All language subtitles for Asa Ga Kita Week 04 Ep022 (848x480 x264)

How's Father doing?

He just threw his
back out...

Nothing to worry about.

He must have been
really shocked

when he heard he had to
get 100 thousand ryo.

You think so?

But why? Why does a
merchant have to

get the new government the money
to bring down the shogunate?

I can't believe we have to
hand over our precious

money for something
as foolish as that.

Even if it is foolish, the
new government is

saying that they're going
to war to start a new

era, so there's nothing
we can do about it,

I wonder what the other
money changers are planning to do...

That's right. What about
my sister's Sanouji-ya?

Asa ga Kita

Week 4
"The Young Mistress Underlying Strength"
Episode 22

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

Sobei Mayuyama:
Tasuku EMOTO

Saisuke Godai:
Dean FUJIOKA

Kisuke:
Hiroki MIYAKE

Gansuke:
Takaya YAMAUCHI

Ichizo Okubo:
Shuji KASHIWABARA

Kiku Mayuyama:
Hisako MANDA

Eitatsu Mayuyama:
Takuro TATSUMI

Yono Shirooka:
Jun FUBUKI

Shokichi Shirooka:
Masaomi KONDO

Hatsu Mayuyama:
Aoi MIYAZAKI

SANOUJI-YA

You should just turn them down.

Who has that kind of money?

But if we turn them down,
and they shut us down...

We don't know what this new
government is all about yet, do we?

Shogun Tokugawa might win.

That's true, but...

Mom...

Let's pay it.

I think it's best
that we pay it.

Times have changed.

The Tokugawa rule is over.

We have to do what this
new government tells us to do.

Don't talk as if you're so
great... It's because

you haven't done anything up until
now that we ended up like this.

Until you took over,
Sanouji-ya was doing really well.

200 years... We've been
in business for 200 years.

The business was secure
for 200 years!

And look at what happened.

It's all your fault!

You should just keep your
mouth shut and listen to me.

Are you eavesdropping?

Just what I'd expect
of an Imai...

Such a good upbringing.

I'm so embarrassed you
had to see me like that.

Right there! That's it.
That feels so good.

Asa-chan. What do you think?

About the 100 thousand
ryo that we have to

hand over to the
new government.

Don't hold back, and tell me
what you honestly think.

To be honest, I don't want
to even put together a

single sen of money for
that new government.

That's too honest.

Anyone can hear you.

But although it's vexing,
right now, I think that

Kano-ya as to get the money
for this new government

even if we have to
go into debt.

My body got warm
all of a sudden...

Will you open that
sliding door?

It's a nice day.

But why do you think we
should get the money

for the new government even
if we have to go into debt?

Right now, Japan may be trying
to greet a new morning...

That's what I thought.

A new morning?

My husband once told me...

If you think it through
carefully before you

walk down a path, a new
morning is sure to come.

I have a feeling there are people
somewhere in this world who

thought this through carefully, and
though they made mistakes along

the way they're waiting for
a new morning to come.

I'm sorry... You're taking the
time to listen to me, and all

I can say is something
strange like this.

No... The reason why Lord
Unayama paid you, and

Mr. Hijikata forgave you, isn't
because you were saying

something absurd, but because
your idea somehow made sense.

You're not good with words,
but for some reason, you're

able to win people's heart over.

Shinjiro's changed a little, too.

No... I don't think my husband
has changed at all.

Asa-chan...

Will you count all
of our money?

I'm going to go along
with your idea.

Kano-ya is going to tie
ourselves to this new government.

All right. I'll do it right away.

And in that new government...

You want me to take part
in this new government?

That's right. You know about
the western world, so I want

you to take charge of
the foreign office.

But I need to hurry back to
our home province and...

SAISUKE GODAI (LATER KNOWN
AS TOMOSATSU)

ICHIZO OKUBO (LATER KNOWN
AS TOSHIMICHI)

You and I are no longer just
people from Satsuma...

We've left Satsuma, and become
one of the Japanese people.

We're Japanese?

I see... So it's finally come.

So we've broken out of a
small enclosure to start

nurturing the country
we call Japan.

You're doing something
tin romantic again.

I'm sorry.

All the money you got them to repay
us is just a drop in the bucket.

But...

I want money.

Please! Will you stop talking
about such things in the bedroom?

But... This family is
in a crisis, so this is

no time to be sleeping.

After you slept in
a sailors' room?

What should we do
to make money?

Now that you mention it,
Saikaku Ihara once wrote...

A poor boy came to ask a
rich man if there wasn't

a medicine that can
cure poverty...

And the rich man quickly
taught him how to

make a potion called
"chojagan..."

Wake up in the morning five
ryo... Family business 20 ryo...

Night watch 8 ryo...
Settlement 10 ryo...

Good health 7 ryo...

You turn this total of 50 ryo
into powder, and drink it

in the morning and night, and you're
guaranteed to become a "choja" (rich person).

That's right.

It should be.

This book.

Can I read it?

Thank you.

My husband...

There's a continuation to that
story about the medicine...

You read it already?

A man who learns musical
accompaniment does

tea ceremony, bathing
during the day...

These are more frightening
than poison, so you must

not even think about
them in your heart.

That's what he wrote.

Hurry home.

I'm no match for you.

However...

There was another shocking occurrence...

MAY 1869 (4TH YEAR OF KEIO)

The new government decided to
make new money throughout

the country so you could no longer
use the silver coins used in Osaka.

KANO-YA

You're finally open.

Good morning.

You're late. How long are
you going to make us wait?

With this announcement,
there was complete

chaos around Osaka, and
a lot of people came to

the money changers to exchange
their notes for money.

This is terrible!

SANOUJI-YA

They're all here to exchange
the silver coin notes for gold.

If we exchange all of that,
our business will go under.

What should we do?

They're demanding to
see the owner.

They're all the way to the
edge of the river, so

we can't get through
the streets.

Father said his back still
hurts, so he's in bed.

Won't they leave even if you
tell them he's not feeling well?

No... They said if we won't
exchange it, then they

want to see the owner.

They won't listen!

In that case, it's either me
or you, Big Brother...

I'm not good with
things like this.

But I can't let you
go out there

That's right. You need
to take charge here.

But I have no idea
what to do.

I know... Asa...

I'll leave this to you.

I'm a woman.

If I go out there at a time like
this, they won't take me seriously.

You may be a woman, but
you're as smart as any man.

You're not an
ordinary woman.

You're an exceptional woman.

Exceptional woman...?

You're an exceptional woman
just as I expected.

Asa... Please...

Do something.

Everyone... Just as we've
been telling you, the

silver coin notes
aren't worthless.

We'll exchange them
all for gold notes...

So please don't worry.

I don't understand
what you're saying.

Hurry, and get the
owner out here.

The owner is ill, so
I'm here in his place.

Nevermind! Just get
the owner out here!

That's right... We'll hear down
a store that's of no use to us.

Ouch!

You unreasonable
customers!

I've been bowing to
you and apologizing

so you're taking advantage.
I've had enough!

What are you saying?

Wait a minute.

Young Mistress?