded in going to Osaka. 444 00:37:40,540 --> 00:37:43,740 It must have been hard on you. 445 00:37:43,820 --> 00:37:47,320 He has a real bad habit of easily getting absorbed in things. 446 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:50,740 Just recently too, he got it in his head that 447 00:37:50,850 --> 00:37:55,450 monks were cool, but he got kicked out in 3 months. 448 00:37:57,160 --> 00:38:00,010 What's the matter, Toshiko? 449 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:04,280 Nothing. Uh... 450 00:38:04,330 --> 00:38:09,490 I didn't realize he was that kind of a person. 451 00:38:09,490 --> 00:38:13,560 But I hear he's working normally now. 452 00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:17,510 Yes, he's working diligently. 453 00:38:17,510 --> 00:38:23,760 But it's not like he's completely absorbed in it... 454 00:38:24,020 --> 00:38:29,420 Even when he was totally absorbed in something, it never lasted very long for him. 455 00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:34,920 Don't you think being absorbed and a long-lasting job are two different things? 456 00:38:47,660 --> 00:38:50,320 In Tokyo, it's already common practice. 457 00:39:20,510 --> 00:39:24,510 How was that koromo (batter)... 458 00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:27,620 Which koromo (clothes)? 459 00:39:31,850 --> 00:39:35,450 I was thinking I should pull out the summer koromo (clothes). 460 00:39:36,700 --> 00:39:39,160 Isn't it too early yet? 461 00:40:03,870 --> 00:40:07,220 - Where did Tokuzo-san go? - He said he wanted to expand the business 462 00:40:07,260 --> 00:40:10,360 so he's making the rounds from today to promote sales. 463 00:40:10,980 --> 00:40:13,580 That's admirable of him. 464 00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:16,120 Yes, isn't it? 465 00:40:22,260 --> 00:40:24,190 Tanabe-san! 466 00:40:24,700 --> 00:40:27,140 Can I have the cutlet again? 467 00:40:27,140 --> 00:40:28,940 Of course, I don't mean for free. 468 00:40:28,980 --> 00:40:32,380 - Oh, I'm not making that today. - What? 469 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:34,740 Is that so. 470 00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:39,840 What are you doing with those potatoes? 471 00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:42,040 I'm making curry today. 472 00:40:42,100 --> 00:40:43,820 Curry? 473 00:40:43,940 --> 00:40:47,830 We put in potatoes, carrots, green onions, and leftover bits and pieces from yesterday's meat in a pot 474 00:40:47,830 --> 00:40:49,800 and simmer it with this thing called roux. 475 00:40:49,860 --> 00:40:52,060 Then let me eat that! 476 00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:56,200 That's okay with me, but it's going to take a while. 477 00:40:56,260 --> 00:40:58,810 I'll help then! 478 00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:10,160 Put your thumbs over each other. 479 00:41:10,220 --> 00:41:12,360 Use your wrist and peel it in one go. 480 00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:19,140 - Why don't you take it easy and just wait? - No, I'll do it. 481 00:41:23,060 --> 00:41:25,400 Saute the vegetables. 482 00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:31,640 It's important to remove the scum frequently. 483 00:41:31,700 --> 00:41:35,420 Then we add the roux that's been prepared, 484 00:41:35,500 --> 00:41:37,850 and simmer it some more. 485 00:41:49,830 --> 00:41:52,350 Remember, don't tell anyone. 486 00:41:52,350 --> 00:41:54,350 Okay. 487 00:42:04,740 --> 00:42:08,440 What the heck is this~. 488 00:42:10,860 --> 00:42:14,040 Tanabe-san, how did you learn to cook unusual dishes like this? 489 00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:16,360 Did you learn it in the Army? 490 00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:20,840 I used to be a "kokku" (cook) at a restaurant called Taiseiken in Tokyo. 491 00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:24,030 Kokku...meaning? 492 00:42:24,100 --> 00:42:26,960 It's the equivalent of an "itamae" (Japanese food cook) for Western cuisine. 493 00:42:27,020 --> 00:42:28,880 Itamae. 494 00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:32,550 Anyway, things happened and 495 00:42:32,550 --> 00:42:37,060 I ended up quitting Taiseiken and joined the Army. 496 00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:40,540 Although I'm still doing the same thing. 497 00:42:44,850 --> 00:42:46,680 Tanabe-san, can I 498 00:42:46,740 --> 00:42:49,850 come help tomorrow again? 499 00:42:49,850 --> 00:42:53,970 That's okay with me, but what about the store? 