Original subtitles

He's adorable isn't he?

Asa's older sister had a baby boy, but...

AINOSUKE

But her husband, Sobei

who had disappeared, hadn't come home

Meanwhile, Asa who had made up her mind to

go to Kyushu for the sake of the family.

Take a mistress.

A mistress?

I don't like it, after all...

Let me be your only wife.

I feel as if even Shinjiro has started changing

a little bit at a time thanks to Asa.

I'll put Kano-ya in your hands.

At the time, Asa didn't realize...

KYUSHU

At the time, Asa didn't realize

what hardships lay ahead for her in Kyushu.

Asa ga Kita

Week 7 "My Husband's Secret" Episode 37

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

Tomoatsu Godai: Dean FUJIOKA

Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE

Kazu: Yasuko TOMITA

Jirosaku: Ginnojo YAMAZAKI

Genkichi Miyabe: Zen KAJIHARA

Eitatsu Mayuyama: Takuro TATSUMI

Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI

Shokichi Shirooka: Masaomi KONDO

Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI

COAL MINE MANAGER MIYABE

Asa and the others had climbed the endless

steep mountain road until they finally reached the coal mine.

KURANO COAL MINE

However...

Mr. Miyabe...?

Is this really a coal mine?

As you can see...

MINE ENTRANCE

That's the coal mine entrance.

That's the living quarters.

LIVING QUARTERS

But... Isn't a coal mine where there are a lot

of coal miners carrying and sorting coal...?

Shouldn't they be working?

Why is it so quiet?

Are the coal miners off today?

I don't know... You keep asking why all the time...

I just don't know.

Yesterday and today was the first time I walked so much in my life.

Will you let me rest for a bit?

How dare he talk to you like that!

KANO-YA

Think of this as Kano-ya s shop curtain, so no

matter where you are, everyone here including

me will always be with you. And do your best.

I have to fight.

I represent Kano-ya now.

Young Mistress?

Mr. Miyabe... You're the manager here, aren't you?

Then you must know how big a loss we'll take if the

coal mine is shut down for even one day.

What are the coal miners doing now?

Well...

I'm the type who's not satisfied unless things

are made clear to me in black and white.

So please talk to me so I can understand better.

It was okay if the master of Kano-ya had come,

but sending his wife here is setting a bad example to the coal miners.

Someone like you could never take charge of running a coal mine.

No one will listen to you.

Is that right?

I thought so. Is that how you really feel?

I understand.

Thank you for guiding me on the long journey here.

Go ahead and yawn or go to sleep all you want.

Wait, Young Mistress.

It sounds like there are people here.

Excuse me! Is the boss here?

Boss?

The person who gets the miners to work at a coal mine, and

looks after them is called "Nayagashira" and he's

called the boss (oyabun) of the coal miners.

Wait a minute! Will you stop that?

A woman can't go in the coal miners' quarters.

Were you still here?

You should just go home and sleep.

Excuse me. I'm Kano-ya's wife, Asa Shirooka...

I know they're in there, so why don't they come out?

I told you not to do that.

If you try to force the...

I'm sorry... The door fell off.

Is the boss here?

BOSS JIROSAKU

You must be the boss... I'm Asa Shirooka from Kano-ya.

You don't have to tell us... We know that.

You knew? Is that the way you greet people

when they introduce themselves here?

Coalminers are a lot ruder than I thought.

What's that?

Hey! Will those sleeping, get up, and greet the lady?

The young mistress of Kano-ya has come here from Osaka.

I'm pleased to meet you.

Ever since I made up my mind to get into the

coal mining business, I've been looking

forward to coming to this coal mine.

And what did I find when I got here?

No one is working.

Why? Why don't you work?

When the owner of the mountain changed,

no one came to tell us, so we had no idea

what was going to happen from now.

Then you have nothing to worry about...

From now on, Kano-ya will be paying you

your salaries, and things will go on as they

have been... In fact, we'll be even more involved than ever before.

I'm counting on your help.

So please hurry, and get back to work.

If you don't work it's not just you and

Kano-ya-who will lose, but our country who's trying

to develop by using coal.

I that's what you say, but don't you people just want the money?

That's right. We don't want to talk to no woman!

Right?

Go home!

Why?

Why won't you talk to a woman?

The owner of Kano-ya has left everything

about the coal mine to me.

I'm the one who first came up with the idea to get into coal mining.

He's leaving everything to a woman?

The Kano-ya men are cowards who leave everything to a woman!

Back then, the coal miners had taken on harsh working

conditions and put their lives on the line, and as

the epitome of the virile sons of Kyushu, they had a lot of pride.

I told you, didn't I?

They won't listen to a woman.

But unless I get these men to work in the mine,

we won't get anywhere.

OSAKA KANO-YA

Meanwhile in Osaka...

It's okay if we just take a look, isn't it?

The house suddenly got so quiet that

MEETING PLACE

it's unsettling. My wife went to see a sumo wrestling match.

Even here, it's quiet without Kano-ya's young mistress.

Have you heard from Asa yet?

No... nothing yet.

How unusual. I didn't know you were here.

I don't know what kind of hardships my wife

is going through, so I don't feel like just playing around.

Still, you only talk about money here, so it's too tiring for me...

If you'll excuse me...

I'm off!

That's the Shinjiro I know.

He's really unreliable.

And besides rather than a good-looking, strong man,

I'd rather have delicate husband who's always playing around.

Master!

What is it?

What are you doing here away from the store?

The head clerk from three shops away

told me that he saw something very

scary at Teramachi, so I went to ask about it.

And while I was out, I came to get you.

Coming to get me isn't at the top of your list?

What's that scary thing he saw?

A monster?

No... nothing like that... It's about an ordinary person.

What useless talk.

It's a waste of time.

That's true. No matter how scary it is, he shouldn't talk

about the young master of Sanouji-ya like he's some kind of monster.

You mean Sanouji-ya's Sobei?

Yes...

Sobei?

AINOSUKE

His eyes look just like Sobei's...

He's getting to look more and more like him.

I wonder where he went.

It's been more than two years since Sobei disappeared.

KYUSHU

Why did I come here?

That hurts.

What should I do?

BOSS' WIFE KAZU

Who are you?

That blister looks like it hurts.

Just walking a few days, I never thought it would get like this.

It's just proof that I'm normally just lazing around.

But...

Are you still here?

You'll go back to work tomorrow, won't you?

Please go back to work.

We're all mountain men.

If it doesn't make sense to us, we won't do anything no matter what.

You stay out of this.

Does that mean you won't go to work again tomorrow?

We went through the proper process, and bought this mountain.

I want you to stop being lazy by using far-fetched

excuses about my being a woman so you won't work.

What's so far-fetched?

We're the ones who have to go into that hole, and mine the coal.

If you're the owner of this mountain, then

show us your good faith.

My good faith?

That's right.

I'll get everybody together now.

Will Asa be acknowledged by these coal miners?