1 00:00:03,370 --> 00:00:05,671 Time passed, and it was now autumn, and 2 00:00:05,672 --> 00:00:10,276 Asa's stomach had grown quite big. 3 00:00:10,277 --> 00:00:11,443 Ouch! 4 00:00:11,444 --> 00:00:13,245 Are you okay? 5 00:00:13,246 --> 00:00:17,283 Tomoatsu Godai had established a rice exchange contributing 6 00:00:13,747 --> 00:00:17,283 {\an8}MEETING ROOM 7 00:00:17,551 --> 00:00:21,220 to the recovery of Osaka's economy. 8 00:00:22,189 --> 00:00:23,622 Cheers!! 9 00:00:25,892 --> 00:00:29,028 And what had changed even more than the 10 00:00:29,029 --> 00:00:31,096 size of Asa's stomach was... 11 00:00:31,097 --> 00:00:33,899 Mr. Godai... Congratulations. 12 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:35,167 Congratulations. 13 00:00:35,168 --> 00:00:36,202 Thank you. 14 00:00:36,203 --> 00:00:38,871 But it certainly looks good on you... 15 00:00:38,872 --> 00:00:41,607 It finally grew out. 16 00:00:41,608 --> 00:00:44,710 It still feels so light that I can't get used to it. 17 00:00:44,711 --> 00:00:46,445 Among them... 18 00:00:46,446 --> 00:00:47,847 Enjoy your outing. 19 00:00:47,848 --> 00:00:48,914 Be careful. 20 00:00:51,785 --> 00:00:57,289 The retired Shokichi was the only who stubbornly kept his topknot. 21 00:00:59,659 --> 00:01:02,061 They're going out to see a play together today. 22 00:01:02,062 --> 00:01:03,862 Isn't that nice? 23 00:01:03,863 --> 00:01:07,366 When I think about it, Dad has always been 24 00:01:07,367 --> 00:01:10,769 so busy that they hardly ever went out anywhere. 25 00:01:10,804 --> 00:01:12,671 That's true... 26 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,141 But no matter how many times I look at it, that 27 00:01:16,142 --> 00:01:18,510 refreshing haircut really looks good on you. 28 00:01:18,511 --> 00:01:20,312 Are you saying that again? 29 00:01:21,414 --> 00:01:24,016 But I have to admit, that this haircut 30 00:01:24,017 --> 00:01:26,051 goes over well with women. 31 00:01:26,887 --> 00:01:27,953 Women? 32 00:01:29,456 --> 00:01:30,856 Wait a minute! 33 00:01:32,659 --> 00:01:35,294 Where are you going today? 34 00:01:36,796 --> 00:01:38,097 Wait! Be careful... 35 00:01:38,098 --> 00:01:39,298 Be careful! 36 00:01:39,299 --> 00:01:40,566 Thank you! 37 00:01:43,370 --> 00:01:45,738 This couple has a long way to go, don't they? 38 00:01:45,739 --> 00:01:46,772 That's true. 39 00:01:48,475 --> 00:01:52,177 However, this couple who gets along so well will end 40 00:01:52,178 --> 00:01:56,715 up fighting over something unexpected a few days later. 41 00:01:58,910 --> 00:02:04,950 Asa ga Kita 42 00:02:05,025 --> 00:02:08,994 Week 11 "Life is Full of Ups and Downs" Episode 63 43 00:02:09,996 --> 00:02:12,665 Original Story: Chieko FURUKAWA 44 00:02:13,333 --> 00:02:16,001 Screenwriter: Mika OMORI 45 00:02:16,670 --> 00:02:19,338 Music by: Yuuki HAYASHI 46 00:02:20,006 --> 00:02:23,008 Theme Song: "365 Nichi no Kamihikouki" Sung by: AKB48 47 00:02:23,677 --> 00:02:26,345 Narrator: Keiko SUGIURA 48 00:02:30,483 --> 00:02:33,819 Asa Shirooka: HARU 49 00:02:35,488 --> 00:02:38,824 Shinjiro Shirooka: Hiroshi TAMAKI 50 00:02:39,659 --> 00:02:42,828 Tomoatsu Godai: Dean FUJIOKA 51 00:02:42,829 --> 00:02:45,998 Gansuke: Takaya YAMAUCHI 52 00:02:45,999 --> 00:02:49,068 Ume: TOMOCHIKA 53 00:02:49,069 --> 00:02:52,037 Eizaburo Shirooka: Akito KIRIYAMA 54 00:02:52,038 --> 00:02:54,239 Fuyu: Kaya KIYOHARA 55 00:03:06,152 --> 00:03:08,988 Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI 56 00:03:09,656 --> 00:03:11,023 Shokichi Shirooka: Masaomi KONDO 57 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:15,361 A midwife... 58 00:03:15,362 --> 00:03:17,096 No...A doctor is better. 59 00:03:18,531 --> 00:03:21,834 Shinjiro and Eizaburo were both delivered by a midwife. 