1 00:00:05,538 --> 00:00:06,772 My husband...? 2 00:00:12,979 --> 00:00:16,048 I think there's something wrong with you, 3 00:00:16,049 --> 00:00:17,583 after all, isn't there? 4 00:00:18,652 --> 00:00:22,521 You didn't eat much for breakfast this morning. 5 00:00:25,292 --> 00:00:26,625 You're right. 6 00:00:27,627 --> 00:00:29,461 Maybe I won't go to Amagasaki. 7 00:00:30,463 --> 00:00:31,430 Kisuke! 8 00:00:32,232 --> 00:00:33,432 Yes? 9 00:00:35,368 --> 00:00:37,703 Will you tell Mr. Kawai in Amagasaki that I won't 10 00:00:37,704 --> 00:00:40,572 be able to make it tomorrow? 11 00:00:40,573 --> 00:00:43,142 Tell him I'll be there for next month's meeting. 12 00:00:43,143 --> 00:00:47,346 All right. What about the Chamber of Commerce? 13 00:00:47,948 --> 00:00:51,550 That's right... Tell Mr. Mori over there... 14 00:00:52,185 --> 00:00:53,252 Mr. Mori? 15 00:00:54,254 --> 00:00:58,490 Asa got more and more worried as the days went by. 16 00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:06,000 Asa ga Kita 17 00:01:06,232 --> 00:01:10,235 Week 25 "A Life To Be Proud Of" Episode 150 18 00:01:11,237 --> 00:01:13,906 Original Story: Chieko FURUKAWA 19 00:01:14,541 --> 00:01:17,242 Screenwriter: Mika OMORI 20 00:01:17,911 --> 00:01:20,579 Music by: Yuuki HAYASHI 21 00:01:21,247 --> 00:01:24,249 Theme Song: "365 Nichi no Kamihikouki" Sung by: AKB48 22 00:01:24,918 --> 00:01:27,586 Narrator: Keiko SUGIURA 23 00:01:31,725 --> 00:01:35,060 Asa Shirooka: HARU 24 00:01:36,730 --> 00:01:40,065 Shinjiro Shirooka: Hiroshi TAMAKI 25 00:01:40,867 --> 00:01:43,235 Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE 26 00:01:43,236 --> 00:01:45,537 Ume: TOMOCHIKA 27 00:01:45,572 --> 00:01:47,906 Eizaburo Shirooka: Akito KIRIYAMA 28 00:01:47,907 --> 00:01:50,242 Chiyo Shirooka: Fuuka KOSHIBA 29 00:01:59,085 --> 00:02:01,420 Izumi Narusawa: Koji SETO 30 00:02:01,421 --> 00:02:03,756 Heijuro Yamazaki: Shigeo TSUJIMOTO 31 00:02:04,424 --> 00:02:07,393 Haru Hiratsuka: Yuko OSHIMA 32 00:02:11,064 --> 00:02:12,431 Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI 33 00:02:15,402 --> 00:02:18,537 In 1903, after overcoming the financial panic two years 34 00:02:18,538 --> 00:02:23,876 before Kano Bank's deposit balance continued to soar. 35 00:02:26,946 --> 00:02:30,015 And Yodogawa Life Insurance drastically increased the 36 00:02:30,016 --> 00:02:32,050 number of insurance contracts. 37 00:02:32,051 --> 00:02:34,586 Besides the whole life insurance, endowment insurance, and 38 00:02:34,587 --> 00:02:37,089 term life insurance, what if we separate pure endowment 39 00:02:37,090 --> 00:02:39,458 insurance into training for men and marriage for women? 40 00:02:39,459 --> 00:02:43,695 The more products we have the easier it is to get contracts. 41 00:02:43,696 --> 00:02:45,831 I think it's a good idea. 42 00:02:52,338 --> 00:02:53,705 Look at this! 43 00:02:57,043 --> 00:03:02,948 "Female students and corruption are like the rose and the nightingale." 44 00:03:03,817 --> 00:03:06,051 They make it sound as if women studying in town are involved 45 00:03:06,052 --> 00:03:08,687 in a hotbed of corruption. 46 00:03:10,190 --> 00:03:12,291 The women are trying so hard. 47 00:03:12,292 --> 00:03:14,993 There's no use for you to get so upset. 