500 00:42:54,260 --> 00:42:57,480 I'll do something about that. 501 00:42:59,850 --> 00:43:03,000 Tanabe-san, I! 502 00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:08,100 had fun...today. A lot of fun. 503 00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:11,500 Oh yeah? 504 00:43:11,540 --> 00:43:14,170 Yes~! 505 00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:30,880 Peel it in one go. 506 00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:34,800 Use the wrist and peel it in one go. 507 00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:52,920 Use the wrist and peel it in one go...one go. 508 00:43:55,940 --> 00:43:59,700 - I'll see you later! - Have a good day. 509 00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:15,460 Then on the night my sister went home, Tokuzo went missing. 510 00:44:15,500 --> 00:44:19,760 He has a real bad habit of easily getting absorbed in things. 511 00:44:22,740 --> 00:44:24,080 Onee-yan! 512 00:44:24,120 --> 00:44:27,500 - Oh, yes? - Since this is a special year, 513 00:44:27,500 --> 00:44:30,540 Kechi nosuke-san (kechi=cheapskate) said we can have a new yukata made. 514 00:44:30,540 --> 00:44:33,000 Kechinosuke-san? You mean Father. 515 00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:35,920 Hurry. The man from the kimono shop is already here. 516 00:44:37,380 --> 00:44:40,040 I like this one. 517 00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:41,620 Onee-yan, aren't you going to look some more? 518 00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:44,580 I think it suits you well. 519 00:44:45,500 --> 00:44:48,000 He'll look good in this. 520 00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:51,160 Toshiko, those over there are expensive, you know. 521 00:44:51,160 --> 00:44:54,160 I'll give you a good deal. 522 00:44:57,040 --> 00:45:01,420 May I get this? I won't get one for myself. 523 00:45:10,900 --> 00:45:14,040 Yeah, that's it... 524 00:45:25,720 --> 00:45:28,000 Hi again! 525 00:45:32,900 --> 00:45:36,510 When you start running out, turn it around like this. 526 00:46:01,820 --> 00:46:05,900 Year 37 of Meiji (1904) June 527 00:46:22,420 --> 00:46:24,600 I'm heading out now. 528 00:46:24,700 --> 00:46:27,090 Have a good day. 529 00:46:32,490 --> 00:46:37,820 Do you think the young master is really going around promoting sales? 530 00:46:37,820 --> 00:46:42,000 I know it's not easy finding new customers, but 531 00:46:42,060 --> 00:46:45,890 it's been 2 months and he hasn't found a single new customer... 532 00:46:45,890 --> 00:46:49,060 - Are you saying that he's messing around somewhere? - Ah, no... 533 00:46:49,100 --> 00:46:50,500 - Yasuke. - Yes, sir. 534 00:46:50,620 --> 00:46:54,150 Listen. While you're out on delivery, 535 00:46:54,150 --> 00:46:57,020 can you drop these off at our regular customers as a token of our appreciation? 536 00:46:57,020 --> 00:46:59,150 Yes, sir. I'll be on my way now. 537 00:46:59,150 --> 00:47:01,060 Thanks. 538 00:47:15,490 --> 00:47:17,700 Tanabe-san, I'm done. 539 00:47:17,740 --> 00:47:20,810 - Then... - We're boiling them, right? 540 00:47:25,350 --> 00:47:29,350 Tokuzo-kun, you're a quick learner. 541 00:47:32,670 --> 00:47:35,020 What are you doing there? 542 00:47:35,020 --> 00:47:36,820 You'll see when it's done. 543 00:47:44,820 --> 00:47:46,960 Is this shellfish? 544 00:47:46,980 --> 00:47:49,140 Well, I guess it's something like that. 545 00:47:57,620 --> 00:48:00,480 I'm going to help myself then. 546 00:48:08,240 --> 00:48:09,800 Is it good? 547 00:48:09,880 --> 00:48:12,490 What is this shellfish called? 548 00:48:12,490 --> 00:48:14,660 In France, it's called escargot. 549 00:48:14,660 --> 00:48:18,150 Japanese name would be ri-mu-tsu-ta-ka (read backwards is ka-ta-tsu-mu-ri, snail) 550 00:48:18,150 --> 00:48:20,970 Oh, rimutsutaka... 551 00:48:21,500 --> 00:48:23,820 This time of the year, you can find them around here too. 552 00:48:23,860 --> 00:48:27,740 Is that right? I've never seen them before. 553 00:48:27,780 --> 00:48:30,980 Really? Look, there's one. 554 00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:39,920 Rimutsutaka... 555 00:48:40,560 --> 00:48:42,660 Rimutsu... 556 00:48:50,550 --> 00:48:54,150 Don't worry. It's been cooked. 557 00:48:56,700 --> 00:48:59,490 Really, you're okay. 558 00:49:05,420 --> 00:49:08,150 You even said it was good. 559 00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:13,820 But by golly, 560 00:49:13,860 --> 00:49:17,210 there are all kinds of food, huh? 561 00:49:17,210 --> 00:49:22,500 With French cuisine, they cook things like calf's brain and kidney, pig and duck blood, rabbits and frogs. 