All language subtitles for Asa Ga Kita Week 18 Ep106 (848x480 x264)

In Wakayama, Hatsu received
a letter from Asa...

Hatsu.

Don't look like that.

It's our fault for not listening
more carefully to what he had to say.

No!

I...

I can't forgive Ainosuke.

Saying those terrible
things to you...

And just leaving like that.

Asa ga Kita

Week 18
"Welcome to Our Bank"
Episode 106

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

Ume:
TOMOCHIKA

Eizaburo Shirooka:
Akito KIRIYAMA

Chiyo Shirooka:
Fuuka KOSHIBA

Miwa:
Sumika NONO

Heijuro Yamazaki:
Shigeo TSUJIMOTO

Kiku Mayuyama:
Hisako MANDA

Eitatsu Mayuyama:
Takuro TATSUMI

Yono Shirooka:
Jun FUBUKI

Hatsu Mayuyama:
Aoi MIYAZAKI

A marriage prospect
for your daughter?

That's right.
My daughter complained to me.

She said she went to a
girls' high school like

I asked, but even two years
after she graduated,

it wasn't of any
use at all.

Oh, my!

She always had good
grades in school, so

she was able to go on
to a girls' high school.

But to be honest, being able
to recite the Record of

Ancient Matters by memory or
being good in math isn't any good.

So I want to find her a good
marriage prospect before

she's too old to marry.

Is your daughter saying she
wants to get married right away?

That's the problem...

Because she's gotten all
this knowledge, she

says it'll just be a waste not
to use that treasure.

She's gotten so sassy.

Even if a woman obtained the
ticket to learn, it was a lot

harder to get her ship going
on the right path than

Asa had thought.

A marriage prospect?

I'll ask our regular customers
if they know of anyone.

What I think is that women
work as well as any man.

That's true. There are men who
say they don't want to work.

When it comes to work, whether
you're good or not has nothing

to do with whether you're
a man or a woman.

We have to look at
each individual.

Before the Meiji era, whether
a woman took care of her

home worked in the fields
or in the coal mines, they

really worked hard.

But their work was only for the
sake of their family business,

or in the household, or just to
learn etiquette and manners.

That's true... No matter how
hard she works, this country

doesn't have the concept of
a woman working, does it?

That's right. With that kind
of thinking, I'm amazed that

you became a shamisen teacher
and came up with the idea

to open a place like this.

I'm sure you know this, but
I didn't open this place

by myself... Mr. Godai and a
lot of men helped me.

Thank you for waiting.

Thank you.

You have female servers here.

When I put out an ad,
it didn't take long

to get women to apply.

Just as you said, it seems
there are a lot of women

who want to earn money
on their own.

It brightens up the place,
so it's nice, isn't it?

That's right... That's an idea.

You want to hire women
as bank clerks?

We'll have them work as
assistants to the bank

clerks for a while, and
eventually hire them

officially as female
bank clerks.

You can't do that!

You, too?

Of course! You, too, Hei-san?

Yes...

I understand that you have
unconventional ideas...

But I can't accept this idea.

It's going to be difficult to let
women work inside a bank.

Why?

I think it's going to be difficult
for a woman to handle money.

You may say that, but the
female server that you

said brightens up the place
also handles money.

To put it bluntly, aren't
women weak when

it comes to numbers?

That's only because up until
now, women never had

the chance to properly learn
the practical applications.

Do you have any
other reasons?

I think it's foolish.

Up until now, there has never
been a woman working

in any money changer
or bank.

That's because society doesn't
want a woman inside a business.

If we suddenly start hiring
women here, we'll lose

all the trust that we've built
up with our customers.

I understand what
you're saying...

But... Because it's something
that's never been done

before, if we should succeed,
being the first to do it,

Kano-ya will move way ahead
of the other banks.

I'll carefully select the women
and only hire the ones that

we can really trust.

It's not easy to have the skills
to outdo the male bank clerks,

but I'll choose the ones who
have the spirit to try no

matter how hard it is,
and stick it out.

I want to bring out the ability
of each one of them as a

person not whether they're
a man or a woman...

That's quite adventurous.

That's right, but that's why
I'll find the money to pay

their salaries until we're
sure we can trust them.

I'll take full responsibility
for this experiment,

so please, please
let me do this.

Shinjiro! What do
you think of this?

Me?

That's right... Didn't you
object to this idea

just like we did?

I...

...was just wondering what's
going to happen if we have

women working out front,
and we get some bad

customers who try to
touch their butts.

There are such vulgar fellows
like that around.

That's what I'm worried about.

I'll make sure to protect the
precious butts of the

women who work here.

You will? In that case,
then that's fine.

If we have women in our bank,
it'll brighten up the place.

I can't believe
you said that.

Besides, the two of you
forgot one thing...

That Asa is... after a
fashion... a woman.

And this woman has been
working inside our store,

and handled money all the
time, but she's never

made a mistake once,
have you?

No, I haven't... But what did
you mean by I'm a woman

after a fashion?

I can't wait to see what
kind of women will

come and work for us.

That's how Kano Bank started
recruiting women to work in the bank.

It's really popular, isn't it?

When the rumor spread
that a woman could

work at a bank, they had
about 100 women

who came to apply.

This is my daughter.
I hope you'll consider her.

First, they had to take a
general examination...

GENERAL EXAMINATION

Followed by a practical exam
for customer service.

This is where they sifted out
those who came just for the

fun of it and those who just
wanted the feeling of being

a working woman.

PRACTICAL CUSTOMER
SERVICE EXAM

Welcome!

Only the women who were ambitious and
brimming with intelligence were chosen.

What do you think is most
important in a bank?

And in the end, Asa herself
interviewed the women.

Why do you want to
work at our bank?

I was always at the top
of my class in school,

and I'm sure I'll be of
use to Kano Bank

that's considered the
best in Osaka.

Why do you want to
work at our bank?

To be honest, I'm not
really sure myself...

But I thought if I came
here, it would open

up a path for me.

That's why I came.

Rather than looks and
affability, she carefully

nailed down those who
were serious-minded,

fearless and tough.

In the end, she chose
four women.

I'm Tsuru Takagi...

I'm Suzu Suematsu...

I'm Hato Nakagawa...

I'm Sakae Kudo.

Thank you for all
your efforts.

I'm going to hire the four
of you as apprentices.

I'm going to hire the four
of you as apprentices

for candidates for
female bank clerk.

You've lived your lives as
women for over 10 years,

so I'm sure you're
well aware that

this world is made so
life is easier for men.

There are a lot of men
around you who will

pick on every little mistake
you make just waiting to

say, "See? What did
I tell you," or...

"That's why women
are no good."

That's what it means
to work among men.

That's why you mustn't
make a single mistake.

Not a single one.

I may say that, but I've
made a lot of mistakes.

But let's have high ambitions.

I hate to ask you this, but
please come to work an

hour earlier than the male
bank clerks for a while.

On the path the four of
you are about take,

there are a lot of women
who want to work from now...

You're going to be the
first penguins of

women who work
outside the home.

You're going to
open the way.

After that, Asa...

...was the first one to come
to work every morning

to train the four female
bank clerks she hired.

Good morning! I'll be
working again today.

Good morning.

Good morning!

Ainosuke sure is spirited.

Asa already started
working, didn't she?

Lately, it's not just dinner,
but breakfast that she

can't eat with us.

That's because Mom
really loves the bank.

She must be so happy that she
found a lot of women who

are worth nurturing to
work in the bank.

That's the kind of
person she is.

Chiyo... You...

Meanwhile...

Hatsu had come
to Osaka.