60 00:03:21,835 --> 00:03:24,803 A midwife is the best. 61 00:03:24,838 --> 00:03:27,172 What you're saying was back in the era 62 00:03:27,173 --> 00:03:30,075 Shogun Tokugawa. This is the Meiji era. 63 00:03:30,110 --> 00:03:32,311 It's an era for doctors. 64 00:03:32,345 --> 00:03:33,879 What are they arguing about? 65 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:35,414 It's... 66 00:03:35,415 --> 00:03:37,683 What do you think, Asa? 67 00:03:40,086 --> 00:03:41,553 Either one is fine. 68 00:03:41,554 --> 00:03:45,758 How can you say that? This is about you. 69 00:03:46,860 --> 00:03:50,863 You saw how much she suffered with just her morning sickness. 70 00:03:50,864 --> 00:03:52,765 So when it comes to giving birth, you don't 71 00:03:52,766 --> 00:03:54,666 know how difficult it's going to be. 72 00:03:54,667 --> 00:03:56,168 What if something happens? 73 00:03:56,202 --> 00:04:02,941 That's why I'm saying we'll get her a skilled midwife. 74 00:04:03,710 --> 00:04:05,711 Besides, the doctor is a man, isn't he? 75 00:04:05,712 --> 00:04:08,213 Can man deliver a baby? 76 00:04:08,214 --> 00:04:13,252 Listen here! The doctor is qualified in western medicine, too. 77 00:04:13,253 --> 00:04:15,821 Giving birth isn't an illness. 78 00:04:17,190 --> 00:04:20,692 The two of us will think about it a little more... 79 00:04:20,693 --> 00:04:22,861 So don't fight over something like this. 80 00:04:30,437 --> 00:04:31,837 How unusual... 81 00:04:33,239 --> 00:04:36,008 For them to argue like that. 82 00:04:37,544 --> 00:04:40,379 That's how much they're looking forward to it. 83 00:04:41,514 --> 00:04:44,783 Lately, when I see Oasa's stomach, I feel like it's 84 00:04:44,784 --> 00:04:47,619 happening to me, I can't suppress my excitement. 85 00:04:48,521 --> 00:04:49,822 Is that right? 86 00:04:50,757 --> 00:04:55,928 Men can't feel that it's happening to them. 87 00:04:57,397 --> 00:05:00,766 In my case when my daughter was born, I didn't know what 88 00:05:00,767 --> 00:05:03,769 to do, so I just left my wife on her own. 89 00:05:05,305 --> 00:05:06,872 Do you have a daughter? 90 00:05:08,641 --> 00:05:10,843 I haven't seen her in years... 91 00:05:12,011 --> 00:05:14,346 My wife got sick of me, so she went back 92 00:05:14,347 --> 00:05:16,515 home to her family in Iyo. 93 00:05:19,419 --> 00:05:20,752 Don't look like that. 94 00:05:21,588 --> 00:05:23,088 It was a long long time ago, so 95 00:05:23,089 --> 00:05:24,690 it doesn't bother me at all... 96 00:05:24,691 --> 00:05:25,958 It's not that. 97 00:05:26,659 --> 00:05:29,027 I've been working here a long lime but this is 98 00:05:29,028 --> 00:05:31,430 the first time you've talked to me about something 99 00:05:31,431 --> 00:05:33,799 other than the store. 100 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:36,101 I'm sorry... I didn't mean to bore you. 101 00:05:36,703 --> 00:05:37,970 I didn't mean it like that... 102 00:05:37,971 --> 00:05:39,671 No... It's boring. 103 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:44,543 I've made up my mind to devote my life to Kano-ya. 104 00:05:44,544 --> 00:05:47,479 It doesn't matter what happens to me. 105 00:05:48,715 --> 00:05:50,749 It's the same for me. 106 00:05:52,085 --> 00:05:54,119 When I went to work for the Imai family, 107 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,421 I made up my mind to devote my life to their daughters. 108 00:05:56,422 --> 00:05:58,090 So I ended up here. 109 00:06:06,900 --> 00:06:09,835 Head Clerk... I... 110 00:06:10,570 --> 00:06:12,104 What are you doing, Fuyu? 111 00:06:15,074 --> 00:06:16,408 Oasa! Fuyu! 112 00:06:16,409 --> 00:06:17,709 I'm sorry. 113 00:06:17,710 --> 00:06:19,077 Wait a minute! 