1 00:00:03,356 --> 00:00:06,992 I call this the East Koseikan. It's like the Tokyo residence 2 00:00:06,993 --> 00:00:09,461 of the Koseikan I have in Osaka. 3 00:00:11,431 --> 00:00:15,100 This chair is really gentle on your butt, isn't it? 4 00:00:16,469 --> 00:00:20,539 Koseikan is the name of your mining company in Osaka, isn't it? 5 00:00:21,508 --> 00:00:23,509 Since I bought a lot of mines from west to 6 00:00:23,510 --> 00:00:26,312 east, I didn't have enough manpower in just Osaka. 7 00:00:26,313 --> 00:00:29,381 That's why I started a company in Tokyo. 8 00:00:30,317 --> 00:00:32,751 How many people do you have working for you? 9 00:00:33,420 --> 00:00:37,790 Let's see... I'd say I have about 200 in Tokyo alone. 10 00:00:37,791 --> 00:00:38,924 200? 11 00:00:40,593 --> 00:00:44,964 Do you plan to do most of your work in Tokyo from now on? 12 00:00:46,566 --> 00:00:50,469 I thought the Emperor would eventually come back someday, 13 00:00:50,470 --> 00:00:52,771 but he never came back from Tokyo. 14 00:00:52,772 --> 00:00:54,707 Even the Imai family... 15 00:00:55,675 --> 00:00:59,044 I wonder if that's what will happen to everybody eventually... 16 00:01:00,513 --> 00:01:05,184 That's true... If I had done that, I could have been a 17 00:01:05,185 --> 00:01:07,586 little more help to him. 18 00:01:08,588 --> 00:01:09,655 Who? 19 00:01:09,656 --> 00:01:11,690 There's someone I want you to meet. 20 00:01:12,726 --> 00:01:16,862 Actually, that was the main purpose of bringing you here to Tokyo. 21 00:01:16,863 --> 00:01:19,098 Someone you want me to meet? 22 00:01:19,099 --> 00:01:20,366 Excuse me! 23 00:01:25,605 --> 00:01:26,638 Let me introduce you... 24 00:01:26,639 --> 00:01:29,775 This is Secretary of Interior, Toshimichi Okubo. 25 00:01:31,811 --> 00:01:34,113 Toshimichi Okubo? 26 00:01:34,247 --> 00:01:37,983 {\an8}SECRETARY OF INTERIOR TOSHIMICHI OKUBO 27 00:01:35,281 --> 00:01:37,983 I'm pleased to meet you. 28 00:01:40,887 --> 00:01:42,121 What a surprise. 29 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:48,520 Asa ga Kita 30 00:01:48,762 --> 00:01:52,765 Week 13 "Tokyo Story" Episode 75 31 00:01:53,767 --> 00:01:56,435 Original Story: Chieko FURUKAWA 32 00:01:57,103 --> 00:01:59,772 Screenwriter: Mika OMORI 33 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,108 Music by: Yuuki HAYASHI 34 00:02:03,777 --> 00:02:06,779 Theme Song: "365 Nichi no Kamihikouki" Sung by: AKB48 35 00:02:07,447 --> 00:02:10,115 Narrator: Keiko SUGIURA 36 00:02:14,254 --> 00:02:17,423 Asa Shirooka: HARU 37 00:02:19,259 --> 00:02:22,461 Shinjiro Shirooka: Hiroshi TAMAKI 38 00:02:23,463 --> 00:02:26,565 Tomoaki Godai: Dean FUJIOKA 39 00:02:26,566 --> 00:02:29,668 Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE 40 00:02:29,669 --> 00:02:32,771 Ume: TOMOCHIKA 41 00:02:32,772 --> 00:02:35,874 Toshimichi Okubo: Shuji KASHIWABARA 42 00:02:35,875 --> 00:02:39,144 Fuyu: Kaya KIYOHARA 43 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:48,921 Yukichi Fukuzawa: Tetsuya TAKEDA 44 00:02:53,426 --> 00:02:54,927 Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI 45 00:02:57,397 --> 00:03:00,866 Ume... Ume! This is a surprise. Toshimichi Okubo is the most 46 00:03:00,867 --> 00:03:03,769 important man in the government... 47 00:03:05,105 --> 00:03:07,172 Are you sleeping? 