562 00:49:22,500 --> 00:49:25,330 They also eat pigeons. 563 00:49:25,330 --> 00:49:29,430 Even things like that, huh? 564 00:49:35,740 --> 00:49:38,480 What's the matter? 565 00:49:38,940 --> 00:49:44,460 There must be tons of good food in this world that I don't know about. 566 00:49:46,340 --> 00:49:51,440 The cutlet was so delicious, it was out of this world. 567 00:50:00,990 --> 00:50:03,660 Why don't you go to Tokyo? 568 00:50:05,660 --> 00:50:09,580 If you want to learn about Western cuisine, Tokyo's the place. 569 00:50:09,640 --> 00:50:12,180 Yes, but I have work at the store. 570 00:50:12,220 --> 00:50:15,480 Can't you just quit that job? 571 00:50:15,480 --> 00:50:19,200 Not really. I married into the family. 572 00:50:19,320 --> 00:50:23,490 Huh? What? Really? 573 00:50:23,490 --> 00:50:26,480 - You're not a sales clerk? - No. 574 00:50:28,060 --> 00:50:30,280 So you have a wife too. 575 00:50:30,300 --> 00:50:32,600 At that age. 576 00:50:33,490 --> 00:50:35,260 Is that so? 577 00:50:38,820 --> 00:50:41,320 Wakadan-san? 578 00:50:45,480 --> 00:50:46,600 Ouch. 579 00:50:50,820 --> 00:50:54,920 Onee-yan, we have a problem. Hurry, hurry. 580 00:50:58,140 --> 00:51:01,530 So does that mean you weren't working at all 581 00:51:01,530 --> 00:51:05,530 and all this time you were learning to cook at the regiment? 582 00:51:06,490 --> 00:51:09,140 I'm sorry. 583 00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:14,190 For the time being, you work in the store starting tomorrow. 584 00:51:14,190 --> 00:51:16,810 Don't go out. 585 00:51:16,810 --> 00:51:20,920 Can't I work every other day? 586 00:51:20,920 --> 00:51:22,980 I'll work twice as hard on those days. 587 00:51:23,340 --> 00:51:27,760 Can you engage in your pastime on your day off? 588 00:51:27,760 --> 00:51:29,660 Pastime... 589 00:51:29,660 --> 00:51:34,460 That's nothing more than a pastime that doesn't bring in a sen, isn't it? 590 00:51:35,480 --> 00:51:40,820 But in reality, the store is operating just fine without me, right? 591 00:51:40,820 --> 00:51:43,160 There's no real inconvenience either. 592 00:51:43,160 --> 00:51:46,830 You don't have to be such a cheapskate. 593 00:51:46,830 --> 00:51:48,890 Cheapskate? 594 00:51:49,160 --> 00:51:51,740 Did you say cheapskate? 595 00:51:51,780 --> 00:51:54,760 I'm even paying wages even though you're family. 596 00:51:54,780 --> 00:51:57,850 But because I'm family, my pay is comparable to an allowance. 597 00:51:57,850 --> 00:52:00,640 In spite of that, expecting me to work full time doesn't make sense... 598 00:52:00,720 --> 00:52:03,590 You're going to eventually inherit this store, aren't you? 599 00:52:03,590 --> 00:52:07,000 Since you're getting this store, it's a given that you'd only get an allowance. 600 00:52:07,000 --> 00:52:09,900 How greedy can you get. 601 00:52:09,920 --> 00:52:11,740 Greedy... 602 00:52:11,840 --> 00:52:14,620 - In the first place, I'm... - Why don't you leave it at that? 603 00:52:14,680 --> 00:52:18,470 I'm your savior, you know. 604 00:52:18,960 --> 00:52:21,580 Let's stop right here. Tokuzo-san, you can go now. 605 00:52:21,620 --> 00:52:23,300 I want you to know 606 00:52:23,300 --> 00:52:27,650 that I wanted a financially responsible cheerful son-in-law! 607 00:52:28,040 --> 00:52:32,700 But that go-between told us persistently that Akiyama 608 00:52:32,820 --> 00:52:38,480 is a family that bears boys and that we didn't even have to pay marriage allowance. 609 00:52:38,480 --> 00:52:43,000 I figured something was up, so I did some checking, and guess what? 610 00:52:43,060 --> 00:52:48,170 I heard you were a famous good-for-nothing in Takefu. 611 00:52:49,500 --> 00:52:52,840 But if I took good care of you, 612 00:52:52,840 --> 00:52:59,840 I thought you'd mend your ways, so I manned up and took you in. 613 00:53:01,480 --> 00:53:03,540 I... 614 00:53:03,540 --> 00:53:05,490 What? 615 00:53:05,490 --> 00:53:10,090 - I... - Huh? Speak up! 616 00:53:12,160 --> 00:53:14,920 I don't want it anyway! 617 00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:17,500 I don't want it, I don't want it, I don't want it... 618 00:53:17,500 --> 00:53:19,500 I don't want this house! 619 00:53:19,500 --> 00:53:22,400 Did I ask you? Did I ever ask you? 620 00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:25,520 Did you hear me say one word about wanting this house! 621 00:53:25,520 --> 00:53:28,980 I didn't come here because I wanted to. If you don't like me, 622 00:53:28,980 --> 00:53:32,480 go ahead and kick me out! 623 00:53:46,810 --> 00:53:50,800 Were you listening... 