1 00:00:02,769 --> 00:00:04,003 Listen to me, Ume... 2 00:00:06,239 --> 00:00:07,439 Mistress! 3 00:00:10,010 --> 00:00:11,143 Oh, my! 4 00:00:11,178 --> 00:00:12,444 Kisuke? 5 00:00:15,482 --> 00:00:16,682 It's been a long time. 6 00:00:16,683 --> 00:00:18,984 Kisuke, the assistant head clerk had come 7 00:00:19,019 --> 00:00:21,620 back to Osaka for a meeting about 8 00:00:21,655 --> 00:00:23,622 establishing the bank. 9 00:00:27,928 --> 00:00:28,894 Kisuke? 10 00:00:29,663 --> 00:00:30,563 Gansuke! 11 00:00:31,765 --> 00:00:33,165 It's Gansuke! 12 00:00:35,802 --> 00:00:37,136 It's Gansuke! 13 00:00:37,137 --> 00:00:38,537 What are you doing? 14 00:00:41,710 --> 00:00:47,750 Asa ga Kita 15 00:00:47,914 --> 00:00:51,884 Week 17 "My Final Duty" Episode 100 16 00:00:52,886 --> 00:00:55,554 Original Story: Chieko FURUKAWA 17 00:00:56,223 --> 00:00:58,891 Screenwriter: Mika OMORI 18 00:00:59,559 --> 00:01:02,228 Music by: Yuuki HAYASHI 19 00:01:02,896 --> 00:01:05,898 Theme Song: "365 Nichi no Kamihikouki" Sung by: AKB48 20 00:01:06,566 --> 00:01:09,201 Narrator: Keiko SUGIURA 21 00:01:13,540 --> 00:01:16,542 Asa Shirooka: HARU 22 00:01:18,545 --> 00:01:21,513 Shinjiro Shirooka: Hiroshi TAMAKI 23 00:01:22,549 --> 00:01:25,317 Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE 24 00:01:25,318 --> 00:01:28,087 Gansuke: Takaya YAMAUCHI 25 00:01:28,088 --> 00:01:30,856 Ume: TOMOCHIKA 26 00:01:30,857 --> 00:01:33,626 Eizaburo Shirooka: Akito KIRIYAMA 27 00:01:33,627 --> 00:01:36,362 Chiyo Shirooka: Rio SUZUKI 28 00:01:36,363 --> 00:01:39,231 Yusaku: Daisuke SUGIMORI 29 00:01:39,232 --> 00:01:41,901 Heijuro Yamazaki: Shigeo TSUJIMOTO 30 00:01:42,569 --> 00:01:45,204 Eiichi Shibusawa: Yuji MIYAKE 31 00:01:56,783 --> 00:02:01,320 Kano-ya held meetings for days about establishing their bank... 32 00:02:02,522 --> 00:02:06,492 So except for the maidservants for the house, we'll have five 33 00:02:06,493 --> 00:02:10,396 head clerks, and 23 others. 34 00:02:10,397 --> 00:02:11,563 That's right. 35 00:02:11,564 --> 00:02:15,401 So I want to meet with each of the employees and ask 36 00:02:15,402 --> 00:02:18,837 them whether they want to live on their own or if they 37 00:02:18,838 --> 00:02:22,241 want to live-in like they have been until now. 38 00:02:22,242 --> 00:02:25,678 I'm sure everyone will say they want to live-in... 39 00:02:26,279 --> 00:02:30,416 No... I would prefer to live on my own with my wife. 40 00:02:31,384 --> 00:02:33,018 It's been five years since you got married, and 41 00:02:33,019 --> 00:02:34,386 you're still happy? 42 00:02:34,387 --> 00:02:38,057 No... I'm sorry. 43 00:02:39,893 --> 00:02:42,227 We'll have houses ready for those who want to 44 00:02:42,228 --> 00:02:43,495 live on their own. 45 00:02:43,496 --> 00:02:45,130 So please explain that to them. 46 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:48,734 We have to discuss their pay, don't we? 47 00:02:50,470 --> 00:02:54,540 I still haven't received an answer from Mr. Shibusawa yet. 48 00:02:55,775 --> 00:02:59,278 Mr. Inoue and Mr. Ito told me that anyone can open a bank, 49 00:02:59,279 --> 00:03:03,182 but in order to run the bank properly depends on whether 50 00:03:03,183 --> 00:03:09,421 you talked to Mr. Shibusawa, the god of banks before you open. 51 00:03:11,658 --> 00:03:14,126 All this man says is "hei," doesn't he? 52 00:03:14,127 --> 00:03:16,128 We've already gone over that... 53 00:03:16,796 --> 00:03:18,497 Sorry I'm late. 54 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:21,734 Kisuke! 