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Which of the group leaders is disagreeable?

That guy over there.

I was told that only his group of miners was

mining less than the others...

So I warned him once...

Chief!

When I tried to warn him, he just turned and glared at me.

That group leader's name was Satoshi, wasn't it?

That's right.

The other groups complained that only Satoshi's group is taking it easy...

And he's taking a big percentage from the miners...

Taking a percentage?

It means he goes to the miners and take part

of their earnings for himself.

That isn't good, is it?

That's not the only thing.

It's the group leaders who determine the price of

the miners' tools, towels and their sake, and

he's taking a cut of the sales, too.

He's taking a cut from that, too?

That's why the group leaders are the only ones making

money, and no matter how hard the miners work,

their lives aren't getting any easier.

Are you allowing them to do things like that?

It's been like that for a long time.

Even if I'm the manager, I can't interfere with what the miners do.

But...

The miners only listen to the boss or to the group leaders...

The group leaders do everything from hiring them to taking care of them.

No one can go against them.

But we can't let this go on, can we?

Young Mistress!

I didn't know you were here.

Boss! I'm back.

Asa ga Kita

Week 9 "The Light from the Coal Mine" Episode 50

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

Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE

Miwa: Sumika NONO

Kazu: Yasuko TOMITA

Satoshi: Keishi NAGATSUKA

Jirosaku: Ginnojo YAMAZAKI

Genkichi Miyabe: Zen KAJIHARA

Kiku Mayuyama: Hisako MANDA

Eitatsu Mayuyama: Takuro TATSUMI

Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI

I need to reorganize this coal mine.

Reorganize? That sounds ominous.

What are you planning to do?

If all the money the miners make goes to buy sake

and tools no matter how hard they work, then

their lives will never get any easier.

There aren't any dream or hopes.

Dream?

I want everyone working here to have the hope

that the more they work, the better their lives will be.

Hope?

But how are you going to give them hope?

First, for the group that mines the most coal, they'll all be

equally rewarded for the amount they mined above the rest.

Reward?

The reward won't go through the group leaders, but will be given

to them directly from Kano-ya.

Won't that raise their morale?

Give it to them directly?

And I was thinking of prohibiting the group

leaders from selling what the miners need.

From now on, Kano-ya will buy whatever they need,

and sell it to them at a low price.

Sell it at a low price?

I don't think that's possible...

The living quarters have been doing things a

certain way for a long tame.

If you change that, it's going to cause a big commotion.

That's right. What you're proposing will be taking

away the work of the group leaders who

are between the miners and Kano-ya.

I don't intend to take it away.

But if we don't deal directly with the miners, their

lives will never get any easier.

If that happens, that would really help us out.

I'm so sorry.

Wait a minute! Stay and listen to what I have to say.

No... You don't need me here.

Wait a minute!

Young Mistress! Wait!

Young Mistress?

She's gone.

Do you know how angry the group leaders will

be if they heard what she just said?

That's true... What am I going to do?

Why are you laughing?

Kazu! What do you think about what I just said?

We'd be grateful if that happens, of course.

We all don't have enough money.

I thought so.

But the group leaders all have masculine spirit

and they have authority over the miners, so

no one will go against them.

Is that right? In that case...

Also...

And what you said about dreams is something for

people who have the time to think about their future.

The people here don't have such dreams.

In the coal mine, you're so close to danger.

So the men are just naturally rough...

Living their lives thinking that they could die

any day and feeling the need to live their short lives boldly.

That's why dreams and hopes are too bright

for us to see, and we can't even imagine what it's like.

But...

I know you're thinking about us, and I'm

sorry to throw a damper on your ideas...

Asa's ideas for reorganization doesn't seem to be that simple to accomplish.

OSAKA

What?

Are you telling me to leave Osaka?

We didn't tell you to leave...

We just want you to come to Wakayama

with us, and start something new.

I like being a farmer.

Dad and Hatsu grow the vegetables, and I go out and sell them.

And you'll look after the household.

It's not an easy occupation...

We'll have to fight against the forces of nature every single day...

We don't even know what kind of soil they have on that land in Wakayama.

But...

We won't have to deal with the ever-changing world.

We'll all plant our feet on the ground,

and start working again.

For us to be able to own land is something that we should

be grateful for... We're truly indebted to Imai-ya...

No, you're not.

Listen to what they have to say, and

let's all go to Wakayama and start over again.

No wonder the great Sanouji-ya collapsed.

Because the men are all so pathetic.

Mother... My husband...

I always thought that no matter what

we have to do now, someday, you'd bring Sanouji-ya back to life.

That's why I put up with this miserable

way of life up until now.

And what are you telling me now?

You want to be a farmer?

Sanouji-ya went out of business.

Bringing it back to life is a dream that can never come true.

Please... Start looking toward the future.

You don't understand anything at all...

Do you realize what I had to go through to protect

the Sanouji-ya name here in Osaka?

Do you realize how frustrated I am now?

I know how you feel, but...

I'm the wife of Sanouji-ya, the top merchant in Osaka.

I absolutely refuse to go to Wakayama.

Why won't you understand?

I thought it was for the sake of this family...

Are you going to try to stab your mother again?

Go ahead and stab me if you want to.

Rather than going to a strange place, fall

into ruin and die, I'd be able to face our ancestors.

Please calm down... Ainosuke's sleeping.

I won't go anywhere.

If you insist on going to Wakayama, you

can cut your ties with me.

My husband...

This is my fault, too.

Ever since I was born, I did everything Mom told me.

But this time I just can't let that happen.

I heard your wife went to Kyushu again...

I envy you for being able to play all the time.

Thanks to you.

I'll be going now.

Thank you.

Be careful.

I know you're lonely.

Do I look like I am?

No matter how hard you try to hide it,

I can hear the truth when you play...

You'd better pull yourself together.

Don't blame it on the shamisen.

I'm going to be playing at a private party for the first time in a long time.

You are? Why?

Someone I was indebted to asked me to.

Someone important is coming...

Someone important?

Young Mistress... You seem to be exhausted.

No... I don't have time to be tired...

I wanted to hurry home for my husband's sake this time, but...

It's not going to happen, is it?

So it seems.

At this rate, I can't look for a wife.

Me, too. Last night, I was going to write

to my husband but before I knew it, I was fast asleep.

At this rate, it wouldn't be strange if I start to grow a beard.

A beard?

Wait a minute. You want milk?

Kisuke...

Actually, I...

Yes?

It was something Asa hadn't been able to tell anyone.