624 00:53:50,900 --> 00:53:55,500 So that's how this marriage came about. 625 00:53:57,020 --> 00:53:59,470 Toshiko. 626 00:53:59,880 --> 00:54:02,480 Mother. 627 00:54:02,660 --> 00:54:07,080 I'm not the pitiable one here. 628 00:54:13,520 --> 00:54:15,980 I've gone and done it. 629 00:55:01,860 --> 00:55:05,470 What kind of food did you make today? 630 00:55:06,920 --> 00:55:10,160 What kind of food did you make today? 631 00:55:10,160 --> 00:55:12,960 Snails roasted in butter. 632 00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:20,490 Aren't you surprised? 633 00:55:20,860 --> 00:55:25,380 I heard once that people eat them in some regions as a cough suppressant. 634 00:55:26,340 --> 00:55:29,830 But it was a surprise to me. 635 00:55:29,830 --> 00:55:33,580 When I found out that there's a country in this world that makes snails taste good, 636 00:55:33,640 --> 00:55:36,490 I was flabbergasted. 637 00:55:39,510 --> 00:55:42,700 This sergeant, his name is Tanabe-san, but 638 00:55:42,780 --> 00:55:48,150 at Tanabe-san's place, all kinds of things I've never tasted are served, and 639 00:55:48,460 --> 00:55:52,280 everything I've had there is delicious. 640 00:55:52,280 --> 00:55:55,270 I started wanting to cook like that too, 641 00:55:55,270 --> 00:55:58,270 and I got totally absorbed in it. 642 00:56:04,150 --> 00:56:06,750 So that's what happened. 643 00:56:20,830 --> 00:56:26,430 Then on the night my sister went home, Tokuzo went missing. 644 00:56:37,020 --> 00:56:39,520 I... 645 00:56:42,170 --> 00:56:44,170 Yes? 646 00:56:46,060 --> 00:56:49,490 I can't help myself. 647 00:56:49,490 --> 00:56:54,490 When I get fired up about something, I can't see anything else. 648 00:56:57,490 --> 00:56:59,490 Yes. 649 00:57:02,140 --> 00:57:05,420 I know. 650 00:57:05,560 --> 00:57:08,480 Just as your father said, 651 00:57:08,740 --> 00:57:12,280 a thing like this is just a pastime. 652 00:57:17,400 --> 00:57:20,160 I know that. 653 00:57:35,840 --> 00:57:41,080 Tokuzo-san, what have you learned to cook? 654 00:57:52,490 --> 00:57:55,090 Cutlet. 655 00:57:56,600 --> 00:57:59,600 Rice curry. 656 00:58:00,820 --> 00:58:04,620 Oh, and crab croquette made with snow crab. 657 00:58:04,660 --> 00:58:07,940 Now, that was exquisite. 658 00:58:38,190 --> 00:58:40,790 It's easier to talk this way. 659 00:59:04,980 --> 00:59:08,130 What's a cutlet? 660 00:59:08,130 --> 00:59:11,820 Oh...cutlet is 661 00:59:11,820 --> 00:59:15,170 meat that's been dipped in batter and fried in oil, but 662 00:59:15,360 --> 00:59:18,540 that batter's made of... 663 01:00:03,540 --> 01:00:06,440 Why don't you go to Tokyo? 664 01:00:09,480 --> 01:00:13,360 If you want to learn about Western cuisine, Tokyo's the place. 665 01:01:41,760 --> 01:01:43,990 I'm sorry. 666 01:01:50,160 --> 01:01:52,460 I'm sorry. 667 01:02:42,920 --> 01:02:45,400 Get the store employees to look around! 668 01:02:45,440 --> 01:02:48,520 - That place he was hanging out at. - You mean the regiment? 669 01:02:48,580 --> 01:02:51,810 Yeah, that's it. And get in touch with his family in Takefu! 670 01:02:59,400 --> 01:03:03,460 Onee-yan, are you all right? 671 01:03:06,270 --> 01:03:08,600 I couldn't finish it in time. 672 01:03:16,480 --> 01:03:19,870 Nokuzo did it again... 673 01:03:19,870 --> 01:03:23,140 - Jo... - Jo? 674 01:03:23,140 --> 01:03:27,160 Jo...jo ya zaa~! 675 01:03:44,940 --> 01:03:49,000 Tokyo Shinbashi Station 676 01:04:04,200 --> 01:04:07,750 Excuse me, but how do I get to Kanda... 677 01:04:08,800 --> 01:04:13,260 People in Tokyo haven't been taught any manners. 678 01:04:14,430 --> 01:04:17,620 Mister, mister. You going to Kanda? 679 01:04:17,660 --> 01:04:21,700 - You wanna ride? - Y...yes~. 680 01:04:27,100 --> 01:04:29,580 What's that they're wearing on their head? 681 01:04:29,600 --> 01:04:32,680 They're called Panama hats. You never heard of them? 682 01:04:41,020 --> 01:04:42,360 What about that hairstyle? 683 01:04:42,380 --> 01:04:44,160 That's called kagetsumaki. 684 01:04:44,220 --> 01:04:47,820 I tell you, all kinds of things are the trend now. 685 01:04:47,860 --> 01:04:51,100 Stop! Stop! 686 01:04:51,100 --> 01:04:54,120 They're cracking down on socialists. 687 01:04:54,120 --> 01:04:57,720 Anything and everything is Tokyo. 688 01:05:16,780 --> 01:05:20,240 Excuse me. Do you know a boarding house called Kanda Ryuun-kan... 689 01:05:22,610 --> 01:05:26,940 People in Tokyo haven't been taught manners at all. 690 01:05:34,120 --> 01:05:37,110 "Niko ki"? 691 01:05:37,110 --> 01:05:39,460 Ow. 692 01:05:39,460 --> 01:05:41,780 Hey, wait a minute. 