1 00:00:02,185 --> 00:00:03,219 Thank you. 2 00:00:04,855 --> 00:00:06,322 Good day. 3 00:00:08,959 --> 00:00:11,360 There are nothing but modem type girls at 4 00:00:11,361 --> 00:00:13,629 these girls' school, aren't there? 5 00:00:13,663 --> 00:00:18,000 I wonder if Chiyo's doing okay among girls like that. 6 00:00:18,768 --> 00:00:21,170 I hate math. 7 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:25,140 Yet you were nice enough to bid her "good day." 8 00:00:25,976 --> 00:00:28,377 Besides, doesn't the daughter of a 9 00:00:28,378 --> 00:00:32,214 merchant family have to be proficient in math? 10 00:00:32,215 --> 00:00:36,752 No! I have no intention of helping with the family business. 11 00:00:36,753 --> 00:00:38,821 That's such a waste. 12 00:00:38,822 --> 00:00:43,058 No! I'm just making up for my mother's regret at 13 00:00:43,059 --> 00:00:46,362 her lack of culture and education. 14 00:00:51,735 --> 00:00:53,235 You're so much fun. 15 00:00:53,870 --> 00:00:57,172 I don't need anyone other than you as a friend. 16 00:00:57,173 --> 00:01:00,009 It's only because I'm that woman's daughter, isn't it? 17 00:01:00,610 --> 00:01:03,679 No, I like you. 18 00:01:05,248 --> 00:01:10,286 If school is this much fun, what am I going to do after I graduate? 19 00:01:10,320 --> 00:01:13,722 If only there were a university where women could go to learn more. 20 00:01:13,723 --> 00:01:15,791 A university for women? I don't want that. 21 00:01:15,792 --> 00:01:19,929 If you study that long, no one will marry you... 22 00:01:23,066 --> 00:01:24,133 Dad! 23 00:01:26,236 --> 00:01:27,569 You're her father? 24 00:01:28,338 --> 00:01:30,072 I see you're fitting in. 25 00:01:33,060 --> 00:01:39,100 Asa ga Kita 26 00:01:39,182 --> 00:01:43,118 Week 19 "The Orange Season" Episode 114 27 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:46,789 Original Story: Chieko FURUKAWA 28 00:01:47,457 --> 00:01:50,125 Screenwriter: Mika OMORI 29 00:01:50,794 --> 00:01:53,462 Music by: Yuuki HAYASHI 30 00:01:54,130 --> 00:01:57,132 Theme Song: "365 Nichi no Kamihikouki" Sung by: AKB48 31 00:01:57,801 --> 00:02:00,469 Narrator: Keiko SUGIURA 32 00:02:04,607 --> 00:02:07,943 Asa Shirooka: HARU 33 00:02:09,612 --> 00:02:12,948 Shinjiro Shirooka: Hiroshi TAMAKI 34 00:02:13,783 --> 00:02:16,885 Ume: TOMOCHIKA 35 00:02:16,886 --> 00:02:19,988 Eizaburo Shirooka: Akito KIRIYAMA 36 00:02:19,989 --> 00:02:23,092 Chiyo Shirooka: Fuuka KOSHIBA 37 00:02:34,704 --> 00:02:37,506 Izumi Narusawa: Koji SETO 38 00:02:37,507 --> 00:02:40,275 Heijuro Yamazaki: Shigeo TSUJIMOTO 39 00:02:43,780 --> 00:02:45,280 Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI 40 00:02:47,717 --> 00:02:50,953 While Shinjiro was in Kyoto... 41 00:02:51,588 --> 00:02:53,422 At Kano Bank in Osaka... 42 00:02:55,492 --> 00:02:57,292 Pardon me. Thank you you for the tea. 43 00:03:01,264 --> 00:03:02,898 Let me get right to the point. 44 00:03:02,899 --> 00:03:07,436 Ms. Shirooka... Let me tell you how much I respect you. 45 00:03:08,905 --> 00:03:09,905 Respect? 46 00:03:09,906 --> 00:03:13,108 I first heard about this bank when 47 00:03:13,109 --> 00:03:16,011 I was studying in America. 48 00:03:17,414 --> 00:03:19,515 Up until now in Japan, no one would even 49 00:03:19,516 --> 00:03:23,786 consider hiring women to work in a business that handled money. 50 00:03:23,787 --> 00:03:26,188 But I heard about a bank in Osaka that easily 51 00:03:26,189 --> 00:03:27,990 overcame that generally accepted belief, and on 52 00:03:27,991 --> 00:03:29,691 top of that, it has a good reputation. 53 00:03:29,692 --> 00:03:32,261 I thought they were probably using the 54 00:03:32,262 --> 00:03:34,063 women to attract customers and clean up... 55 00:03:34,064 --> 00:03:36,331 Thinking that, it really bothered me, so as 56 00:03:36,366 --> 00:03:38,534 soon as I returned to Japan, I came to this bank... 57 00:03:38,535 --> 00:03:39,768 And I was surprised! 