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According to Godai's last will, his funeral was held in Osaka.

Over 4,300 people attended his funeral.

He was more of a samurai than any of us thought.

A samurai?

He was a great businessman, but I had a feeling that

rooted somewhere deep inside him was the soul of a samurai...

After he passed away, going through his

correspondence, almost all of them were letters of

apology saying he couldn't repay his debts.

Mr. Godai was in debt?

That can't be! With so many big companies,

and all he did was work...

He had a lot of companies, but he was always looking

after the young people, and he generously loaned

officials from Satsuma a tot of money.

So all that was left were debts.

That can't be...!

It was the same with Mr. Okubo.

He never thought of increasing his own

savings, and worked himself to the bone for the sake of our country...

It made me think they were all looking for a place to die.

Right now, those two are finally relieved and drinking

together while they complain about the way Japan is now.

That's true. You may be right.

Asa ga Kita

Week 16 "Someone to Show You the Way" Episode 96

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

Gansuke: Takaya YAMAUCHI

Ume: TOMOCHIKA

Eizaburo Shirooka: Akito KIRIYAMA

Chiyo Shirooka: Rio SUZUKI

Miwa: Sumika NONO

Heijuro Yamazaki: Shigeo TSUJIMOTO

Kiku Mayuyama: Hisako MANDA

Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI

Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI

The smoke from the canning factory and the smoke from

the Mint Bureau are both rising side by side in

the sky, so it was a nice sight to see.

Was it?

The Osaka sky must hate to part with Mr. Godai.

Quite a while back while I was still pregnant with Chiyo,

Mr. Godai told me...

No matter how hard we work, people will all

die someday, and you can't take your money with you to the grave...

Rather than that, you have to think about what you

can leave for the future generation.

We'll have to think about it, too, won't we?

Instead of just for Kano-ya's sake, we should be thinking

about what we can leave behind for the sake of

Osaka and Japan's future.

That's true.

May I talk to you, Mistress?

What's wrong?

Actually, he's here again.

"Getsuyobi no Hei-san..."

Again?

"Getsuyobi no Hei-san..."?

You mean the man who comes here every Monday (getsuyobi)

and all he says is "hei"?

That's right... That's the one.

He seems to want to say something, but he hasn't

said anything today either, so I just kept asking him

why he was here, and...

And...?

He wants to work here at Kano-ya.

He just looks like an old man who couldn't work as an apprentice.

All right. I'll talk to him.

Hello...

Is it true that you want to work here?

"Hei..."

Why? Why do you want to work here?

"Hei..."

Why do you want to work at a money changer?

Or is it the coal mine?

"Hei..."

Where have you worked until now?

"Hei..."

Where are you from?

"Hei..."

What about your family?

"Hei..."

How old are you?

"Hei..."

I can't take this!

Why is "hei..." the only thing you can say?

I don't mean to be rude, but the thing I hate

the most is someone who can't express everything in black and white.

Calm down.

And besides, trust is the most important thing to a money changer.

We can't hire someone whose identity is unclear.

"Hei..."!

Pardon me!

I used to work for the Finance Ministry in

HEIJURO YAMAZAKI

the Board of Audit. My name is

Heijuro Yamazaki.

What a surprise!

It really is... Did you just say the Finance Ministry?

No! What I'm surprised at is his name.

Heijuro...!

He really was "Hei-san."

What are you saying?

The Board of Audit is where they monitor how the

country spends its money, isn't it?

Why would someone like that want...?

After working for years in the government, I always felt

the private banks had to be straightened out in

order to rebuild our country's economy.

So, in the past two years I've been to many

businesses, but there wasn't a decent bank among them.

You certainly talk a lot.

But I felt that this business had something that

I didn't feel at any of the other businesses.

Something other businesses didn't have...?

So please... hire me.

I went to Germany to study about banks.

I'm sure I can be of help to you in order for this

business to become a bank.

Please hire me.

All right.

Is it okay?

Yes.

Both Eizaburo and I have been looking for someone with

the knowledge of what a real bank is.

We're counting on you.

So that's how Heijuro came to be hired.

Is it really okay?

Seems suspicious to me.

It was the beginning of the new year...

This is great.

Chiyo was now 10 years old.

At first glance she looks a lot like Asa, but...

What are the two of you looking at?

This is a drawing of what they call Rokumeikan...

My husband got it as a gift from Kanda-ya who went to Tokyo.

So this is Rokumeikan...?

The government built this to show foreign

countries how Japan has grown.

What are they all doing?

They're dancing.

It seems that families and young ladies with good

backgrounds get together, and hold these "budokai'

(ballroom dance party) every day.

"Budo no kai" (grape party)?

Sounds delicious.

They eat and dance...

Sounds like the bon dance they hold at the temples.

I wonder...

But they're wearing such beautiful kimono...

It's western clothes for women called a dress.

A dress? Sounds nice.

Really? What's so nice about this?

With all these things hanging on the bottom of the dress,

she looks like a goldfish.

Besides, they don't work or study, and just dance every day like that.

I can't imagine a world like that.

Oasa...

That's right.

Someone like you who doesn't wear any make-up all year

round, and works in the coal mine with your

hair pulled back would never understand a world like this.

Chiyo... Are you still angry about that?

About what?

It's nothing important...

It's important!

Children this age are hard to handle, aren't they?

That's true.

But when you were that age, rather than just

being hard to handle, it was hard to treat you like a girl.

But unlike kimono, with western clothes

the top and bottom are separate.

Separated?

That's why it's easy to dance, and I heard

that it's a lot easier to move around.

That would be great.

It might be similar to the way the "okadashi"

(women who carry out the coal from the mine) dress.

Mistress! Mistress...

I heard your coal mines are making a lot of money again.

Tell us about it.

I'll tell you anything you want later...

But it's not a business that you can take lightly.

Hello! Yama-ya...

Mistress...

What is that?

This is called a "Safety Bicycle" from England that they

want me to stock at my store.

Bicycle?

That's right. It runs on two wheels.

I'm in England right now.

When I saw a woman racing quickly by on a two-wheeled

contraption edited a velocipede, for some reason, it reminded

me of you running swiftly away from me.

Everyone says that a Japanese woman could never ride one of these.

But it only has two wheels so how do you ride it?

There's nothing to supports, so you'll fall over right away.

That's right. That's why I told them I don't want it.

No... Someday, I'm going to ride one of these.

This is so tiring.

Dad... Do your best.

When it comes to Chiyo, Shinjiro sure is weak, isn't he?

That's right... He doesn't have time to play.

It's just as you planned, isn't it?

I want to play... I want to play.

I want to play.

What's in your heart is coming out of your mouth.

Is it?

Hello!

Welcome!

There he is.

Who are you?

Dad!

Dad?

Did you call him, "Dad"?

I didn't do anything.

I'm kidding. It's me... Aunt Asa.

I'm Ainosuke..

Ainosuke?

You're Ainosuke?

You sure have grown.

Which means...?

Hello! It's been a long time.

Sanouji-ya!

It's a lively store as usual, isn't it?

Sis!

Asa!

It's been 10 years since Asa and Hatsu have seen each other.