114 00:06:21,381 --> 00:06:23,649 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 115 00:06:23,650 --> 00:06:27,519 I didn't mean to interrupt. 116 00:06:29,489 --> 00:06:31,557 What do you mean...? 117 00:06:32,125 --> 00:06:34,092 That's right. You didn't interrupt anything. 118 00:06:34,093 --> 00:06:37,229 I was talking to the head clerk about you. 119 00:06:39,332 --> 00:06:42,701 That's right. It's just as she said. 120 00:06:42,702 --> 00:06:45,203 What were you asking him? 121 00:06:46,439 --> 00:06:49,074 It's about... 122 00:06:49,943 --> 00:06:51,843 Oh, that? 123 00:06:51,844 --> 00:06:54,446 About what? 124 00:06:55,148 --> 00:06:57,950 It's obvious... It's about Kisuke. 125 00:06:58,851 --> 00:07:00,018 That's right. 126 00:07:00,019 --> 00:07:02,821 Kisuke's been writing you all those letters. 127 00:07:02,822 --> 00:07:04,656 Have you been answering them? 128 00:07:04,657 --> 00:07:08,727 But my writing is terrible... 129 00:07:09,395 --> 00:07:13,999 That's not true... But if it bothers you, I'll... 130 00:07:14,901 --> 00:07:16,735 No, not me... 131 00:07:17,570 --> 00:07:20,038 Get Gansuke to help you. 132 00:07:20,039 --> 00:07:22,241 I couldn't ask the chief clerk to do 133 00:07:22,242 --> 00:07:23,508 something like that. 134 00:07:23,509 --> 00:07:25,844 No... I'll help you all you want... 135 00:07:25,845 --> 00:07:28,880 Kisuke's working in Kyushu all alone, 136 00:07:28,881 --> 00:07:32,551 so getting a letter from you will give him incentive. 137 00:07:32,552 --> 00:07:34,353 You think so? 138 00:07:36,356 --> 00:07:37,522 In that case... 139 00:07:37,523 --> 00:07:40,058 That settles it. Strike while the iron's hot. 140 00:07:40,059 --> 00:07:41,326 Let's write him a letter. 141 00:07:41,327 --> 00:07:44,129 I'm counting on you, Gansuke... 142 00:07:44,130 --> 00:07:45,697 Just leave it to me. 143 00:07:52,071 --> 00:07:53,972 I'm so glad Oasa's slow to catch on... 144 00:07:57,844 --> 00:08:01,280 I'm thirsty... So please bring me some water. 145 00:08:15,128 --> 00:08:19,531 Are you calculating the revenue from the coal mine again? 146 00:08:19,532 --> 00:08:23,201 I got another letter from the coal mine, 147 00:08:23,202 --> 00:08:25,637 and it seems things are going smoothly... 148 00:08:33,079 --> 00:08:36,181 It's kicking up a storm in there. 149 00:08:38,985 --> 00:08:40,352 Let's see... 150 00:08:42,088 --> 00:08:44,523 You're right. It sure is energetic, isn't it? 151 00:08:44,524 --> 00:08:46,558 Do you think it wants to come out? 152 00:08:47,660 --> 00:08:50,429 No... Maybe it has an opinion about 153 00:08:50,430 --> 00:08:55,133 the talk about whether to use a doctor or a midwife. 154 00:08:56,536 --> 00:08:59,438 What do you want to do? 155 00:09:01,574 --> 00:09:06,845 I thought it was only natural to call a midwife to do it. 156 00:09:07,647 --> 00:09:10,315 That's how I was born. 157 00:09:13,052 --> 00:09:15,187 Then you should do that. 158 00:09:17,023 --> 00:09:18,290 But... 159 00:09:26,966 --> 00:09:28,266 But... 160 00:09:29,902 --> 00:09:34,573 A baby really doesn't go according to calculations. 161 00:09:35,341 --> 00:09:36,608 What do you mean? 162 00:09:37,510 --> 00:09:41,980 It's my own body, but my back hurts, I get 163 00:09:41,981 --> 00:09:46,451 leg cramps and it starts kicking me until it hurts. 164 00:09:47,587 --> 00:09:49,654 It's all so unexpected. 165 00:09:53,826 --> 00:09:56,595 That's why I realized... 166 00:09:58,164 --> 00:10:04,736 Just as you said, this isn't only my body anymore. 167 00:10:06,172 --> 00:10:10,075 Not only that. It's not my body... 168 00:10:11,511 --> 00:10:15,714 The baby's life has already started. 169 00:10:16,682 --> 00:10:18,016 Is that right? 