58 00:03:40,470 --> 00:03:42,871 The women were working as a member of the bank 59 00:03:42,872 --> 00:03:45,407 with their own personality. 60 00:03:46,509 --> 00:03:47,509 Personality...? 61 00:03:47,510 --> 00:03:49,078 That's right. 62 00:03:50,547 --> 00:03:51,814 Welcome! 63 00:03:57,754 --> 00:04:00,089 Not only were they courteous in dealing with customers, 64 00:04:00,090 --> 00:04:02,391 but their calculations were accurate. 65 00:04:02,392 --> 00:04:04,293 And while they should stand out because 66 00:04:04,294 --> 00:04:05,694 they brightened the atmosphere of the 67 00:04:05,695 --> 00:04:07,529 bank, they didn't stand out too much. 68 00:04:07,564 --> 00:04:09,298 They each performed their own duties. 69 00:04:10,533 --> 00:04:14,536 I don't know how many times I came here to see that magnificence. 70 00:04:15,171 --> 00:04:19,208 I want to show you the happiness I felt when I watched them. 71 00:04:20,410 --> 00:04:26,248 In other words, you like to watch women secretly? 72 00:04:26,282 --> 00:04:27,182 No, I don't. 73 00:04:27,183 --> 00:04:29,585 I like to watch women with intelligence 74 00:04:29,586 --> 00:04:32,554 being a part of society. 75 00:04:32,555 --> 00:04:34,389 Women who are equal to men... 76 00:04:34,390 --> 00:04:38,494 No... Depending on the field, they have more ability. 77 00:04:39,429 --> 00:04:41,830 Just thinking that makes my heart dance. 78 00:04:46,603 --> 00:04:47,836 Are you okay? 79 00:04:52,976 --> 00:04:55,577 He's strange. 80 00:04:55,578 --> 00:04:59,014 The women were properly educated on how to work. 81 00:04:59,015 --> 00:05:01,817 Then I wondered who was it that taught them. 82 00:05:01,818 --> 00:05:03,752 And I asked the bank clerk. 83 00:05:03,753 --> 00:05:08,724 And surprisingly, it was the name of a woman. 84 00:05:09,526 --> 00:05:11,326 Asa Shirooka... 85 00:05:12,629 --> 00:05:14,029 It's you. 86 00:05:16,132 --> 00:05:17,799 You really are wonderful. 87 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:19,701 I respect you. 88 00:05:22,739 --> 00:05:24,339 You do? Thank you. 89 00:05:25,708 --> 00:05:27,509 It makes me happy to know that someone 90 00:05:27,510 --> 00:05:29,878 acknowledges those girls like that. 91 00:05:30,980 --> 00:05:32,814 Up until now, they were hired on a trial basis, 92 00:05:32,815 --> 00:05:35,150 but this spring, I'm going to have them work here 93 00:05:35,151 --> 00:05:37,619 officially as female bank clerks. 94 00:05:37,620 --> 00:05:38,654 Officially? 95 00:05:41,157 --> 00:05:42,191 But, Mr. Narusawa... 96 00:05:42,192 --> 00:05:43,292 Yes? 97 00:05:43,293 --> 00:05:45,561 Who in the world are you? 98 00:05:46,629 --> 00:05:47,663 I... 99 00:05:54,938 --> 00:05:56,104 What are you...! 100 00:06:00,843 --> 00:06:02,110 Oh, no! I did it! 101 00:06:03,079 --> 00:06:04,112 Are you okay? 102 00:06:07,050 --> 00:06:09,151 This is no good. He's out cold. 103 00:06:14,057 --> 00:06:15,357 Is everything okay? 104 00:06:15,358 --> 00:06:17,926 I heard that someone collapsed in the bank. 105 00:06:18,461 --> 00:06:19,861 I had the doctor come arid on check him, 106 00:06:19,862 --> 00:06:21,797 and he said he's seriously under nourished. 107 00:06:21,798 --> 00:06:23,098 Under nourished? 108 00:06:24,867 --> 00:06:28,136 His kimono sure is filthy, but... 109 00:06:28,137 --> 00:06:33,475 Look at his face. .. He has a beautiful face. 110 00:06:35,378 --> 00:06:37,079 You're right. 111 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:42,017 Isn't this what they call "seihin" (honorable poverty) that's 112 00:06:42,018 --> 00:06:43,285 a big trend these days. 113 00:06:43,286 --> 00:06:47,990 "Seihin"? You mean poor, but clean and beautiful... 114 00:06:47,991 --> 00:06:49,258 "Seihin"? 115 00:06:49,259 --> 00:06:50,425 Mistress? 