55 00:03:21,735 --> 00:03:22,768 Shinjiro! 56 00:03:23,370 --> 00:03:25,070 I mean President Shinjiro. 57 00:03:25,605 --> 00:03:27,673 So you must have been out working somewhere. 58 00:03:27,674 --> 00:03:29,475 It's been a while since we've seen each other, so don't 59 00:03:29,509 --> 00:03:31,010 say such ridiculous things. 60 00:03:31,011 --> 00:03:33,612 As always, I went out to my Noh chanting... 61 00:03:41,221 --> 00:03:44,957 I went to my Noh chanting group to work... 62 00:03:44,958 --> 00:03:46,492 Didn't I, Kisuke? 63 00:03:47,127 --> 00:03:48,827 How can you expect me to answer that? 64 00:03:49,662 --> 00:03:52,831 Did you really go there to talk about business? 65 00:03:52,866 --> 00:03:54,700 I did. 66 00:03:55,301 --> 00:03:58,003 At the Noh chanting group, Yamaya talked to me 67 00:03:58,004 --> 00:03:59,772 about a new business again. 68 00:04:01,107 --> 00:04:04,043 Lately you've heard about how the cotton thread made in 69 00:04:04,044 --> 00:04:06,745 Japan is selling better than the ones made abroad, haven't you? 70 00:04:06,780 --> 00:04:09,648 That's why there are a lot of factories making 71 00:04:09,649 --> 00:04:11,150 cotton thread now. 72 00:04:11,151 --> 00:04:13,652 That's right. So there's talk of building a 73 00:04:13,653 --> 00:04:16,288 spinning mill in Amagasaki. 74 00:04:17,290 --> 00:04:19,992 They want me to be one of the promoters. 75 00:04:22,228 --> 00:04:26,165 I told him I had my hands full, but Yamaya told me 76 00:04:26,166 --> 00:04:29,068 that you're doing all kinds of new things, so it's 77 00:04:29,069 --> 00:04:31,770 not good for me not to do anything when 78 00:04:31,771 --> 00:04:34,373 I'm representing the Senba area merchants... 79 00:04:35,675 --> 00:04:39,545 He's absolutely right. 80 00:04:40,447 --> 00:04:43,482 No matter what you say, you're your father's son. 81 00:04:43,483 --> 00:04:46,418 So you have that talent for business hidden 82 00:04:46,419 --> 00:04:49,421 somewhere in your body. 83 00:04:49,422 --> 00:04:50,789 Where? Where is it? 84 00:04:51,858 --> 00:04:54,626 It's not hidden... You won't find it. 85 00:04:55,762 --> 00:04:58,530 But... To have your eye on the spinning business 86 00:04:58,531 --> 00:05:03,102 just shows how reliable you and your Noh chanting group are. 87 00:05:03,103 --> 00:05:07,106 I wonder about that... I haven't done anything. 88 00:05:08,775 --> 00:05:10,008 This is terrible... 89 00:05:12,212 --> 00:05:14,313 I might just fall in love with you all over again. 90 00:05:17,016 --> 00:05:18,050 Really? 91 00:05:18,051 --> 00:05:20,419 That's right. What a surprise. 92 00:05:23,022 --> 00:05:24,456 You mustn't say that. 93 00:05:25,658 --> 00:05:28,994 I might get enthusiastic about it... 94 00:05:28,995 --> 00:05:34,066 Please do that. I'll do what I can to help you. 95 00:05:35,468 --> 00:05:36,535 All right. 96 00:05:42,108 --> 00:05:43,809 I heard you have a daughter... 97 00:05:43,810 --> 00:05:47,579 I do... She's two years old. 98 00:05:47,580 --> 00:05:51,283 She's starting to say "da da..." 99 00:05:52,118 --> 00:05:56,522 And luckily, she looks like Fuyu. 100 00:05:59,025 --> 00:06:01,260 Her face isn't square like this... 101 00:06:01,261 --> 00:06:03,762 It's shaped like a beautiful egg... 102 00:06:03,763 --> 00:06:08,000 She can hang on to things and walk, too. 103 00:06:09,235 --> 00:06:10,536 Is that right? 104 00:06:15,542 --> 00:06:17,276 I'm sorry! I'm sorry! 