170 00:10:21,020 --> 00:10:25,524 You're already living, aren't you? 171 00:10:27,994 --> 00:10:31,296 So the only thing I can do now is 172 00:10:31,297 --> 00:10:36,735 to give birth to this baby safely... 173 00:10:38,704 --> 00:10:42,240 In other words, it's safety first. 174 00:10:43,109 --> 00:10:44,676 Safety first? 175 00:10:51,484 --> 00:10:55,153 With Asa and Shinjiro's idea of safety first, 176 00:10:55,154 --> 00:10:59,658 they had the doctor with the latest knowledge 177 00:10:59,659 --> 00:11:01,593 that Shokichi recommended. 178 00:11:01,594 --> 00:11:04,362 And a midwife with lots of experience that 179 00:11:04,363 --> 00:11:08,900 Yono recommended to deliver the baby. 180 00:11:09,902 --> 00:11:11,069 Excuse me... 181 00:11:11,070 --> 00:11:16,041 I think the baby will be born in about 10 days. 182 00:11:16,042 --> 00:11:18,276 I think so, too. 183 00:11:18,277 --> 00:11:22,380 So you should start preparing for it from now... 184 00:11:23,950 --> 00:11:24,950 Thank you. 185 00:11:33,826 --> 00:11:35,260 How much longer...? 186 00:11:35,261 --> 00:11:36,328 Ten days... 187 00:11:36,329 --> 00:11:37,662 Ten days! 188 00:11:38,898 --> 00:11:41,633 Is it okay if I excuse myself? 189 00:11:43,035 --> 00:11:45,537 Go right ahead. If you don't move around, the baby 190 00:11:45,538 --> 00:11:47,372 won't come down... 191 00:11:47,373 --> 00:11:49,808 Move around as much as you can, and get 192 00:11:49,809 --> 00:11:52,010 ready physically and mentally. 193 00:11:53,379 --> 00:11:54,579 Thank you. 194 00:11:59,318 --> 00:12:00,785 Another 10 days... 195 00:12:03,656 --> 00:12:08,727 I'm sorry we asked for both a midwife and 196 00:12:08,728 --> 00:12:10,529 a doctor to come... 197 00:12:10,530 --> 00:12:14,733 But with this, I'll have peace of mind. 198 00:12:15,301 --> 00:12:16,234 Mother... 199 00:12:17,270 --> 00:12:18,169 Asa! 200 00:12:19,805 --> 00:12:21,206 I'm sorry to be so selfish. 201 00:12:21,207 --> 00:12:24,142 I know it's costing a lot of money. 202 00:12:25,211 --> 00:12:27,045 Don't keep apologizing. 203 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:30,982 But to have a man besides my husband 204 00:12:30,983 --> 00:12:36,521 looking at my body is... 205 00:12:38,724 --> 00:12:40,525 The master is... 206 00:12:44,497 --> 00:12:45,397 My dear! 207 00:12:45,398 --> 00:12:47,799 He was about to get up, and he suddenly collapsed 208 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:48,967 It's a heart attack. 209 00:12:48,968 --> 00:12:50,802 Pardon me... 210 00:12:52,171 --> 00:12:53,471 I'll call my husband. 211 00:12:53,472 --> 00:12:54,839 Asa! 212 00:12:56,976 --> 00:12:58,577 Don't tell them. 213 00:13:01,814 --> 00:13:04,249 I don't want anyone to worry. 214 00:13:04,250 --> 00:13:06,818 Especially Eizaburo... 215 00:13:06,819 --> 00:13:08,320 My dear... 216 00:13:08,321 --> 00:13:12,591 He's a good boy, but he can be timid... 217 00:13:15,294 --> 00:13:18,597 Asa! Please! 218 00:13:19,632 --> 00:13:21,566 Father! 219 00:13:21,567 --> 00:13:23,201 It may seem foolish, but... 220 00:13:23,202 --> 00:13:29,074 I want to remain as the solid dad, so 221 00:13:29,075 --> 00:13:34,579 I don't want them to see me looking so pitiful. 222 00:13:36,749 --> 00:13:38,650 I understand. 223 00:13:48,361 --> 00:13:50,662 That happens every so often. 224 00:13:53,532 --> 00:13:57,702 And the attacks are getting stronger. 225 00:14:00,072 --> 00:14:04,175 Thank goodness the doctor was here... 226 00:14:04,877 --> 00:14:06,344 We owe it to you. 227 00:14:06,345 --> 00:14:08,680 No, I didn't do anything. 228 00:14:09,849 --> 00:14:16,321 Asa, I don't care if it's a doctor or a midwife... 229 00:14:16,322 --> 00:14:27,699 Please give birth safely, and let him see his grandchild. 230 00:14:29,969 --> 00:14:35,507 Please! Please!