116 00:06:54,430 --> 00:06:57,299 I think that man could be one of the teachers who used 117 00:06:57,300 --> 00:07:00,636 to teach at the girls' school I went to. 118 00:07:03,106 --> 00:07:04,473 A girls' school teacher? 119 00:07:04,474 --> 00:07:06,141 Yes. 120 00:07:06,142 --> 00:07:09,444 When I looked into it, like Hato said, I found out that he 121 00:07:09,445 --> 00:07:12,881 used to be a teacher at the Momosawa Girls' School. 122 00:07:13,616 --> 00:07:19,788 I had one of the clerks take him home, and it seems he lives in poverty. 123 00:07:20,423 --> 00:07:23,892 That's right According to the neighbors, he used up all his 124 00:07:23,893 --> 00:07:28,063 money to pursue his dream, so his wife got disgusted with him. 125 00:07:28,064 --> 00:07:31,366 But who would have thought he used to be a teacher... 126 00:07:31,367 --> 00:07:33,769 I wonder why he came to see you. 127 00:07:34,804 --> 00:07:36,471 I wonder... 128 00:07:36,472 --> 00:07:37,539 I'm home. 129 00:07:37,573 --> 00:07:38,407 Shinjiro... 130 00:07:38,408 --> 00:07:39,408 Advisor... 131 00:07:39,409 --> 00:07:40,542 What's everyone doing here? 132 00:07:40,543 --> 00:07:42,244 Are you consulting each other? 133 00:07:42,245 --> 00:07:43,712 How can you be so carefree? 134 00:07:43,713 --> 00:07:45,547 Where were you? 135 00:07:45,581 --> 00:07:47,916 You just disappeared again. 136 00:07:47,950 --> 00:07:50,018 I went to see Yamaya and I went to feast my eyes 137 00:07:50,053 --> 00:07:52,521 on Kyoto... I had a lot of things to do. 138 00:07:52,522 --> 00:07:56,825 So what happened? Do you need advice from your advisor here? 139 00:07:58,361 --> 00:07:59,594 No, not really. 140 00:07:59,595 --> 00:08:00,962 In that case... 141 00:08:01,798 --> 00:08:02,798 Shinjiro! 142 00:08:04,934 --> 00:08:06,134 He's hopeless. 143 00:08:08,671 --> 00:08:11,273 Meanwhile in Kyoto, Chiyo was... 144 00:08:12,075 --> 00:08:15,210 Your dad is wonderful. 145 00:08:15,878 --> 00:08:18,347 He's such an important man in Osaka, and yet he would 146 00:08:18,381 --> 00:08:20,248 give me a gift like this. 147 00:08:20,249 --> 00:08:24,086 You said he was an unreliable man who was absorbed in his hobbies. 148 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:26,755 Just as you said, I need to see it with my own eyes. 149 00:08:29,025 --> 00:08:30,158 Good night. 150 00:08:31,561 --> 00:08:32,761 Good night. 151 00:08:35,765 --> 00:08:38,767 She was remembering what her father said when he 152 00:08:38,768 --> 00:08:41,403 just dropped in to see her. 153 00:08:56,452 --> 00:09:04,860 Chiyo... Like I told you before, I respect your mom. 154 00:09:06,863 --> 00:09:11,833 In today's terms, respect would translate to love. 155 00:09:13,436 --> 00:09:16,204 How awful! Did you quit your job just so you could come 156 00:09:16,205 --> 00:09:17,572 and brag about your wife? 157 00:09:17,607 --> 00:09:23,712 But it can't be helped. That's how I've always looked at Asa. 158 00:09:25,448 --> 00:09:32,354 But I don't expect all women to become like Asa. 159 00:09:37,293 --> 00:09:39,427 Your mother feels the same. 160 00:09:40,530 --> 00:09:45,534 A part of your mother longs to take a path like her older sister, Hatsu took. 161 00:09:46,569 --> 00:09:50,105 But she realized that this is the only path she can 162 00:09:50,106 --> 00:09:53,642 take, so she's taking that path and looking toward the future. 163 00:09:53,643 --> 00:09:55,110 Mom? 164 00:09:55,111 --> 00:09:58,480 While she says she wants you to work in the 165 00:09:58,481 --> 00:10:02,017 business, she's not too sure about it. 166 00:10:03,653 --> 00:10:06,822 I can't believe Mom was ever unsure of herself. 167 00:10:06,856 --> 00:10:10,859 She's stronger than any man... 168 00:10:12,829 --> 00:10:20,802 That may be true, but in my eyes, she's not that strong. 169 00:10:40,590 --> 00:10:41,957 I need to talk to the mistress. 