48 00:03:09,476 --> 00:03:11,110 She must be worn out from the long journey. 49 00:03:11,511 --> 00:03:12,744 I'm sorry. 50 00:03:13,179 --> 00:03:14,746 Ume... Ume! 51 00:03:14,747 --> 00:03:17,116 It's okay. Let her sleep. 52 00:03:18,685 --> 00:03:22,488 Actually I nodded off here last night, and didn't go home at all. 53 00:03:23,656 --> 00:03:27,092 Is that why you look like you've been sleeping in your clothes? 54 00:03:28,328 --> 00:03:30,496 We're not in the same position. 55 00:03:31,631 --> 00:03:34,867 But aren't you a bit overdressed today? 56 00:03:35,702 --> 00:03:37,202 And your beard is overgrown, too. 57 00:03:38,338 --> 00:03:39,838 I can't compete with you, can I? 58 00:03:41,541 --> 00:03:43,242 How do you know each other? 59 00:03:44,844 --> 00:03:48,547 Tomoatsu Godai is my most trusted friend. 60 00:03:49,449 --> 00:03:50,883 Trusted friend? 61 00:03:51,818 --> 00:03:56,955 "While it may be difficult to see your own actions, a friend will act 62 00:03:56,990 --> 00:03:59,124 "a mirror of your actions." 63 00:04:00,927 --> 00:04:04,229 This is a syllabary poem from our hometown of Satsuma. 64 00:04:05,565 --> 00:04:09,067 So he and I have been acting as teach other's mirrors while 65 00:04:09,068 --> 00:04:12,437 we maintain a friendly rivalry. 66 00:04:13,406 --> 00:04:17,743 Unlike him, I'm just a peasant. 67 00:04:18,478 --> 00:04:21,880 What are you saying? You hold the real power in the Japanese 68 00:04:21,881 --> 00:04:23,315 government right now. 69 00:04:23,316 --> 00:04:26,985 Not at all... After devoting myself for the sake of Japan without 70 00:04:26,986 --> 00:04:30,355 taking time to eat or sleep, I'm just hated by the people. 71 00:04:30,356 --> 00:04:32,291 Is that right? 72 00:04:33,359 --> 00:04:37,396 I knew that Mr. Godai treasured his friendships, but I didn't 73 00:04:37,397 --> 00:04:42,367 know he had a trustworthy friend like you. 74 00:04:43,002 --> 00:04:45,270 Treasures his friendships? This man? 75 00:04:45,305 --> 00:04:48,473 After all, his name means passionate about friends 76 00:04:48,508 --> 00:04:51,476 (tomo no atsui)... Tomoatsu. 77 00:04:52,145 --> 00:04:56,248 I see! Just as you told me... She's a very interesting lady. 78 00:05:00,153 --> 00:05:03,355 So what do you think of Tokyo after coming here and seeing it? 79 00:05:03,356 --> 00:05:05,857 I just walked around little bit, but... 80 00:05:05,858 --> 00:05:10,696 There are lots of brick buildings and new businesses here. 81 00:05:10,697 --> 00:05:13,432 And there are magnificent horse-drawn carriages 82 00:05:13,433 --> 00:05:15,000 and rickshaws passing by... 83 00:05:15,001 --> 00:05:17,703 It brought home the word "civilization" that Mr. Godai 84 00:05:17,704 --> 00:05:19,438 was telling me about. 85 00:05:19,439 --> 00:05:21,006 Who is that? 86 00:05:21,007 --> 00:05:24,576 And this ice cream... I didn't know there was such a 87 00:05:24,577 --> 00:05:27,112 wonderful advance in civilization like this. 88 00:05:27,113 --> 00:05:28,780 I'm all for cultural enlightenment. 89 00:05:31,618 --> 00:05:33,485 Such a dynamic way of eating... 90 00:05:33,486 --> 00:05:37,089 Tokyo is entirely different from Edo now... 91 00:05:38,057 --> 00:05:41,059 That's because we've worked to develop Tokyo as the 92 00:05:41,060 --> 00:05:44,096 center of politics, economics and culture. 