1 00:00:02,252 --> 00:00:04,920 But why...? 2 00:00:08,358 --> 00:00:12,161 Why are married couples so strange? 3 00:00:12,162 --> 00:00:14,230 What do you mean? 4 00:00:16,933 --> 00:00:23,572 I wonder why wives are always saying bad things about their husbands. 5 00:00:25,141 --> 00:00:31,013 You don't do it much, but Kuma and the other 6 00:00:31,014 --> 00:00:34,984 maidservants often complain about their husbands 7 00:00:34,985 --> 00:00:38,287 saying how they make them so angry, don't they? 8 00:00:40,523 --> 00:00:43,525 When you're with someone for so long, does it make 9 00:00:43,526 --> 00:00:45,661 you want to complain about how troublesome they are? 10 00:00:47,097 --> 00:00:51,533 That's true... When I'm out asking for donations, if the 11 00:00:51,534 --> 00:00:55,804 wives I talk to complain, it's usually about their husbands. 12 00:00:56,706 --> 00:00:59,375 Then do you think it's a form of bragging? 13 00:01:00,543 --> 00:01:04,446 Bragging that they know their husbands down to their faults... 14 00:01:05,682 --> 00:01:09,618 No... it's 60 percent wanting to complain, 15 00:01:09,619 --> 00:01:13,722 having someone comfort them and 40 percent is 16 00:01:13,723 --> 00:01:20,763 the feeling of relief that their marriage is good, after all. 17 00:01:23,133 --> 00:01:24,700 Is that it? 18 00:01:35,410 --> 00:01:41,450 Asa ga Kita 19 00:01:41,551 --> 00:01:45,554 Week 23 "The Palm of the Chief Clerk's Hand" Episode 135 20 00:01:46,556 --> 00:01:49,224 Original Story: Chieko FURUKAWA 21 00:01:49,859 --> 00:01:52,528 Screenwriter: Mika OMORI 22 00:01:53,229 --> 00:01:55,898 Music by: Yuuki HAYASHI 23 00:01:56,566 --> 00:01:59,568 Theme Song: "365 Nichi no Kamihikouki" Sung by: AKB48 24 00:02:00,236 --> 00:02:02,905 Narrator: Keiko SUGIURA 25 00:02:06,209 --> 00:02:08,711 Asa Shirooka: HARU 26 00:02:08,712 --> 00:02:11,213 Shinjiro Shirooka: Hiroshi TAMAKI 27 00:02:11,214 --> 00:02:13,716 Sobei Mayuyama: Tasuku EMOTO 28 00:02:13,717 --> 00:02:16,218 Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE 29 00:02:16,219 --> 00:02:18,454 Gansuke: Takaya YAMAUCHI 30 00:02:18,455 --> 00:02:20,689 Ume: TOMOCHIKA 31 00:02:20,690 --> 00:02:22,925 Eizaburo Shirooka: Akito KIRIYAMA 32 00:02:22,926 --> 00:02:25,160 Chiyo Shirooka: Fuuka KOSHIBA 33 00:02:35,905 --> 00:02:38,040 Heijuro Yamazaki: Shigeo TSUJIMOTO 34 00:02:41,544 --> 00:02:43,712 Eitatsu Mayuyama: Takuro TATSUMI 35 00:02:43,713 --> 00:02:45,881 Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI 36 00:02:46,549 --> 00:02:47,816 Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI 37 00:02:50,019 --> 00:02:51,587 Oasa! Not so loud! 38 00:02:54,791 --> 00:02:56,091 He's alive, isn't he? 39 00:02:56,092 --> 00:02:57,059 He's alive. 40 00:02:57,961 --> 00:03:00,295 The doctor! I'll go and call the doctor! 41 00:03:05,635 --> 00:03:06,702 Gansuke? 42 00:03:12,142 --> 00:03:13,175 Ume? 43 00:03:13,176 --> 00:03:15,010 It's me, Ume. 44 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:21,150 Why? Why are you here? 45 00:03:24,187 --> 00:03:28,957 Never mind... My brain's not working. 46 00:03:31,094 --> 00:03:32,895 I'm glad. 47 00:03:32,929 --> 00:03:34,496 I'm so glad. 48 00:03:36,699 --> 00:03:38,300 Yashichi! Is it true? 49 00:03:38,301 --> 00:03:40,903 Yes. Ume sent a telegram. 50 00:03:46,142 --> 00:03:49,511 I'm glad. I'm so glad. 51 00:03:52,182 --> 00:03:55,818 The advisor and Kisuke should have reached there just about now. 52 00:03:56,419 --> 00:03:57,419 Hei-san... 53 00:03:58,888 --> 00:04:00,689 I need to talk to you about something. 54 00:04:04,594 --> 00:04:06,895 He did? He woke up? 55 00:04:06,896 --> 00:04:11,233 He's still talking and moving slowly, but... 56 00:04:11,234 --> 00:04:15,170 The doctor said that might improve day by day... 57 00:04:16,139 --> 00:04:19,508 I'm sure the family must be relieved. 