Original subtitles

Look at that.

She looks like a bride.

Kano-ya's grand mistress, Yono, passed away.

I'm home.

You came home?

In Wakayama, Yonosuke returned home safely.

Welcome home.

In Tokyo, the first women's university in Japan which

HINODE WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY

Asa had supported, was finally established.

Congratulations on your entrance to Hinode Women's University,

the first women's university in Japan.

However...

Shinjiro! This is terrible!

Namba Bank and Nanajukyu Bank suspended payments...

This is going to turn into a big run on the banks.

Does that mean that it's just as Asa predicted?

I need the department heads and supervisors to gather here...

Send a wire to all of our branches.

I need to contact Asa in Tokyo right away.

Okay.

The Osaka financial panic...

The biggest crisis since the Meiji Restoration was

about to descend on Osaka.

Asa ga Kita

Week 25 "A Life To Be Proud Of" Episode 145

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

Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE

Ume: TOMOCHIKA

Eizaburo Shirooka: Akito KIRIYAMA

Chiyo Shirooka: Fuuka KOSHIBA

Heijuro Yamazaki: Shigeo TSUJIMOTO

Eiichi Shibusawa: Yuji MIYAKE

Shokichi Shirooka: Masaomi KONDO

Ume... Young Miss... Good morning.

Good morning.

What are you doing out so early in the morning?

We're just.

Her fiancé, Keisuke, is coming on the first train this morning,

so we're out here waiting for him.

How nice... It's such a nice morning.

Hey!

Is the bank president in?

We're not open yet.

Is this bank in danger, too?

I heard that Namba Bank went bankrupt...

Are you all planning to run off, too?

No...

This is no good.

The backlash from Namba Bank has finally hit us, too.

Depositors have shown up at all the banks in Osaka.

How could this happen?

Last year there was a big battle in China...

Trade between China and Japan has stopped.

So the Osaka merchants who were making money because

of that trade suddenly lost their source of income.

Hei-san... Maybe we should pay the depositors so we

can put their mind at ease.

No! We mustn't do that.

With a bank of this size, if we start

giving their money back, we don't know how much that will amount to.

Unless there's a really good reason for it, we should

stop the depositors from withdrawing their money.

The money we have is the customers' money.

Don't you think it's wrong if we don't give them

their money back when they need it?

That's a sound argument, but...

Are you okay, Yusaku?

Are you okay?

Your glasses.

They just won't listen.

They insist on getting their money back.

It's terrible, isn't it?

How can you be so carefree, drinking tea at a time like this?

It won't do any good for me to try to look so serious

and put a frown on my face...

And I was thinking that something like this

happened while you were little.

If we don't exchange it, they want to see the

shop owner... They just won't listen to me.

In that case, it's either you or me, isn't it, Shinjiro?

I'm no good at things like this.

But I can't let you go out there, either.

That's right.

Asa! I'll leave this to you.

My exceptional wife should be coming home just about now...

What's going on?

Keisuke! Over here!

This is terrible.

Something like this happened here before, didn't it?

It was after the Restoration, when they abolished the silver unit.

This brings back memories.

Who threw this at me?

Okay... Let's go!

It's the mistress!

Give us back our money.

She's in trouble!

We heard that Kano Bank is in danger of bankruptcy.

There's still five minutes until the bank opens.

Please wait.

We're depositors. You need to explain to us whether

our money is safe or not.

That's right.

Of course it's safe!

I'm telling you to trust us and just wait until we open.

We heard that Kano Bank is bankrupt.

Who said that?!

What basis do you have for saying things like that?

Kano Bank has a tradition and trust from back when

we were money changers.

It'll take a lot more than this to take us down.

I can't have you all going around saying such ridiculous things.

Please trust us and wait five minutes...

Please wait for four minutes.

Namba Bank went under.

Thank you for letting me know.

I'm sorry I'm back so late.

I heard things were dangerous, but

I didn't realize it would happen this soon.

A lot of Namba Bank's clients went under.

From here on, the financial panic will hit banks all over Japan.

A lot of banks will go under like the money changers did back then.

I know we should give them all back their money, but

if by some small chance, we get caught up in

the backlash and go down with everyone else.

Don't worry. Our clients are mostly solid businesses.

Let's open the bank and pay all of the depositors

who are out there.

Why do you think I sold the coal mines?

You may say that, but if everyone else stops

paying and we're the only one paying our customers...

It's not just today; we don't know how many customers

will be coming to withdraw their money after that.

If it's a financial panic, then it's a crisis for all of Japan, isn't it?

Don't you think the government will have to step in and do something?

I used to work for the government,

and I'm saying that we're in trouble.

Oh, my!

That's true...

I understand what you're saying, Hei-san...

But I remembered something the god of banks told us...

What's most important to a bank is whether or

not they have the people's trust.

As long you have trust,

people will start bringing their money to you...

EIICHI SHIBUSAWA

That's right... If the other banks won't pay their

depositors and we're the only one who are willing to,

regardless of the situation it puts us in,

I'm sure our customers will be happy.

Then eventually, they'll come to trust us and

entrust us with their money again someday.

"En" (yen) is "go en" (fate).

My husband...

Come to think of it, Dad used to say that often, didn't he?

We're entrusted with the money that's precious

to them, so we have to be sincere and trust each other, don't we?

I've heard that many times, too.

Please, Hei-san!

You may think we're being naive, but...

This is how Kano-ya does things.

All right. In that case, I'm prepared for the

worst and we'll pay them. Let's open the bank!

Among the many banks who stopped paying their

depositors, Kano Bank continued to pay

all their customers.

Just what I'd expect from Kano Bank.

They're the only ones willing to pay.

First, you have to decide whether the furniture

you're going to use will be western-style

or Japanese-style furniture.

You're right...

It's fun choosing things like this, but...

With all that stress, I'm exhausted.

I'm sorry, Keisuke...

I'm sorry to intrude at a time like this...

Not at all... It's almost always like this...

Let some of that tension out of your shoulders...

Thank you, my husband.

Dad!

Not in front of Keisuke.

If I were a husband like Keisuke, but in my case,

I've left my wife to always put on a show of strength

in front of others without letting them see her weakness.

So I have to reward her daily like this.

What are you saying?

Let me massage her shoulders.

You will? In that case, I'll make some tea.

I'll make the tea, too.

This kind of house...

If it's made like this, the hem won't catch even when

you're wearing western style clothing, will it?

What do you mean?

Our house is built for Japanese style, so the clothing my

mother wears always gets the hem caught on the

sewing kit and other things, overturning them...

That's right... In the western countries, they don't put

things on the bottom...

So it seems.

Keisuke was beginning to think about what he

could do as a member of the Kano-ya family.

You're making tea?

Lately, my shamisen group has gotten smaller...

So I'm thinking of putting more effort in this...

That's good. But I miss hearing you play the shamisen.

My husband...?

What is it?

Nothing.

For some reason, Shinjiro's actions made her uneasy.

Mrs. Okuma... That won't happen.

Thank you for worrying.

I'll stop by in the near future...

Goodbye.

That was Mrs. Okuma.

There are rumors in Tokyo, too, about Kano-ya being

on the verge of bankruptcy.

Is that right?

As usual, people are demanding their money back.

We'll have to do something...

At this rate...

I don't know if this will help any, but...

Asa was thinking of the greatest reform in

the history of Kano-ya.