170 00:10:43,759 --> 00:10:44,726 You...? 171 00:10:45,728 --> 00:10:47,295 I'm sorry about the other day. 172 00:10:47,296 --> 00:10:49,397 I hadn't eaten for three days. 173 00:10:49,398 --> 00:10:52,434 Is that right? How are you feeling now? 174 00:10:52,435 --> 00:10:55,871 Never mind that... 175 00:10:55,872 --> 00:10:59,808 I came here today to see about making my dream become a reality. 176 00:10:59,809 --> 00:11:01,509 Because I have confidence in you. 177 00:11:01,510 --> 00:11:04,079 But I was on my way to the Chamber of Commerce, 178 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:06,581 so I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry. 179 00:11:09,285 --> 00:11:11,486 Do you have any interest in women's education? 180 00:11:15,858 --> 00:11:17,759 I taught for a long time at a girls' school and 181 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:21,229 in America, I learned about women's education. 182 00:11:22,098 --> 00:11:24,332 After the Restoration in Japan the status of 183 00:11:24,333 --> 00:11:26,701 women has finally started to rise. 184 00:11:26,702 --> 00:11:29,871 In 1870, at the Hepburn Clinic in Yokohama, they started 185 00:11:29,872 --> 00:11:32,274 women's education, the next year for the first time, five 186 00:11:32,275 --> 00:11:34,175 women went to study in America. 187 00:11:34,176 --> 00:11:36,344 Then in Tokyo, a girls' school was opened. 188 00:11:36,345 --> 00:11:39,214 In Kyoto at the Shinei School a women's school was established, 189 00:11:39,215 --> 00:11:43,685 and in 1875, the National Women's Normal School was opened. 190 00:11:45,588 --> 00:11:50,125 But coming here, there's something that's still not open to women. 191 00:11:51,394 --> 00:11:52,928 Stall not open? 192 00:11:54,931 --> 00:12:00,635 I'm thinking of establishing the first women's university in Japan. 193 00:12:05,274 --> 00:12:08,543 And I want you to help me to establish it. 194 00:12:10,413 --> 00:12:12,080 That's great, isn't it? 195 00:12:12,882 --> 00:12:16,184 It's something that no one has ever thought of. 196 00:12:16,852 --> 00:12:17,886 It's great. 197 00:12:17,887 --> 00:12:19,821 Isn't it? So I... 198 00:12:19,822 --> 00:12:21,556 Ideals are wonderful. 199 00:12:21,557 --> 00:12:25,360 But I don't think you can do it. 200 00:12:25,361 --> 00:12:26,861 Excuse me. 201 00:12:28,531 --> 00:12:30,365 Even someone like you doesn't understand. 202 00:12:30,366 --> 00:12:33,168 Don't you think we should give more responsibility to 203 00:12:33,169 --> 00:12:35,971 women so they'll be more active in society and 204 00:12:35,972 --> 00:12:37,539 increase their pleasure? Won't this free Japanese women 205 00:12:37,540 --> 00:12:39,040 from the chains that bind them? 206 00:12:39,041 --> 00:12:41,710 Mr. Narusawa... As you can see I'm a busy person. 207 00:12:41,711 --> 00:12:43,078 So please excuse me today. 208 00:12:43,079 --> 00:12:45,046 No! I won't give up. 209 00:12:45,047 --> 00:12:47,782 There's no one else in Japan who understands the need 210 00:12:47,783 --> 00:12:50,685 for new women's education. 211 00:12:58,260 --> 00:12:59,995 This is the theory of education I wrote. 212 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:20,382 REGARDING WOMEN'S EDUCATION IZUMI NARUSAWA 213 00:13:29,025 --> 00:13:30,325 I'm home. 214 00:13:33,929 --> 00:13:36,665 Are you angry again today? 215 00:13:38,300 --> 00:13:40,435 Today, at the Noh chanting group... 216 00:13:44,006 --> 00:13:45,907 Are you crying? 217 00:13:45,908 --> 00:13:47,709 What's wrong, Asa? 218 00:13:48,978 --> 00:13:50,011 I'm sorry. 219 00:13:51,313 --> 00:13:58,887 But no matter how many times I read this, I just can't stop crying. 220 00:14:05,194 --> 00:14:08,630 I never knew there was someone in this world 221 00:14:08,631 --> 00:14:11,332 who would come up with such a wonderful idea. 222 00:14:13,936 --> 00:14:15,370 What a surprise! 223 00:14:18,607 --> 00:14:25,680 This manuscript would guide Asa onto a new stage.