693 01:05:41,840 --> 01:05:45,200 I said wait, you big oaf! 694 01:05:47,120 --> 01:05:50,140 Go, little fella! 695 01:05:50,240 --> 01:05:52,520 Go, big fella. Go, go, go! 696 01:06:01,600 --> 01:06:05,040 Tokuzo... Tokuzo! What are you doing? 697 01:06:05,100 --> 01:06:07,440 Huh? 698 01:06:07,440 --> 01:06:12,090 I see. The character for "come" is read "rai" so the name is read "Nikorai." 699 01:06:12,090 --> 01:06:15,450 Tokyo's full of witty ideas. 700 01:06:15,450 --> 01:06:19,750 By the way, what on earth is Nikorai? 701 01:06:24,200 --> 01:06:28,780 So you want to be a cook, but do you have a place in mind? 702 01:06:28,780 --> 01:06:34,040 For the time being, I was planning to go to the restaurant that Tanabe-san used to work at. 703 01:06:34,180 --> 01:06:37,180 Therefore, Onii-sama, if you would allow me to stay at your boarding house for a while... 704 01:06:37,220 --> 01:06:40,540 You told the Takahama Family that you were coming, didn't you? 705 01:06:41,790 --> 01:06:44,160 I did. 706 01:06:48,110 --> 01:06:53,460 Tokuzo. This time is completely different from the time you went to Osaka. 707 01:06:53,520 --> 01:06:57,080 Do you understand what it means to run away from the family you married into? 708 01:06:57,120 --> 01:07:01,200 The Takahama Family must be infuriated, and Father's in a difficult situation. 709 01:07:01,280 --> 01:07:03,940 Your wife must be crying too, right? 710 01:07:04,160 --> 01:07:07,850 See? I knew you were going to lecture me. 711 01:07:07,850 --> 01:07:10,660 Who'd announce you're leaving when you know you'd be lectured. 712 01:07:10,700 --> 01:07:12,730 No one would. 713 01:07:13,900 --> 01:07:16,790 All you ever do is rationalize. 714 01:07:16,790 --> 01:07:21,390 But Nii-yan, you told me to find that something, remember? 715 01:07:22,450 --> 01:07:24,760 - Well, yeah. - This time for sure, 716 01:07:24,780 --> 01:07:27,940 I have a feeling I found that something. 717 01:07:27,940 --> 01:07:31,260 This time for sure, I've come here with an unwavering resolve. 718 01:07:31,320 --> 01:07:36,760 I'm going to be the best cook in the Empire of Japan! 719 01:07:56,430 --> 01:07:59,280 "Dear Father" 720 01:07:59,360 --> 01:08:01,880 "Today at approximately 12:00 pm," 721 01:08:01,940 --> 01:08:06,020 "I captured Tokuzo who was fighting on the street of Kanda." 722 01:08:06,160 --> 01:08:11,280 "He tells me that he's going to be the best cook in the Empire of Japan." 723 01:08:11,300 --> 01:08:15,260 "I considered sending him back immediately, however..." 724 01:08:16,430 --> 01:08:19,450 "knowing Tokuzo, there's no telling what he may do." 725 01:08:19,450 --> 01:08:23,110 "It wouldn't be so bad if he found work as a live-in help at some diner," 726 01:08:23,110 --> 01:08:27,090 "but it's also possible that he may give in to some unscrupulous allurement." 727 01:08:27,260 --> 01:08:29,180 "I did not have the courage" 728 01:08:29,220 --> 01:08:35,240 "to turn my back to my brother and as a result, turn him loose." 729 01:08:51,800 --> 01:08:54,460 "The way I see it," 730 01:08:54,460 --> 01:08:57,360 "he's been caught by a fever as usual." 731 01:08:58,780 --> 01:09:02,780 "This too shall pass in a month or so." 732 01:09:02,780 --> 01:09:05,800 "It is my sincere hope that" 733 01:09:05,800 --> 01:09:11,780 "you can pretend you sent him on a trip for a month and hold off on your judgment until then." 734 01:09:11,860 --> 01:09:15,460 "That being said, what Tokuzo did" 735 01:09:15,460 --> 01:09:19,430 "is fundamentally inexcusable." 736 01:09:19,430 --> 01:09:24,200 "I believe he is prepared to accept a severe punishment." 737 01:09:24,240 --> 01:09:26,000 "Shutaro" 738 01:09:31,920 --> 01:09:36,110 I would like to leave all decisions in your hands. 739 01:09:36,110 --> 01:09:38,950 I am truly sorry. 740 01:09:38,950 --> 01:09:41,120 Even so, 741 01:09:41,120 --> 01:09:45,540 this matter cannot be settled by divorce alone. 742 01:09:45,540 --> 01:09:48,160 Toshiko has been ruined. 743 01:09:48,160 --> 01:09:53,160 The poor girl has been crying her eyes out every day. 744 01:09:54,450 --> 01:09:56,760 You're crying in your heart, aren't you? Huh? 745 01:09:56,800 --> 01:10:00,560 You're crying. You're just holding it in. Your father can tell. 746 01:10:00,640 --> 01:10:05,260 - No, uh... - Toshiko-san, I'm really sorry for what our stupid son did. 747 01:10:05,960 --> 01:10:08,400 This isn't a matter that can be resolved with money, but 748 01:10:08,400 --> 01:10:11,800 only money can resolve it at this point. 