58 00:04:20,376 --> 00:04:21,810 They're with him now. 59 00:04:21,811 --> 00:04:23,345 Asa... 60 00:04:24,347 --> 00:04:28,484 Dad... I'm so glad. 61 00:04:30,286 --> 00:04:33,055 You really have the luck of the devil. 62 00:04:33,089 --> 00:04:36,158 To think you're alive after something like that... 63 00:04:36,159 --> 00:04:39,294 You must have a head as hard as stone. 64 00:04:40,363 --> 00:04:41,597 Be quiet! 65 00:04:44,701 --> 00:04:48,237 I'll have to tell our clients about this tomorrow. 66 00:04:48,271 --> 00:04:50,239 They'll all be so surprised. 67 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:52,941 They were cold to us... Telling us to repay them. 68 00:04:52,942 --> 00:04:56,845 They'll be so happy when we tell them that you came back to life! 69 00:04:59,916 --> 00:05:01,383 Your name's Ume, isn't it? 70 00:05:02,385 --> 00:05:04,520 Thank you very much. 71 00:05:05,388 --> 00:05:08,090 We owe it to you for watching over him. 72 00:05:09,993 --> 00:05:11,059 I didn't do anything. 73 00:05:11,060 --> 00:05:15,664 No... It's true. You're not even family, but you were 74 00:05:15,665 --> 00:05:19,234 so good about taking care of him for us. 75 00:05:19,235 --> 00:05:20,669 Thank you so much. 76 00:05:20,670 --> 00:05:22,271 Thank you very much. 77 00:05:24,841 --> 00:05:26,108 I'd better go. 78 00:05:45,195 --> 00:05:46,461 Ume. 79 00:05:47,330 --> 00:05:48,764 Thank you for your hard work. 80 00:05:48,765 --> 00:05:53,001 So it's okay for me to go home now, isn't it? 81 00:06:02,512 --> 00:06:04,146 Let's go home together. 82 00:06:08,184 --> 00:06:09,351 Let's go. 83 00:06:17,694 --> 00:06:19,528 I'm so glad. 84 00:06:20,897 --> 00:06:23,799 Getting old, I'm hearing more and more about 85 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:28,670 people getting sick or collapsing. 86 00:06:28,671 --> 00:06:33,675 And on top of that, Gansuke collapsed... 87 00:06:33,676 --> 00:06:35,244 That's so true... 88 00:06:35,945 --> 00:06:38,280 What about the loan? 89 00:06:39,015 --> 00:06:42,584 It seems Gansuke thought it was ridiculous and he 90 00:06:42,585 --> 00:06:46,054 was really angry that they let something 91 00:06:46,055 --> 00:06:49,424 like that be known outside the family. 92 00:06:49,425 --> 00:06:52,494 He didn't want to trouble us about it. 93 00:06:52,495 --> 00:06:57,032 No matter how badly he needed help, we're 94 00:06:57,033 --> 00:07:00,068 the last persons he'd want to find out about it. 95 00:07:00,069 --> 00:07:04,373 That may be true, but when things settle 96 00:07:04,374 --> 00:07:07,142 down a little, will you go, and see how he is? 97 00:07:07,143 --> 00:07:09,277 I know, Mom... 98 00:07:11,014 --> 00:07:13,081 Shinjiro... Asa... 99 00:07:14,584 --> 00:07:17,886 I'm thinking about buying out that life insurance 100 00:07:17,887 --> 00:07:22,791 company that came to ask me for help a while back. 101 00:07:24,227 --> 00:07:25,427 Life insurance? 102 00:07:29,232 --> 00:07:32,768 WAKAYAMA 103 00:07:32,769 --> 00:07:34,703 Meanwhile in Wakayama... 104 00:07:35,851 --> 00:07:40,242 Yonosuke turned 20, and his marriage to Setsu, 105 00:07:40,251 --> 00:07:42,542 his childhood friend was now official. 106 00:07:42,812 --> 00:07:45,580 Thank you for coming today. 107 00:07:45,581 --> 00:07:47,215 Not at all. 108 00:07:48,184 --> 00:07:51,486 VILLAGE HEAD NORIO KURAKAKE 109 00:07:51,487 --> 00:07:53,021 How did that go? 110 00:07:55,958 --> 00:07:58,694 He passed the conscription physical. 111 00:08:00,029 --> 00:08:02,564 His only strong point is his good health. 