48 00:03:14,994 --> 00:03:17,429 But... It's upsetting! 49 00:03:21,534 --> 00:03:23,335 I'm not a child! 50 00:03:24,904 --> 00:03:27,439 But... Thank you. 51 00:03:28,675 --> 00:03:31,910 So what happened with the Hinode students today? 52 00:03:32,679 --> 00:03:35,347 They all went to the national industrial exhibition. 53 00:03:35,348 --> 00:03:38,917 Right now the colored lights are beautiful, aren't they? 54 00:03:38,918 --> 00:03:41,520 Until a little while ago, the Chausuyama mountain 55 00:03:41,521 --> 00:03:45,724 used to be a lonely place where you'd only see foxes and raccoon dogs. 56 00:03:46,493 --> 00:03:51,096 Come to think of it, the nights during the Edo period were dark, weren't they? 57 00:03:52,432 --> 00:03:56,301 You used to hold the paper lantern out in front like 58 00:03:56,336 --> 00:03:57,836 this, and light the way. 59 00:03:58,438 --> 00:04:00,606 We used to walk together like this. 60 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:02,808 It's nostalgic, isn't it? 61 00:04:02,809 --> 00:04:04,109 It is... 62 00:04:18,825 --> 00:04:20,025 Yonosuke... 63 00:04:21,661 --> 00:04:24,696 What are you going to do from now? 64 00:04:24,697 --> 00:04:27,299 I don't know... 65 00:04:28,101 --> 00:04:29,868 How long are you going to stay here? 66 00:04:31,838 --> 00:04:35,474 You can't manage all by yourself from now on, can you? 67 00:04:37,310 --> 00:04:39,344 If you would grow up really fast... 68 00:04:41,514 --> 00:04:42,915 Don't be ridiculous. 69 00:04:44,384 --> 00:04:45,751 I'm the eldest son... 70 00:04:45,752 --> 00:04:47,753 I should come back home... 71 00:04:48,421 --> 00:04:49,688 No, you mustn't... 72 00:04:53,593 --> 00:04:54,693 You can't do that. 73 00:04:55,662 --> 00:04:56,628 But... 74 00:04:58,331 --> 00:04:59,398 Thank you. 75 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,668 But we're okay now. 76 00:05:05,271 --> 00:05:09,608 We could sell half the mountain... 77 00:05:11,077 --> 00:05:17,182 If we can live a life that's suitable for us, that's good enough. 78 00:05:21,454 --> 00:05:24,056 As long as we can smile and live our lives... 79 00:05:25,058 --> 00:05:26,758 That's enough. 80 00:05:30,663 --> 00:05:34,533 You'd better become a great businessman. 81 00:05:35,802 --> 00:05:39,938 That's right. You can go back already... 82 00:05:43,142 --> 00:05:46,445 Let's both show Dad what we can do best. 83 00:05:48,715 --> 00:05:49,948 That's right. 84 00:05:52,485 --> 00:05:57,789 We all want you to do your best at what you want to do. 85 00:05:59,525 --> 00:06:00,892 I do, too. 86 00:06:09,102 --> 00:06:12,271 Isn't that right, my husband? 87 00:06:23,283 --> 00:06:26,918 For the sake of my child, I'd like to live in a place 88 00:06:26,919 --> 00:06:30,022 surrounded by a green forest someday. 89 00:06:31,190 --> 00:06:32,724 That sounds good. 90 00:06:33,493 --> 00:06:37,362 In that case, the area around Ashiya might be good, wouldn't it? 91 00:06:38,364 --> 00:06:39,598 Ashiya? 92 00:06:39,599 --> 00:06:42,734 That right... The foreigner might be able to build you 93 00:06:42,735 --> 00:06:47,072 a house that has the best of the west and Japan. 94 00:06:48,875 --> 00:06:50,008 That sounds good. 95 00:06:51,544 --> 00:06:52,811 Sounds good, but... 96 00:06:54,747 --> 00:06:56,181 My stomach hurts. 