93 00:05:45,097 --> 00:05:49,167 But Osaka has something you'll find only in Osaka. 94 00:05:50,270 --> 00:05:54,706 It's the history as a town that's flourished as a merchants town. 95 00:05:56,075 --> 00:05:58,543 Godai has always insisted that the knowledge 96 00:05:58,544 --> 00:06:00,612 and experience of the Osaka merchants, 97 00:06:00,613 --> 00:06:02,881 and their pride is what makes them capable of competing 98 00:06:02,882 --> 00:06:04,483 against the world. 99 00:06:04,484 --> 00:06:06,351 He said that? 100 00:06:06,352 --> 00:06:10,656 He also said that Japan's future lies in the hands of Osaka. 101 00:06:12,859 --> 00:06:15,193 That's why no matter how many times I've made 102 00:06:15,194 --> 00:06:17,329 government official positions available to him, he wouldn't 103 00:06:17,330 --> 00:06:18,497 come to Tokyo. 104 00:06:18,498 --> 00:06:20,899 If he would come to Tokyo, you don't know how much 105 00:06:20,900 --> 00:06:22,634 that would help me as the Secretary of Interior. 106 00:06:22,635 --> 00:06:24,036 Secretary of Interior? 107 00:06:24,037 --> 00:06:25,604 Did he just say Secretary of Interior? 108 00:06:25,605 --> 00:06:27,172 Ume... You finally woke up! 109 00:06:27,940 --> 00:06:31,810 Don't tell me...! Is this your coat, Secretary of Interior? 110 00:06:31,811 --> 00:06:35,681 That's right, and Mr. Okubo brought us ice cream, too. 111 00:06:35,682 --> 00:06:37,883 Hurry, and eat it before it melts. 112 00:06:38,751 --> 00:06:39,785 Thank you. 113 00:06:41,254 --> 00:06:42,487 Asa... 114 00:06:44,357 --> 00:06:47,659 Take good care of this man for me. 115 00:06:50,396 --> 00:06:53,031 He'll nurture Osaka into something big, and 116 00:06:53,032 --> 00:06:55,901 eventually other towns will all come together 117 00:06:55,902 --> 00:06:59,338 with Tokyo to become one to give birth to a big economy... 118 00:06:59,339 --> 00:07:03,842 It's the only way that Japan can be on an equal footing with the world. 119 00:07:03,843 --> 00:07:09,614 In order for that to happen, please lend Godai a hand, 120 00:07:09,615 --> 00:07:12,484 and eventually to me. 121 00:07:12,485 --> 00:07:15,420 The Secretary of Interior asking for Oasa's help? 122 00:07:16,923 --> 00:07:19,758 All right. Just leave it to me. 123 00:07:19,759 --> 00:07:21,893 How can you just answer something this important 124 00:07:21,894 --> 00:07:23,395 without hesitation? 125 00:07:23,396 --> 00:07:24,663 It's okay. 126 00:07:24,664 --> 00:07:27,132 Asa... 127 00:07:30,169 --> 00:07:32,771 This is "shake hands," isn't it? 128 00:07:32,772 --> 00:07:35,540 So you know about shaking hands... 129 00:07:35,541 --> 00:07:39,077 It's the way that English gentlemen greet one another. 130 00:07:39,078 --> 00:07:42,047 I heard it's a symbol of friendship. 131 00:07:48,187 --> 00:07:49,588 You're quite strong. 132 00:07:49,589 --> 00:07:54,359 Mr. Okubo... Thank you. I'll do my best. 133 00:07:55,962 --> 00:07:58,697 As long as you're a part of the government, I feel 134 00:07:58,698 --> 00:08:03,001 that Japan's future will be bright. 135 00:08:04,637 --> 00:08:05,904 I think so, too. 136 00:08:09,442 --> 00:08:11,810 This is just the beginning for you, too. 137 00:08:13,746 --> 00:08:16,448 I'm grateful... It's been a while since I've heard 138 00:08:16,449 --> 00:08:17,816 such warm words. 