112 00:08:02,598 --> 00:08:05,067 How can you say that, Mom? 113 00:08:05,068 --> 00:08:07,336 Because it's the truth. It can't be helped. 114 00:08:09,672 --> 00:08:13,342 Even if he passed the physical, they say only one in ten 115 00:08:13,343 --> 00:08:15,477 will be drafted into the army. 116 00:08:16,412 --> 00:08:20,749 In the past, he used to always talk about wanting to be a 117 00:08:20,750 --> 00:08:24,086 soldier just because he'd be able to eat rice. 118 00:08:24,087 --> 00:08:25,754 Now he's gotten to be such a hard worker. 119 00:08:25,788 --> 00:08:28,357 We owe it to you, Set-chan. 120 00:08:28,358 --> 00:08:31,660 I'm happy to hear that. 121 00:08:32,795 --> 00:08:34,429 Thank you, Dad. 122 00:08:35,598 --> 00:08:38,900 Having a girl call me "Dad" is embarrassing. 123 00:08:40,803 --> 00:08:43,305 Mom... Let me help. 124 00:08:44,273 --> 00:08:45,640 You don't have to. 125 00:08:56,119 --> 00:09:00,722 That life insurance company is in Nagoya, isn't it? 126 00:09:01,391 --> 00:09:02,391 That's right. 127 00:09:02,392 --> 00:09:05,560 They started it during the war. 128 00:09:06,362 --> 00:09:09,064 They got a lot of contracts, but because a lot of the 129 00:09:09,065 --> 00:09:11,500 people who took the insurance died 130 00:09:11,501 --> 00:09:13,869 their business went downhill. 131 00:09:14,871 --> 00:09:17,506 It sounds like they were sloppy in their investigation before 132 00:09:17,507 --> 00:09:18,707 getting the contracts. 133 00:09:18,741 --> 00:09:20,942 So they want us to help them? 134 00:09:22,745 --> 00:09:25,614 Until now, I wondered about turning a person's life or 135 00:09:25,648 --> 00:09:27,883 death into a business, but... 136 00:09:28,785 --> 00:09:31,987 When you think about it, insurance can help the 137 00:09:31,988 --> 00:09:34,356 family of working people. 138 00:09:34,357 --> 00:09:37,726 It's an enterprise that's meaningful to society. 139 00:09:39,662 --> 00:09:42,330 It would be hard to start up a new company, but 140 00:09:42,331 --> 00:09:46,234 if we buy out this company, and provide them with 141 00:09:46,235 --> 00:09:49,237 sound management, I think it's possible to rebuild it. 142 00:09:53,676 --> 00:09:57,012 What do you think of making an insurance company 143 00:09:57,013 --> 00:09:59,314 Kano-ya's third business venture? 144 00:10:01,384 --> 00:10:07,689 That might be a good idea. 145 00:10:10,159 --> 00:10:12,994 People's life span is said to be 50 years now, 146 00:10:12,995 --> 00:10:17,666 but in the future, it could be 60 years or even 70. 147 00:10:18,434 --> 00:10:21,203 Meanwhile, the insurance... 148 00:10:21,204 --> 00:10:22,504 Asa! 149 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:25,740 Have you really thought this thing through? 150 00:10:27,310 --> 00:10:30,846 Right now, you have your hands full with your work for the university. 151 00:10:30,847 --> 00:10:33,482 On top of that, you were really worried because 152 00:10:33,483 --> 00:10:35,650 the bank's cash flow was slowing down, 153 00:10:35,651 --> 00:10:38,019 and now you want to start a new venture? 154 00:10:39,322 --> 00:10:41,623 You mean you talk about things like that in the bedroom? 155 00:10:41,624 --> 00:10:42,657 Yes. 156 00:10:42,658 --> 00:10:44,593 You're absolutely right, but... 157 00:10:44,594 --> 00:10:46,962 But, Shinjiro... 158 00:10:48,664 --> 00:10:51,633 Unlike short-term savings, the insurance money we take in 159 00:10:51,634 --> 00:10:53,869 will be long-term, so the good part is that we can use it 160 00:10:53,870 --> 00:10:55,470 as operating funds. 