97 00:06:58,184 --> 00:06:59,318 Ochiyo! 98 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:01,653 Chiyo! 99 00:07:01,721 --> 00:07:04,189 HINODE WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY 100 00:07:04,190 --> 00:07:07,492 Mr. Narusawa asked me to give a talk in front of 101 00:07:07,493 --> 00:07:12,731 all of you today, so I'd like to do that. 102 00:07:14,701 --> 00:07:18,737 Did you read the article that came out in the newspaper last week? 103 00:07:19,772 --> 00:07:22,007 I think that it's regrettable that they would write 104 00:07:22,008 --> 00:07:25,811 about the female students studying in Tokyo like this. 105 00:07:27,847 --> 00:07:30,782 I don't think we have students at this university who are 106 00:07:30,783 --> 00:07:34,786 as corrupt as they've written here, but those who are 107 00:07:34,787 --> 00:07:40,258 studying here have to be more responsible about their own actions. 108 00:07:42,428 --> 00:07:46,498 We have people thinking that the students at this university with 109 00:07:46,499 --> 00:07:50,369 its magnificent building aren't living up to the ideals of the school, 110 00:07:50,370 --> 00:07:56,274 so it's meaningless to have higher education for women... 111 00:07:57,443 --> 00:07:58,977 She talks too much. 112 00:08:00,246 --> 00:08:03,181 Mr. Narusawa and Mr. Kinuta sacrificed themselves for 113 00:08:03,182 --> 00:08:06,351 the sake of women's education. 114 00:08:08,554 --> 00:08:11,490 What I hope for is for all of you to live in good faith 115 00:08:11,491 --> 00:08:13,859 and devote yourselves to your studies. 116 00:08:15,027 --> 00:08:17,863 Please don't forget that anything you do will discredit this school 117 00:08:17,864 --> 00:08:21,500 in the eyes of society. 118 00:08:23,836 --> 00:08:26,571 What a disgustingly arrogant old lady. 119 00:08:28,474 --> 00:08:30,909 This student's name was Haru Hiratsuka who 120 00:08:31,074 --> 00:08:34,909 would later be known as Raicho Hiratsuka. 121 00:08:37,483 --> 00:08:40,452 I'm sorry... I went on too long, didn't I? 122 00:08:40,453 --> 00:08:42,320 I'm grateful to you. 123 00:08:42,321 --> 00:08:44,523 You're the only woman who can come right out and say 124 00:08:44,557 --> 00:08:46,992 those things to the students. 125 00:08:47,593 --> 00:08:54,032 But if you're so sharp tongued, the young girls will dislike you. 126 00:08:55,601 --> 00:08:59,805 It doesn't matter to me whether they like or dislike me. 127 00:09:01,174 --> 00:09:04,443 I just want the students who are finally able to 128 00:09:04,444 --> 00:09:08,647 come and study here are acknowledged by society. 129 00:09:11,350 --> 00:09:12,517 Asa-Sensei! 130 00:09:14,353 --> 00:09:16,788 We just got a call in the administration office, 131 00:09:16,789 --> 00:09:19,257 and Chiyo's... 132 00:09:21,027 --> 00:09:22,360 Take it slowly.. 133 00:09:23,529 --> 00:09:24,796 What am I going to do? 134 00:09:24,797 --> 00:09:27,866 It's 10 days before I'm due. 135 00:09:27,900 --> 00:09:30,702 You don't have to worry about your due date... 136 00:09:30,703 --> 00:09:33,305 in the past, we had no idea when the baby 137 00:09:33,306 --> 00:09:35,173 would be born. 138 00:09:35,174 --> 00:09:36,842 That's right. 139 00:09:43,282 --> 00:09:44,216 This is terrible... 140 00:09:44,250 --> 00:09:45,550 It's terrible. 