139 00:08:17,850 --> 00:08:19,684 I'm touched. 140 00:08:21,154 --> 00:08:22,454 How could this be? 141 00:08:22,488 --> 00:08:25,123 Oasa's surrounded by the man who stands at the top of 142 00:08:25,124 --> 00:08:27,192 the Japanese government, and the man who's 143 00:08:27,193 --> 00:08:29,561 considered to be the king of mining... 144 00:08:38,604 --> 00:08:41,139 I can't believe it... I really can't believe it! 145 00:08:41,140 --> 00:08:43,408 Are you still mumbling about that? 146 00:08:43,409 --> 00:08:47,846 Mr. Okubo had a really kind look on his face today. 147 00:08:47,847 --> 00:08:49,281 Is that right? 148 00:08:49,282 --> 00:08:52,851 Lately, because his status in the government has 149 00:08:52,852 --> 00:08:55,187 made him unwavering, and won't allow him 150 00:08:55,188 --> 00:08:59,491 to get close to people, so it's been a while since 151 00:08:59,492 --> 00:09:01,226 I've seen him like that. 152 00:09:01,227 --> 00:09:04,262 You two are really close, aren't you? 153 00:09:05,465 --> 00:09:09,301 What are they doing? 154 00:09:18,978 --> 00:09:20,212 Those are gas lamps. 155 00:09:21,147 --> 00:09:22,914 There sure are a lot. 156 00:09:23,716 --> 00:09:26,751 From here for about two and a half miles, there are 157 00:09:26,752 --> 00:09:29,221 85 gas lamps along the way. 158 00:09:30,523 --> 00:09:34,092 85 lamps... It makes it so bright. 159 00:09:34,093 --> 00:09:37,229 Paper lanterns can't compare to this. 160 00:09:38,564 --> 00:09:39,698 You're right. 161 00:09:40,500 --> 00:09:43,735 From now on, nights in Tokyo will get brighter and brighter. 162 00:09:49,141 --> 00:09:52,244 I wish my husband and Chiyo could see this. 163 00:10:03,456 --> 00:10:05,624 Meanwhile, in Osaka... 164 00:10:06,726 --> 00:10:09,694 Isn't it beautiful...? They're going to bloom soon. 165 00:10:13,966 --> 00:10:18,136 But she's going with a man in his prime. 166 00:10:20,540 --> 00:10:25,377 Mr. Godai... You're someone that Osaka can't do without. 167 00:10:25,378 --> 00:10:27,712 I guess people who come back from abroad are 168 00:10:27,713 --> 00:10:29,648 kind to women, aren't they? 169 00:10:29,649 --> 00:10:32,284 I wouldn't say all people... 170 00:10:32,285 --> 00:10:34,519 Just what I'd expect of you, Asa. 171 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:36,421 What are you doing to my wife? 172 00:10:41,894 --> 00:10:43,828 What's wrong with you? Sighing like that. 173 00:10:43,829 --> 00:10:45,897 Be quiet! It's your fault for saying that about 174 00:10:45,898 --> 00:10:47,365 a man in his prime. 175 00:10:47,366 --> 00:10:51,503 If you're that worried, you shouldn't have let her go. 176 00:10:51,504 --> 00:10:53,638 But it can't be helped. 177 00:10:53,639 --> 00:10:59,678 I can't offer Asa what Mr. Godai has. 178 00:11:00,913 --> 00:11:04,316 In that sense, I've lost him as a man. 179 00:11:04,984 --> 00:11:06,217 I guess you have... 180 00:11:07,053 --> 00:11:09,020 The only thing you have on him is 181 00:11:09,021 --> 00:11:13,558 your height, your social standing and money. 182 00:11:15,061 --> 00:11:16,528 He has money, too. 183 00:11:16,529 --> 00:11:18,597 He has a better social standing than I do, too. 184 00:11:18,598 --> 00:11:21,733 He's from a distinguished family in Satsuma. 