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Mr. Godai?

No.

It's not morning, is it?

The sun will be setting.

But your name in English means morning, so

I guess it's "good morning" (yoi asa), after all.

Morning?

Am I still dreaming?

Think of it as a dream and listen to me...

There's a place far from Japan that's nothing

but ice called Antarctica where there's a bird called a penguin...

A bird?

Penguin is a bird, but it can't fly...

But it can swim swiftly through the ocean.

But there are lots of dangers in the ocean.

They don't know what kind of enemies or difficulties lie ahead...

That's when the most courageous penguin in the flock will jump into

ocean ahead of the others.

This penguins called the first penguin.

First penguin?

Asa ga Kita

Week 9 "The Light from the Coal Mine" Episode 54

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

Sobei Mayuyama: Tasuku EMOTO

Tomoatsu Godai: Dean FUJIOKA

Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE

Gansuke: Takaya YAMAUCHI

Ume: TOMOCHIKA

Eizaburo Shirooka: Akito KIRIYAMA

Fuyu: Kaya KIYOHARA

Kazu: Yasuko TOMITA

Satoshi: Keishi NAGATSUKA

Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI

Shokichi Shirooka: Masaomi KONDO

Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI

The first penguin is brave.

There's always a risk for the first one to challenge something.

It could be eaten by a shark, and be the first to die.

But if someone doesn't do it, the penguins will never be

able to find food to eat, and can't move forward.

I actually thought that Kano-ya would go under right away.

How could you...?

But Kano-ya had you, the first penguin.

Moving forward without showing any fear.

Moving forward without showing any fear?

That's right. That's how you should be.

Hold your head up high, and jump right into the ocean without fear.

That's all I came to tell you.

Mr. Godai! Wait!

He's gone!

Young Mistress... I just saw Mr. Godai riding by me on a horse.

He went already?

That was fast.

I'm sorry, Mistress...

That man stopped here on his way to the gold mine

in Makurazaki, so he said he was in a real hurry, so he rushed off.

He was that busy and yet he stopped to see me.

What is that?

He said it's a bird, but it doesn't look like a bird, does it?

Hold my head up high and jump right in...

From now on, it might be better for women to

live their lives like you.

Hold your head up high and be proud.

You're right, Mom.

I'll have to do my best to hold my head up high, don't I?

So who is that man, anyway?

He's...

...my friend.

Satoshi... Are you in there?

It's Kano-ya.

I'm going back to Osaka once...

I actually wanted to talk to you a little more,

but what I said was lacking and I upset you...

But I'm confident that this new rule is unmistakably

for the good of the coal mine and for everyone who works here.

So please think about it once more.

I hope you'll do that.

How's Shinjiro?

What did you just say?

Young Mistress... Let's go home.

I'm home!

Welcome home.

I'm home.

Who are you talking to?

Where's my husband?

He's in the back.

Excuse me!

Excuse me!

Excuse me!

Asa!

You finally came home?

I'm sorry for everything.

What are you sorry for?

Because I came back so late.

As your wife, I shouldn't have stayed away so long.

And I wasn't able to go to see you play your shamisen.

The shamisen is a secret from Dad...

What secret?

Let's go, Eizaburo.

Never mind.

We're in the way...

We're in the way.

I'm sorry! I need to talk to you about work first.

No... You can do that tomorrow.

Shinjiro! Just for tonight, you can play that "chintonshan" thing.

Really, Dad?

Relax and enjoy yourselves.

I'll start from the beginning.

I'm sorry for not going to see you play the shamisen.

I'm sorry for not writing to you.

I understand.

I'm sorry that I left you alone for so long.

I'm sorry for being this kind of wife...

Do you have anything else you want to say?

Okay then... Just be quiet, and let me look at you.

Do I have soot or a beard growing?

What are you saying?

Welcome home.

I'm home!

Shall I play for you?

Please do.

After coming home to Kano-ya Asa greeted another new morning.

How's Shinjiro?

Here you go.

It's Daddy!

My husband?

Daddy!

What is it? Why do you look so surprised?

I told you I would be home soon, didn't I?

I know, but...

I was planning to come home sooner, but...

I ran into a wild boar in the mountain on the way home.

Mountain? Where did you go?

Here.

Wakayama.

At Kano-ya...

What are we going to talk about?

I don't know.

I'm sorry to call you together when you're so busy.

But what is it, Dad? Why so formal?

Just sit down.

Sit down.

Actually, as of today, I decided to step

down as the head of Kano-ya.

You're going to retire?

Why all of a sudden?

I've been talking it over with Yono and Gansuke just recently...

So I decided...

that the person who will take over as the head of Kano-ya is...