141 00:09:48,955 --> 00:09:49,921 How's Chiyo? 142 00:09:49,922 --> 00:09:52,157 She hasn't given birth yet. 143 00:10:00,433 --> 00:10:01,633 The baby's here! 144 00:10:03,669 --> 00:10:05,971 I'm so glad. She did it! 145 00:10:07,139 --> 00:10:08,240 Congratulations. 146 00:10:08,241 --> 00:10:10,442 Thank you! Thank you! 147 00:10:12,345 --> 00:10:13,812 Congratulations! 148 00:10:25,758 --> 00:10:27,359 She's so tiny. 149 00:10:28,427 --> 00:10:30,428 She sure is a healthy baby. 150 00:10:33,232 --> 00:10:36,434 Asa... Let Keisuke hold her... 151 00:10:40,172 --> 00:10:41,573 Here you go, Keisuke. 152 00:10:42,575 --> 00:10:43,875 Hold her here... 153 00:10:44,677 --> 00:10:46,444 Up here, too. 154 00:10:51,784 --> 00:10:54,986 Chiyo... You really did well, didn't you? 155 00:10:57,790 --> 00:10:59,057 Mom... 156 00:11:01,260 --> 00:11:03,995 This really was hard. 157 00:11:05,197 --> 00:11:08,400 I'm surprised you managed to give birth to me. 158 00:11:09,602 --> 00:11:11,803 So you finally realized what I went through. 159 00:11:12,538 --> 00:11:17,275 But the realty hard part is still to come. 160 00:11:22,148 --> 00:11:23,381 Father... 161 00:11:23,382 --> 00:11:25,050 Here you go. 162 00:11:38,397 --> 00:11:39,998 I'm so grateful... 163 00:11:42,401 --> 00:11:44,369 She's so beautiful. 164 00:11:59,418 --> 00:12:00,986 It's raining again. 165 00:12:02,021 --> 00:12:03,388 It is, isn't it? 166 00:12:24,143 --> 00:12:25,343 Mitsuwari system? 167 00:12:26,245 --> 00:12:29,748 The system started by Mr. Ito, the businessman from Omi? 168 00:12:29,749 --> 00:12:31,016 That's right. 169 00:12:31,017 --> 00:12:33,818 With that system, profits will directly affect their pay. 170 00:12:33,819 --> 00:12:36,621 I thought the employees would be more prepared 171 00:12:36,622 --> 00:12:39,057 to carry a portion of the burden of our business. 172 00:12:39,058 --> 00:12:41,559 It would be an incentive. 173 00:12:42,495 --> 00:12:44,496 I'm surprised you can work when your 174 00:12:44,497 --> 00:12:46,031 grandchild was just born. 175 00:12:46,032 --> 00:12:48,700 I'd really would like to spend more time 176 00:12:48,701 --> 00:12:50,301 with my grandchild... 177 00:12:50,302 --> 00:12:53,605 Father's looking after her, and thinking of what 178 00:12:53,606 --> 00:12:55,006 we should name her. 179 00:12:55,775 --> 00:12:56,975 Sounds just like him. 180 00:12:58,377 --> 00:12:59,444 What is this? 181 00:13:00,212 --> 00:13:02,147 I had the doctor make this up... 182 00:13:02,848 --> 00:13:04,616 The early symptoms of illness... 183 00:13:04,617 --> 00:13:07,919 So we need to have the customers go to see a 184 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:09,754 doctor before they enter into our insurance. 185 00:13:09,755 --> 00:13:11,790 LOSS OF APPETITE TASTE DISORDER 186 00:13:12,391 --> 00:13:16,194 You didn't eat much for breakfast this morning... 187 00:13:16,195 --> 00:13:19,998 The aroma of the tea is a little different. 188 00:13:39,452 --> 00:13:40,785 Asa... 189 00:13:48,260 --> 00:13:49,394 My husband... 190 00:13:52,264 --> 00:13:56,000 Come with me to the hospital... 191 00:14:02,975 --> 00:14:07,078 Please... 192 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:15,787 All right. 193 00:14:20,192 --> 00:14:21,659 Shall we go then?