749 01:10:11,820 --> 01:10:13,360 How much would appease you? 750 01:10:13,400 --> 01:10:17,160 - Well, let's see... - Excuse me! 751 01:10:20,880 --> 01:10:23,580 Isn't it because 752 01:10:23,600 --> 01:10:27,490 we're getting a divorce that I'll be considered ruined? 753 01:10:29,020 --> 01:10:33,600 If we don't get a divorce, there shouldn't be a problem... 754 01:10:33,660 --> 01:10:36,520 Don't be silly. I need you to marry a successor. 755 01:10:36,620 --> 01:10:40,480 - There's Mitsuko and Suzuko too. - I can't entrust the store to those unreliable girls. 756 01:10:40,560 --> 01:10:42,380 For the time being, 757 01:10:42,380 --> 01:10:44,380 why don't we wait and see? 758 01:10:44,450 --> 01:10:47,780 He may come back in a month. 759 01:10:47,790 --> 01:10:50,650 Are you okay with that? 760 01:10:50,650 --> 01:10:52,650 Hey. 761 01:10:59,510 --> 01:11:01,780 I... 762 01:11:01,780 --> 01:11:06,380 I had a good time when I was with Tokuzo-san. 763 01:11:07,760 --> 01:11:16,140 But that was probably because he's the kind of person who would do something like this. 764 01:11:18,180 --> 01:11:20,580 Desiring too much 765 01:11:20,580 --> 01:11:23,340 would incur divine punishment. 766 01:11:31,280 --> 01:11:33,560 Nihon University Law School 767 01:11:34,330 --> 01:11:38,700 So what did your brother decide to do? 768 01:11:40,450 --> 01:11:44,090 He said he was going to eat at Taiseiken on Ningyo-cho today 769 01:11:44,090 --> 01:11:46,300 and went out wearing my best suit. 770 01:11:46,320 --> 01:11:48,480 Oh, to eat. 771 01:11:46,340 --> 01:11:50,220 Nihon University Law School Professor 772 01:11:46,340 --> 01:11:50,220 Kirizuka Shogo 773 01:11:49,660 --> 01:11:53,600 Not to ask for a job, eh? 774 01:11:53,600 --> 01:11:56,790 Yes. Saying he should first check out 775 01:11:56,790 --> 01:12:00,170 that restaurant's taste before becoming an apprentice there, or something to that effect, 776 01:12:00,170 --> 01:12:02,470 like he knows what he's talking about. 777 01:12:03,440 --> 01:12:07,240 I'm not sure if that's the right attitude. 778 01:12:13,440 --> 01:12:15,440 Here I go. 779 01:12:26,080 --> 01:12:28,200 Good afternoon. 780 01:12:28,260 --> 01:12:30,450 Table for one! 781 01:12:31,440 --> 01:12:33,740 This way please. 782 01:12:41,800 --> 01:12:45,100 This is beef consomme soup. 783 01:13:07,880 --> 01:13:09,740 Oh, this? 784 01:13:09,820 --> 01:13:12,110 I use this, right? 785 01:13:16,720 --> 01:13:19,100 Here's your order. 786 01:13:19,440 --> 01:13:22,790 This is beef cotelette. 787 01:13:22,790 --> 01:13:26,700 - Cutlet... - At our restaurant, we call it by its proper name, cotelette. 788 01:13:26,700 --> 01:13:30,500 Oh, is that right? 789 01:13:59,130 --> 01:14:01,360 Sir...Sir. 790 01:14:01,420 --> 01:14:04,460 If you can keep the noise down a little. 791 01:14:11,640 --> 01:14:14,410 Shall I have it cut for you? 792 01:14:18,280 --> 01:14:20,060 I'm fine. 793 01:14:31,780 --> 01:14:35,500 - We'll get you treated immediately. - It's all right. 794 01:14:35,560 --> 01:14:39,300 - I said it's all right! - But... 795 01:14:41,020 --> 01:14:46,680 But I can't believe you serve tough meat like this to your customers. 796 01:14:50,500 --> 01:14:53,120 Did you guys fight again? 797 01:14:54,540 --> 01:14:58,110 It doesn't pay to be short-tempered, they say. 798 01:15:00,120 --> 01:15:03,840 Actually, it wasn't such a great restaurant. 799 01:15:03,880 --> 01:15:08,470 They were pretentious, but the food wasn't as good as it looked. 800 01:15:08,660 --> 01:15:12,360 But Western cuisine is pretentious to start out with... 801 01:15:12,440 --> 01:15:14,740 To start out with? That's what's wrong with it. 802 01:15:14,800 --> 01:15:17,900 Why use those tedious and annoying utensils when you can just eat with chopsticks. 803 01:15:17,940 --> 01:15:19,940 One can't even enjoy the taste. 804 01:15:20,040 --> 01:15:22,800 Didn't this Tanabe-san teach you any etiquette? 805 01:15:22,840 --> 01:15:26,750 You eat, it's good. That's all that's important. 806 01:15:29,790 --> 01:15:33,090 That's what I think. 807 01:15:41,130 --> 01:15:42,960 Tokuzo. 808 01:15:42,980 --> 01:15:45,900 That's how you always are. 809 01:15:45,960 --> 01:15:48,400 You refuse to learn. 810 01:15:48,460 --> 01:15:53,260 When you run into things you can't do, you try to force your own way. 811 01:15:53,320 --> 01:15:58,500 You throw a temper tantrum, and in the end, you say what you can't do is boring. 812 01:15:58,540 --> 01:16:00,680 - You reason against reason. - I don't do such a thing. 813 01:16:00,720 --> 01:16:03,360 Be it speculator or monk, 814 01:16:03,440 --> 01:16:06,400 there are lots of people who stick to their job without considering it boring. 