Original subtitles

Good evening.

I'm so happy I can see you every night.

The pain just won't go away.

Ouch. That hurts.

But is it okay? You just got married.

She may be my wife, but she's still a child.

It's been a month since Asa came here as a bride.

But Shinjiro has yet to spend the night with Asa.

What a surprise.

You mean he went out somewhere again today?

Every day when night comes, he just leaves.

And returns in the morning. It's the same every day.

What's going on?

It's nothing new for him to go wandering...

But I thought he'd be a little better after he got married.

This is a big problem.

We'll have to do something quickly.

Kano! Kano!

Don't do anything unnecessary!

Asa must be depressed.

About that...

According to the women, she eats a lot and sleeps soundly.

She sleeps with her arms and legs spread out like the character "dai."

The character "dai"(大)?

That's a surprise.

But I've heard that Kyoto's Daimonji mountain is well-known there.

Why am I here anyway?

Don't come home.

It's no use thinking about it.

I'm going to sleep.

Asa ga Kita

Week 3 "A Visit From the Shinsengumi" Episode 15

Original Story: Chieko FURUKAWA

Screenwriter: Mika OMORI

Music by: Yuuki HAYASHI

Theme Song: "365 Nichi no Kamihikouki" Sung by: AKB48

Narrator: Keiko SUGIURA

Asa Shirooka: HARU

Shinjiro Shirooka: Hiroshi TAMAKI

Rie Imai: Shinobu TERAJIMA

Tadaoki Imai: Takeshi MASU

Sobei Mayuyama: Tasuku EMOTO

Saisuke Godai: Dean FUJIOKA

Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE

Gansuke: Takaya YAMAUCHI

Ume: TOMOCHIKA

Miwa: Sumika MONO

Toshizo Hijikata: KOJI YAMAMOTO

Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI

Shokichi Shirooka: Masaomi KONDO

Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI

KYOTO 1866 (2ND YEAR OF KEIO)

The upheaval at the ending of the Tokugawa shogunate was growing stronger.

The Satcho Alliance was established,

and the Tokugawa shogunate had given the Shinsengumi

permission to guard Kyoto.

I'm Toshizo Hijikata, assistant commander of Shinsengumi.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

The town of Kyoto was in an uproar giving a sense

that a big change in era was coming.

KANO-YA OSAKA

But that didn't matter at all to Asa.

The young mistress is gone?

I just took my eyes off her for a second, and she was gone.

She's like a child, isn't she?

She's the wife of Kano-ya, so she shouldn't be going

out without an attendant...

Don't tell me she got angry and left him?

No... I know where she might be going.

I wonder if Sis is here.

Asa?

Sis!

Asa... You came to see me.

But my husband and I were on our way to see a play.

A play?

I'm going ahead.

I'll be right there.

He's as unfriendly as ever, isn't he?

But once in a while, even though he's as quiet as

a snake, I'm starting to realize that he's laughing inside.

He may not look like it, he can be adorable.

He is? I'm glad.

I want to hear about you, too.

Be sure to come and see me again.

I have everything I need in my life.

I have to be grateful.

I'm doing fine now.

Enjoy the play.

Thank you.

I'd better pull myself together, too.

Ume's angry.

Father! What am I going to do!

I'm sorry for going out without saying anything.

Where were you going?

I was...

Didn't you realty want to go back to Kyoto?

No, you're wrong!

My father in Kyoto told me never to come home again.

Having crossed the threshhold once, I made up my mind

never to go back home to Kyoto again.

Are you sure?

I'll never try to run away.

As a bride of Kano-ya, I want to protect Kano-ya for the rest of my life.

You do?

Yes.

So you're prepared to do that...

Thank you.

People have been saying that Kano-ya's new bride is

bad-tempered, so being married to a man like Shinjiro, she'll

throw a tantrum, and go back home to Kyoto right away.

That's what I heard, so I was a little worried.

There are rumors like that?

I'm sorry.

In that case, won't you let me help out in the store?

In Kyoto, I often worked with the abacus.

I'm sure I'd be of more help than working in the household.

Are those the store's books?

We've been using these for generations now.

Everything is written in here from records of lending and

borrowing, and transactions involving rice and sugar.

But it's something women should never see

What do you mean?

It's been a tradition from a long time ago.

Trust is the most important thing for a money-changer.

In order to protect that trust, we have

to continue to uphold the traditions of long ago.

Is that right? I'm sorry if I overstepped my bounds.

That's absolutely right.

Asa...

What makes a suitable bride for Kano-ya isn't a woman

who knows how to run a business, but a woman

that her husband can love.

Love?

If you understand, come over here.

What is this?

Face powder and lipstick.

The mistress bought it herself from a face powder vendor.

You don't put any make-up on, so you still look

like a child which makes it hard for Shinjiro to attempt anything.

Let's see.

What do you think?

If we put it on like this, her big forehead looks good, doesn't it?

It looks good.

You look adorable, but your eyes are a little bit too big.

Big eyes scare men.

This shows how to make big eyes look small.

That's right. Shall we try that?

If we put the powder on the nose, it'll make it look taller.

That's good.

It'll make you look sensous.

My husband. .. Where are you going?

What a surprise.

You look like a pop-eyed goldfish.

A what...?

He went out anyway.

I hate this.

Mother... May I go out for a little while today?

Are you going shopping? You can take your time.

I'll send the head clerk with you.

Wouldn't the long-sleeve kimono with the firefly design look good?

That's good.

Can't I wear the one I usually wear?

No... Wear a good kimono, and go out in a palanquin.

You're the young mistress that Kano-ya is proud to have.

But I just...

Miss Asa...

All right.

It's hot!

I feel like the wife of a feudal lord going out.

Go home.

But the mistress told me to keep an eye on you...

Just leave Ume with me.

Finish your errand, and go home.

Miss Asa!

Miss Asa!

DOJIMA, OSAKA

You don't know who might see you. Don't swing your

arms out like that when you're walking.

But it's really hot. I can't take it.

But it's much better than being inside the house.

What is that?

Wait!

It can't be helped.

Wearing a long sleeve kimono in this heat.

What's a woman doing standing around here?

We finally meet again.