105 00:06:17,944 --> 00:06:21,213 I feel terrible saying things like that to you who's 106 00:06:21,214 --> 00:06:24,616 been all alone since your wife ran away... 107 00:06:24,617 --> 00:06:27,586 I'm not complaining. 108 00:06:28,688 --> 00:06:34,159 But telling you about how adorable my daughter is... 109 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,328 It's a good thing. 110 00:06:36,930 --> 00:06:39,231 It's good that she's like a beautiful egg. 111 00:06:39,232 --> 00:06:42,134 I'm not complaining. 112 00:06:42,135 --> 00:06:44,937 But... I'm sorry! 113 00:06:44,938 --> 00:06:47,272 You're making me angry now. 114 00:06:51,344 --> 00:06:53,145 Welcome back, Mistress. 115 00:06:53,146 --> 00:06:55,714 Did you go to check the mail again? 116 00:06:56,549 --> 00:06:58,984 Did you get an answer from Mr. Shibusawa? 117 00:06:59,986 --> 00:07:01,119 No... 118 00:07:02,855 --> 00:07:05,457 I'm sure he's busy, and I know I shouldn't 119 00:07:05,458 --> 00:07:07,659 count on an answer, but... 120 00:07:10,797 --> 00:07:16,401 Please don't let the god of banks abandon us. 121 00:07:21,174 --> 00:07:24,042 All you talk about is the bank all the time. 122 00:07:36,689 --> 00:07:37,823 Oasa... 123 00:07:41,889 --> 00:07:43,823 Ume... I... 124 00:07:51,504 --> 00:07:53,305 I really care about you. 125 00:07:56,776 --> 00:08:00,679 You and everyone else keep saying that when 126 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:07,686 it comes to love, I'm slow and don't know much about it. 127 00:08:09,122 --> 00:08:18,797 And yet... I realized how you feel. 128 00:08:22,735 --> 00:08:24,036 That's why... 129 00:08:25,138 --> 00:08:27,706 What are you talking about? 130 00:08:31,577 --> 00:08:36,148 I always took it for granted that you 131 00:08:36,149 --> 00:08:41,286 were by my side, helping me and scolding me, 132 00:08:41,287 --> 00:08:49,561 so I can't imagine what it would be without you. 133 00:08:51,497 --> 00:08:53,365 What are you talking about? 134 00:08:55,568 --> 00:08:59,604 No matter how tired I was after going to Tokyo, 135 00:08:59,639 --> 00:09:02,240 I won't die that easily. 136 00:09:04,310 --> 00:09:06,345 I'll always be by your side... 137 00:09:06,379 --> 00:09:10,549 No! You can leave. 138 00:09:14,787 --> 00:09:19,291 I'm sorry. All this time, I've only thought 139 00:09:19,292 --> 00:09:21,960 about myself and dragged you along with me. 140 00:09:24,163 --> 00:09:26,965 I never thought about your happiness at all. 141 00:09:28,067 --> 00:09:29,835 So I'm really sorry. 142 00:09:29,836 --> 00:09:31,803 What's wrong with you? 143 00:09:33,806 --> 00:09:36,775 If Gansuke should ask you to leave with him, 144 00:09:36,776 --> 00:09:41,046 and if that's what you want to do, then 145 00:09:41,047 --> 00:09:42,814 I want you to do it. 146 00:09:47,387 --> 00:09:52,124 I've been allowed to walk the path that I chose for myself... 147 00:09:54,394 --> 00:09:56,261 So I want you to do the same. 148 00:09:59,599 --> 00:10:02,434 Don't worry about me... 149 00:10:02,435 --> 00:10:07,873 Oasa... Don't get the wrong idea. 150 00:10:10,410 --> 00:10:14,946 I haven't stayed by your side all this time because 151 00:10:14,947 --> 00:10:19,050 your father and mother ordered me to. 152 00:10:22,422 --> 00:10:28,860 It's because I'm happy being here with you. 153 00:10:32,732 --> 00:10:40,272 I watched you grow into a fine young woman. 154 00:10:43,309 --> 00:10:45,710 Nothing could make me happier. 