815 01:16:06,540 --> 01:16:11,560 Did all those people stick with it because it's their natural vocation? 816 01:16:11,600 --> 01:16:14,080 I don't think so. 817 01:16:15,020 --> 01:16:17,240 They may not always like it, but 818 01:16:17,260 --> 01:16:20,120 they endure and make an effort. 819 01:16:20,120 --> 01:16:23,790 In doing so, they find something of interest to them. That's what I think. 820 01:16:23,790 --> 01:16:29,110 With the way you are, even interesting jobs end up being boring. 821 01:16:29,110 --> 01:16:32,410 Isn't that your set up? 822 01:16:34,200 --> 01:16:36,720 If you can't change the way you are, 823 01:16:36,780 --> 01:16:39,450 you'd better go home. 824 01:16:42,530 --> 01:16:47,400 No one there would be so tough on the young master of a major store. 825 01:17:21,300 --> 01:17:24,400 Damn cat... 826 01:17:27,450 --> 01:17:30,050 Shit! 827 01:17:35,620 --> 01:17:37,560 Closed 828 01:17:36,620 --> 01:17:38,700 I guess I'll go around to the back. 829 01:17:44,790 --> 01:17:49,460 Excuse me. I want to be a cook. Won't you please hire me? 830 01:17:49,460 --> 01:17:52,320 You're talking to the wrong person. 831 01:17:52,450 --> 01:17:55,280 - Hey, what's going on here? - Chief, this man wants to... 832 01:17:55,340 --> 01:17:59,140 Can you please hire me? I'll do anything. 833 01:17:59,220 --> 01:18:02,060 - You're that... - I'm sorry! 834 01:18:02,080 --> 01:18:05,400 - He's the guy who caused trouble today. - I'm sorry I lost my temper. 835 01:18:05,440 --> 01:18:09,560 - What's more, he said the food wasn't good. - That was in the heat of the moment. 836 01:18:09,640 --> 01:18:13,380 I suggest you get trained at a better restaurant. Go away. 837 01:18:13,440 --> 01:18:16,340 - Wait a minute, please. - Go, go, go, go. 838 01:18:18,880 --> 01:18:23,780 I'll do anything. Please hire me. 839 01:18:23,780 --> 01:18:31,220 "Thankfully, Toshiko-san is willing to wait for Tokuzo." 840 01:18:31,280 --> 01:18:36,240 "Hopefully, you can somehow persuade him to come back." 841 01:18:36,300 --> 01:18:39,480 "Preferably in the near future." 842 01:18:40,320 --> 01:18:45,220 "I believe Tokuzo will be going back in the not so distant future..." 843 01:18:51,840 --> 01:18:54,020 What happened now? 844 01:18:54,120 --> 01:18:57,720 - Where did you go? - I went to look for a job. 845 01:19:01,080 --> 01:19:02,320 Oh... 846 01:19:05,940 --> 01:19:09,420 "From your father" 847 01:19:26,460 --> 01:19:29,460 Looks like he left already. 848 01:19:36,980 --> 01:19:39,520 It's not like I'm totally ignorant. 849 01:19:39,520 --> 01:19:42,890 Tanabe-san, who used to work here... 850 01:19:42,890 --> 01:19:44,580 - Tanabe? - Yes~. 851 01:19:44,660 --> 01:19:48,780 Sergeant Tanabe Yukichi of the Sabae Regiment... - Look, 852 01:19:48,780 --> 01:19:51,780 Tanabe flirted around with the chief cook's woman. 853 01:19:55,800 --> 01:19:56,790 Wait... 854 01:19:56,790 --> 01:20:01,840 Wait! That has nothing to do with me. 855 01:20:04,110 --> 01:20:08,580 And so, is your brother going there everyday? 856 01:20:08,840 --> 01:20:14,040 Yes. Come rain or wind. 857 01:20:23,110 --> 01:20:29,700 But I would think he can get his training at some other restaurant. 858 01:20:29,760 --> 01:20:33,120 I think maybe he's just being obstinate. 859 01:20:35,080 --> 01:20:37,160 Hm? What's the matter? 860 01:20:37,160 --> 01:20:39,460 Ah... 861 01:20:40,430 --> 01:20:43,960 It just occurred to me that this might be the first time 862 01:20:43,960 --> 01:20:47,720 my brother exhibited such strong will. 863 01:20:51,220 --> 01:20:53,820 Actually, 864 01:20:54,940 --> 01:20:58,910 I know of a job for him. 865 01:21:06,790 --> 01:21:08,790 Excuse me. 866 01:21:32,480 --> 01:21:35,020 "From your father" 867 01:21:53,790 --> 01:21:55,800 How much would you like? 868 01:21:55,840 --> 01:21:59,860 Two Oumi beef chuck roasts, 3 beef tongues, 869 01:21:59,920 --> 01:22:03,530 One 2 and a half kan (approx. 9 kg) piglet, and 10 pork loins. 870 01:22:03,530 --> 01:22:08,130 - Can you get them delivered by the 30th? - The 30th? 871 01:22:08,960 --> 01:22:13,870 But Nii-yan, you told me to find that something, remember? 872 01:22:13,870 --> 01:22:17,020 I'd appreciate it if you can. I want to get a head start on the preparation. 873 01:22:17,060 --> 01:22:20,460 I'll try. Uh...about the piglet... 874 01:22:20,460 --> 01:22:22,460 Tokuzo. 875 01:22:23,620 --> 01:22:25,620 Be gone. 876 01:22:28,000 --> 01:22:33,460 He keeps on repeating be gone, be gone, like a fool. 877 01:22:33,460 --> 01:22:35,460 Right? 878 01:22:38,160 --> 01:22:41,770 Nii-yan, what are you doing here today? 879 01:22:43,140 --> 01:22:47,220 Are you doing this because you're being obstinate? 