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Excuse me...

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You must be tined after
such a long journey...

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I'm sorry.

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Who are you?

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{\an8}COAL MINE OWNER
SOE KUSHIDA

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I'm pleased to make
your acquaintance.

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I'm Kushida's wife.

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Mrs. Kushida had some
business in Osaka,

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so she stopped by here.

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I'm sorry to drop by
all of a sudden.

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Are you Asa?

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Thank you for your letter.

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I'm sorry my handwriting
is so bad...

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Hurry, and change
your clothes.

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You got wet from
the rain, didn't you?

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I'm sorry... Please wait
for a little while.

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There she goes walking with
those long strides again.

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Asa ga Kita

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Week 6
"A Wife's Determination,"
A Husband's Decision"
Episode 36

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Original Story:
Chieko FURUKAWA

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Screenwriter:
Mika OMORI

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Music by:
Yuuki HAYASHI

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Theme Song: "365 Nichi no Kamihikouki"
Sung by: AKB48

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Narrator:
Keiko SUGIURA

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Asa Shirooka:
HARU

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Shinjiro Shirooka:
Hiroshi TAMAKI

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Tomoatsu Godai:
Dean FUJIOKA

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Kisuke:
Hiroki MIYAKE

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Gansuke:
Takaya YAMAUCHI

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Ume:
TOMOCHIKA

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Miwa:
Sumika NONO

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Fuyu:
Kaya KIYOHARA

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Genkichi Miyabe:
Zen KAJIHARA

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Soe Kushida:
Yoshino KIMURA

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Yono Shirooka:
Jun FUBUKI

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Shokichi Shirooka:
Masaomi KONDO

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Hatsu Mayuyama:
Aoi MIYAZAKI

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To be honest, the money
we can prepare right

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now isn't enough to pay
the price you're asking.

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So I'd like to pay you
in installments.

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We'll decide the amount
of the first payment,

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and on top of that...

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About that...

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Will you let me
say something?

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I have a rice warehouse in
a corner of Tosaburigawa.

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I passed by it earlier.

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The white walls were
all lined up...

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That's Kano-ya's warehouse.

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I'm thinking of selling it.

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But, Father... You can't
let go of the land...

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It's okay. I'm going
to believe in you.

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That's what I decided.

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Father...

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Whatever fells short, my son's
wife will put her life on the

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line to make the coal
mine succeed, and

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we'll pay the whole amount.

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Would you consider a
promise like that?

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Coal mining is an important industry
that will support Japan in the future.

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I'll make your mountain
into a gold mine.

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My late husband nurtured that
mountain with care, so I want

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to sell it to someone
who really wants it.

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Meeting you today,
I made up my mind.

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You can pay the price
in installments.

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I'll sell it to you.

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Really?

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Thank you. Thank you!

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Will you give me the deed?

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Let me...

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I'll do it.

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I'll leave you women to talk.

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We're just beginning...

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We're finally going to start
a new business for Kano-ya.

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Asa...

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Do you realize...?

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That you're blessed.

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It's not very often that
someone would believe

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in a woman, and leave
the business to her.

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You're absolutely right.

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In the near future, a woman
will go to study in America.

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You mean a woman will
go abroad and study?

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That's right.

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The times will change.

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From now on, women won't
only stay at home, but

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they might start to play a part
outside the home just like you.

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Be careful.

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Young Master...

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I'm sorry for laughing when
I saw your wife.

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So you were laughing, after all.

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Actually, when I was young,
I was often being scolded

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for walking with long strides.

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Which means my wife could
become ladylike just like you.

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I wonder...

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It's hard for a woman to continue
walking with long strides...

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So there's no need for you
to Kyushu anymore.

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We promised to let the
coal miners that

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Mr. Kushida had hired
continue working

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there, so I have to go and
ask them to put all their

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efforts into working
for Kano-ya.

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I'm terribly sorry... Please
let me go to Kyushu.

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Two weeks to a month?

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Kyushu's too far... I couldn't
stand the loneliness...

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Lonely? You were thinking
that you'd be lonely.

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Of course.

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Don't overdo it.

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You're always overdoing it.

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Don't get hurt
and get sick.

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Don't use your feminine wiles
on those strong coal miners.

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How did you know
about that?

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When I went to bring Ainosuke
a top, she scolded me.

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Shinjiro. Please don't make
Asa cry too much.

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That's what she said.

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I'm the one who's crying.

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So...

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You don't have to worry
about Ohatsu.

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I'll go over there every
once in a while to see Ainosuke.

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My husband...

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Does that mean...?

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Go ahead...

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I'm putting Kano-ya
in your hands.

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I'm sure it'll go well.

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Thank you, my husband.

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Thank you!

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It doesn't have to go well.
As long as you come

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back home safe
and sound.

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Don't make me cry.

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Thank you so much.

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So Kisuke is going, too?

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That's right. As the young
mistress companion.

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Why do I have to do this?

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Do your best.

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Stop laughing.

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About that shamisen teacher...

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No matter what Shinjiro
said, I was going to

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have her as his mistress.

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But she said she doesn't want to
give up being a shamisen teacher.

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It's a little different from
my way of life.

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It's too bad but I'll have to
look for someone else.

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Are you still planning to
look for a mistress?

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Of course!

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I see...

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I'm going...

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{\an8}SHINJIRO'S YOUNGER BROTHER
EIZABURO SHIROOKA

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Dad, Gansuke, Shinjiro and I will
be here to protect Kano-ya.

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I can't protect something like that.

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Don't say things like that.

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Asa... Be careful on
your journey.

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My husband...

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I don't want to hear
any goodbyes.

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Just go.

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I'll be going now.

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Kisuke... Take
care of her.

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Thank you so much, Kisuke.
I'm counting on you.

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Asa...

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Mr. Godai?

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I'm glad I made it in time.

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Take this...

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It's to protect you.

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Take it with you.

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I can't take that.

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That's how dangerous the
place you're going to is.

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It was this pistol that
brought the two of us together.

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Wait, little girl.

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I found it.

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I know you can do it.

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Thank you, Mr. Godai.

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Taking a boat from Osaka
to Kyushu, Asa headed

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for the coal mine with a manager
named Miyabe as her guide.

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{\an8}KYUSHU

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Mr. Miyabe...

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How much farther?

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It's still a long, long, long
way from here. It's a lot farther.

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{\an8}COAL MINE MANAGER
GENKICHI MIYABE

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I told you we should have
hired a palanquin.

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We have to use every little bit
of money we have for the mountain.

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And besides, I want to see
what the road to the

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coal mine is like by
walking to it.

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If we walk at this pace,
it'll be night.

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I guess we'll have to sleep
out in the open.

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What are you saying?

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I can't do that.

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Don't worry... No matter where
you sleep morning will come.

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I'm sure we'll be able to see
a beautiful sunrise like a dream.

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Young Mistress!

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At the time, Asa didn't
know the hardships in

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store for her at the
Kyushu coal mine.