161 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:59,875 In the future, if by some chance the booming 162 00:10:59,876 --> 00:11:02,344 economy should end, and the high cost of living 163 00:11:02,345 --> 00:11:05,914 continues, and the flow of funds seriously slow down... 164 00:11:05,915 --> 00:11:11,052 I think nothing could be better to fall back on than this. 165 00:11:15,124 --> 00:11:21,763 I see... So you're saying that it's possible to help that 166 00:11:21,764 --> 00:11:24,666 person and his family if the unthinkable should happen? 167 00:11:25,568 --> 00:11:27,002 That's right. 168 00:11:28,804 --> 00:11:32,340 All right. Since you, Hei-san and Asa say it's okay, 169 00:11:32,341 --> 00:11:34,109 then go ahead and do it. 170 00:11:34,110 --> 00:11:36,378 Right, Dad? 171 00:11:38,047 --> 00:11:40,715 Let's give it a try, Eizaburo. 172 00:11:47,990 --> 00:11:50,358 Eizaburo and Heijuro started taking steps to obtain the 173 00:11:50,359 --> 00:11:55,430 business rights of that life insurance company. 174 00:11:57,400 --> 00:11:58,466 I'm counting on you. 175 00:12:06,375 --> 00:12:09,110 Eizaburo's really enthusiastic about this, isn't he? 176 00:12:11,213 --> 00:12:13,248 It's the first time that Eizaburo suggested 177 00:12:13,249 --> 00:12:14,916 a new enterprise... 178 00:12:15,685 --> 00:12:17,252 I hope it goes well. 179 00:12:18,521 --> 00:12:19,621 Are you worried? 180 00:12:19,622 --> 00:12:21,556 No... Not at all. 181 00:12:22,258 --> 00:12:27,395 I started off as his guardian, but now I'm an advisor... 182 00:12:27,396 --> 00:12:32,934 So I should pretend that I'm worried once in a while. 183 00:12:33,769 --> 00:12:35,437 There you go again. 184 00:12:38,374 --> 00:12:41,109 Is that a letter from Ohatsu? 185 00:12:42,078 --> 00:12:46,314 They decided to have Yonosuke's wedding in the fall. 186 00:12:47,083 --> 00:12:48,516 That's good news. 187 00:12:49,585 --> 00:12:53,154 Since both their families are close by, they're 188 00:12:53,155 --> 00:12:54,856 only having family at the wedding, so 189 00:12:54,857 --> 00:12:56,625 we shouldn't worry about it. 190 00:12:56,626 --> 00:13:01,062 I see... I thought we could go to Wakayama 191 00:13:01,063 --> 00:13:04,633 again when they had the wedding. 192 00:13:05,267 --> 00:13:06,835 Did you? 193 00:13:08,537 --> 00:13:13,074 Since I was little, I used to hate the countryside 194 00:13:13,075 --> 00:13:16,244 or going up into the mountain, didn't I? 195 00:13:17,246 --> 00:13:18,346 You did say that. 196 00:13:18,347 --> 00:13:20,281 You said it's either hot or cold and 197 00:13:20,282 --> 00:13:22,050 you'd get bitten by insects. 198 00:13:22,985 --> 00:13:26,554 That's right. I was worried that my kimono hem would get dirty. 199 00:13:28,224 --> 00:13:32,527 But we went to Wakayama together, didn't we? 200 00:13:34,096 --> 00:13:40,301 Ever since then, I remember the scenery there... 201 00:13:42,672 --> 00:13:44,139 Is that right? 202 00:13:45,975 --> 00:13:50,045 I'd like to take a trip together again someday. 203 00:13:51,981 --> 00:13:54,516 So would I. 204 00:14:01,290 --> 00:14:02,590 You almost got it. 205 00:14:05,428 --> 00:14:06,428 Ume? 206 00:14:07,363 --> 00:14:10,732 Since you came back from Kobe, you've been a little depressed. 207 00:14:10,733 --> 00:14:13,201 No... Not at all. 208 00:14:14,303 --> 00:14:16,438 Asa-Sensei was worried, too. 209 00:14:17,573 --> 00:14:19,107 No, I'm fine. 210 00:14:19,809 --> 00:14:21,443 I'm not depressed... 211 00:14:21,444 --> 00:14:24,112 I never thought I'd go through something 212 00:14:24,113 --> 00:14:25,613 this heartbreaking again. 213 00:14:25,614 --> 00:14:27,482 Heartbreaking? 214 00:14:28,584 --> 00:14:29,784 You mean...? 215 00:14:29,785 --> 00:14:32,020 It's love. 216 00:14:32,955 --> 00:14:34,055 Love? 217 00:14:41,063 --> 00:14:43,364 I'm sorry... Thank you for picking it up.