185 00:11:23,469 --> 00:11:26,471 Then your height... 186 00:11:29,475 --> 00:11:30,742 Your height... 187 00:11:33,312 --> 00:11:34,412 Your height... 188 00:11:34,413 --> 00:11:38,083 Stop that. You make me sound like a tall idiot! 189 00:11:38,084 --> 00:11:40,318 That's not true! You could never lose to 190 00:11:40,319 --> 00:11:43,722 someone as a man. 191 00:11:46,959 --> 00:11:51,196 I think Chiyo is lucky. 192 00:11:51,197 --> 00:11:53,765 To have a father like you. 193 00:11:55,301 --> 00:12:00,372 My father only thought of women as things. 194 00:12:01,140 --> 00:12:02,641 Is that right? 195 00:12:02,642 --> 00:12:08,413 So Oasa knows your good points better than anyone else. 196 00:12:09,448 --> 00:12:12,117 So there's nothing to worry about. 197 00:12:12,918 --> 00:12:14,319 Thank you, Ofuyu. 198 00:12:16,288 --> 00:12:19,524 Come to think of it, no one's seen that 199 00:12:19,525 --> 00:12:21,993 strange man who's been hanging around outside 200 00:12:21,994 --> 00:12:23,595 our house lately. 201 00:12:23,596 --> 00:12:27,365 That's right. I don't know if he was a thief or a 202 00:12:27,366 --> 00:12:31,469 business rival or a peeping tom, but he saw that the men in 203 00:12:31,470 --> 00:12:34,472 this family all have their acts together... 204 00:12:34,473 --> 00:12:35,807 So he ran away. 205 00:12:35,808 --> 00:12:37,042 That's encouraging. 206 00:12:37,043 --> 00:12:38,243 That's right. 207 00:12:38,244 --> 00:12:39,944 We don't have to worry about... 208 00:12:39,945 --> 00:12:41,680 You were the most worried about it, weren't you, Ofuyu? 209 00:12:41,681 --> 00:12:43,248 I'm relieved. 210 00:12:45,251 --> 00:12:48,820 I'm such a coward. I'm sorry. 211 00:12:48,821 --> 00:12:50,455 Thank you. 212 00:12:50,456 --> 00:12:51,890 Not at all. 213 00:12:51,891 --> 00:12:53,892 That was well done. 214 00:12:53,893 --> 00:12:56,628 Of course! She can think of me as her older 215 00:12:56,629 --> 00:13:00,098 brother or whatever, but I have to show her that I'm man. 216 00:13:00,099 --> 00:13:01,866 I'm glad you're enjoying this. 217 00:13:02,935 --> 00:13:04,235 Come here, Chiyo. 218 00:13:18,684 --> 00:13:22,587 Ofuyu... Don't tell me...? 219 00:13:25,124 --> 00:13:26,758 I wish she'd come home soon. 220 00:13:26,759 --> 00:13:28,293 Shinjiro. 221 00:13:29,462 --> 00:13:30,395 Shinjiro! 222 00:13:31,430 --> 00:13:33,031 Do you have a minute? 223 00:13:35,801 --> 00:13:39,471 We got this letter. 224 00:13:41,607 --> 00:13:42,941 What's this...? 225 00:13:56,822 --> 00:13:59,624 While Shinjiro was fretting over a lot of things, 226 00:13:59,625 --> 00:14:01,826 Asa was... 227 00:14:03,295 --> 00:14:05,697 ...being taken around Tokyo by Godai, 228 00:14:05,698 --> 00:14:08,333 seeing all the new well known places around the town. 229 00:14:29,021 --> 00:14:30,855 It smells so good, doesn't it? 230 00:14:30,856 --> 00:14:32,023 It really does. 231 00:14:32,024 --> 00:14:36,194 People are drinking what they call beer around here, aren't they? 232 00:14:36,195 --> 00:14:39,497 This is a really strange kind of teahouse. 233 00:14:39,765 --> 00:14:42,233 YUKICHI FUKUZAWA 234 00:14:42,334 --> 00:14:43,535 It's that woman. 235 00:14:43,536 --> 00:14:50,108 Who was it that Asa was supposed to meet here? 236 00:14:51,677 --> 00:14:52,510 There he is.