880 01:22:48,320 --> 01:22:53,110 Well, there's that, but... 881 01:22:57,130 --> 01:23:00,430 I don't get bored. 882 01:23:04,770 --> 01:23:08,500 I get to see all kinds of things sitting by the back door. 883 01:23:08,540 --> 01:23:11,240 Like the vendors and cooks talking. 884 01:23:11,320 --> 01:23:14,780 I can hear the cooks talking to each other too. 885 01:23:14,800 --> 01:23:17,740 I can learn a lot of things from that. 886 01:23:17,950 --> 01:23:22,790 Like the fact that meat is best 7 to 10 days after the animal is slaughtered. 887 01:23:22,790 --> 01:23:27,300 But for soups, fresher meat is better. 888 01:23:27,380 --> 01:23:31,620 When you boil potatoes, adding salt makes it less likely to fall apart. 889 01:23:31,660 --> 01:23:34,790 Apparently, vegetables have looks too. 890 01:23:34,790 --> 01:23:41,320 They were talking about how this one's good-looking and that one's ugly. 891 01:23:42,580 --> 01:23:45,860 Like you have to pick the good looking ones. 892 01:23:51,120 --> 01:23:53,520 Even by eavesdropping, 893 01:23:53,520 --> 01:23:56,520 you can pick up quite a bit of knowledge by listening. 894 01:24:15,150 --> 01:24:20,450 I'm going to be the best cook in the Empire of Japan! 895 01:24:26,470 --> 01:24:29,070 Father, I'm sorry. 896 01:24:31,130 --> 01:24:33,130 Tokuzo. 897 01:24:36,020 --> 01:24:38,620 Does it have to be this restaurant? 898 01:24:41,120 --> 01:24:43,140 To get your training. 899 01:24:49,460 --> 01:24:51,460 Huh? 900 01:25:20,110 --> 01:25:22,510 Kirizuka Sensei who's my adviser 901 01:25:22,510 --> 01:25:26,300 is the legal counsel for this place called Kazoku Kaikan (Peers Club). 902 01:25:26,300 --> 01:25:29,300 Kazoku Kaikan? 903 01:25:30,850 --> 01:25:34,490 It was originally the Government's social gathering place called Rokumeikan, but 904 01:25:34,490 --> 01:25:37,200 now, it's been turned into a club for the aristocracy, and 905 01:25:37,340 --> 01:25:40,860 they serve authentic Western cuisine. 906 01:25:52,720 --> 01:25:57,040 However, you're going to start out as a scullion. Okay? 907 01:26:03,450 --> 01:26:05,720 Thank you so much, Nii-yan. 908 01:26:05,780 --> 01:26:08,660 Thank you! 909 01:26:16,660 --> 01:26:18,760 Woohoo! 910 01:26:36,980 --> 01:26:39,240 - Hey, kid. - I... 911 01:26:39,320 --> 01:26:44,480 I'm working here starting today. My name is Akiyama Tokuzo. 912 01:26:44,480 --> 01:26:46,900 Ah... 913 01:26:46,940 --> 01:26:48,500 So you're... 914 01:26:48,580 --> 01:26:51,860 uh...you're Akiyama Tokuzo-kun? 915 01:26:51,920 --> 01:26:54,440 Yes, sir! I am. 916 01:26:54,580 --> 01:26:57,760 Oh, Kirizuka Sensei. Do you know him? 917 01:26:58,300 --> 01:27:00,140 Kirizuka Sensei? 918 01:27:07,220 --> 01:27:10,840 Kazoku Kaikan Lobby 919 01:27:23,840 --> 01:27:28,280 This is where the guests are served. 920 01:27:29,740 --> 01:27:32,790 Usami-san, your red wine sauce 921 01:27:32,790 --> 01:27:35,390 was very delicious. 922 01:27:37,110 --> 01:27:40,220 It had a very gentle flavor. 923 01:27:40,320 --> 01:27:43,880 - We added butter to it. - Is that right? 924 01:27:44,660 --> 01:27:47,460 That's Usami-kun, the chief cook. 925 01:27:47,460 --> 01:27:51,680 He prepares his food meticulously. 926 01:28:05,120 --> 01:28:09,150 Kirizuka Sensei, how have you been? 927 01:28:09,150 --> 01:28:12,520 This is Akiyama Tokuzo-kun who will be under your care. 928 01:28:12,580 --> 01:28:16,080 I'm Akiyama Tokuzo. Pleased to meet you. 929 01:28:16,100 --> 01:28:19,680 Kazoku Kaikan Head Chef 930 01:28:16,100 --> 01:28:19,680 Usami Shoichi 931 01:28:18,340 --> 01:28:20,120 Pleased to meet you too. 932 01:28:29,780 --> 01:28:33,060 I wonder if I can ever be like him. 933 01:28:33,160 --> 01:28:36,070 That depends on your attitude, don't you think? 934 01:28:36,940 --> 01:28:39,740 In that case, I'm sure I can. 935 01:28:40,780 --> 01:28:44,380 As far as attitude goes, I'm confident I can beat anyone. 936 01:28:45,450 --> 01:28:48,890 Tokuzo-san was in high spirits, but 937 01:28:48,890 --> 01:28:52,000 becoming the Emperor's cook 938 01:28:52,020 --> 01:28:53,790 was much, much 939 01:28:53,960 --> 01:28:57,090 much, much further down the road. 940 01:28:58,980 --> 01:29:01,780 In order to get there, 941 01:29:04,120 --> 01:29:07,140 there awaited a long journey. 942 01:29:09,470 --> 01:29:11,300 For example, 943 01:29:11,360 --> 01:29:14,860 just one step ahead... 944 01:29:18,780 --> 01:29:21,800 awaited a cruel world 945 01:29:21,800 --> 01:29:26,100 that far surpassed what he had expected. 946 01:29:56,060 --> 01:29:59,360 Kitchen 71566

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