155 00:10:47,809 --> 00:10:48,810 Ume... 156 00:10:48,915 --> 00:10:51,683 And there's still a lot of things that you haven't 157 00:10:51,684 --> 00:10:53,251 mastered yet... 158 00:10:55,188 --> 00:10:58,657 You're much better at sewing and writing, 159 00:10:58,658 --> 00:11:01,459 but as the mistress of a big business, you still have a 160 00:11:01,460 --> 00:11:05,530 long way to go when it comes to etiquette and cooking. 161 00:11:08,734 --> 00:11:14,973 And besides, Chiyo has gotten to be a willful child lately. 162 00:11:16,709 --> 00:11:19,978 That's true. You're right. 163 00:11:21,747 --> 00:11:24,983 So how can I leave here? 164 00:11:27,620 --> 00:11:29,454 Don't worry about silly things, and 165 00:11:29,455 --> 00:11:37,429 please, please let me stay by your side. 166 00:11:41,734 --> 00:11:42,934 Ume! 167 00:11:50,443 --> 00:11:53,645 What is it? Crying at your age. 168 00:11:55,915 --> 00:11:58,316 You're the one who said I shouldn't be ashamed 169 00:11:58,317 --> 00:12:01,353 of crying even though I'm getting older. 170 00:12:03,589 --> 00:12:07,058 That's right. I did, didn't I? 171 00:12:44,797 --> 00:12:46,598 The next day... 172 00:12:48,267 --> 00:12:50,135 Are you going back already? 173 00:12:50,136 --> 00:12:53,438 My daughter and wife are waiting for me. 174 00:12:54,540 --> 00:12:56,908 I'll be going over there again soon. 175 00:12:56,909 --> 00:12:59,110 I'll be waiting. 176 00:13:00,012 --> 00:13:01,746 Give my regards to Fuyu. 177 00:13:01,747 --> 00:13:03,682 I'll be sure to. 178 00:13:03,683 --> 00:13:08,386 I wanted to talk to Hei-san a little more, 179 00:13:08,387 --> 00:13:11,923 but all he's ever said to me is "hei." 180 00:13:11,924 --> 00:13:14,092 Mistress! Mistress! 181 00:13:14,827 --> 00:13:17,295 Mistress! It's here. 182 00:13:17,964 --> 00:13:19,164 He talked. 183 00:13:20,099 --> 00:13:21,199 What's here? 184 00:13:22,535 --> 00:13:25,704 Asa received the letter she's been waiting for. 185 00:13:27,139 --> 00:13:28,773 It's from Mr. Shibusawa! 186 00:13:28,774 --> 00:13:30,909 It finally came. 187 00:13:32,612 --> 00:13:36,748 I got an answer from the god of banks. 188 00:13:40,453 --> 00:13:45,590 In that letter he said Godai had told him about Kano-ya's Asa 189 00:13:45,591 --> 00:13:50,595 and that he had business in Osaka in the near future, 190 00:13:50,596 --> 00:13:56,067 so he'd see her at the Chamber of Commerce. 191 00:13:57,903 --> 00:14:03,174 Mr. Godai... Thank you. 192 00:14:07,146 --> 00:14:11,182 {\an8}OSAKA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 193 00:14:07,413 --> 00:14:09,347 On the appointed day... 194 00:14:11,183 --> 00:14:12,784 Should I have come? 195 00:14:12,785 --> 00:14:14,386 What are you saying? 196 00:14:14,387 --> 00:14:16,688 Eizaburo asked you to go to the Bankers Association in 197 00:14:16,689 --> 00:14:19,357 his place, and you said you would rather go and meet 198 00:14:19,358 --> 00:14:24,029 with Mr. Shibusawa rather than to one of those meetings. 199 00:14:24,030 --> 00:14:27,966 I don't care to go to those bankers meetings... 200 00:14:27,967 --> 00:14:30,969 All they talk about is money. 201 00:14:30,970 --> 00:14:33,772 It's only natural for banks to always talk about money. 202 00:14:35,908 --> 00:14:37,342 Kano-ya! 203 00:14:40,246 --> 00:14:44,249 {\an8}GOD OF BANKS EIICHI SHIBUSAWA 204 00:14:40,513 --> 00:14:43,348 My meeting went longer then expected... 205 00:14:43,513 --> 00:14:44,548 I'm terribly sorry. 206 00:14:47,153 --> 00:14:50,188 He's here... It's the god.