All language subtitles for Asa ga Kita Week 26 Ep154 (848x480 x264)

What Asa brought was Shinjiro's
favorite shamisen.

Asa ga Kita

Final Week
"A Soft Heart"
Episode 154

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

Gansuke:
Takaya YAMAUCHI

Ume:
TOMOCHIKA

Eizaburo Shirooka:
Akito KIRIYAMA

Chiyo Shirooka:
Fuuka KOSHIBA

Izumi Narusawa:
Koji SETO

Heijuro Yamazaki:
Shigeo TSUJIMOTO

It was now spring...

A single flower finally bloomed.

Do you think we'll have more
blooming next year?

It's cold. Let's go inside.

Gansuke had come to Kano-ya
for the first time in a while.

Sorry to worry you,
too, Gansuke.

What are you saying?

Up until now, you've been
worrying about everyone

else behind the scenes, so
you should have others

worrying about you
for a change.

Thank you.

Besides, I've retired, too.

You, too?

My wife died, and I've left
the business in the hands

of my daughter and
her husband.

So I have time
on my hands.

Now he doesn't know what
to do, so he ended up

helping out in the business.

That's so like you, Gansuke.

So the two of you are getting
together once in a while.

That's not fair...

It's only been a
few times.

But once I retire, I might
go to visit more often.

I'm thinking of retiring at
the end of this month.

Don't be ridiculous.

You have to work longer.

Your daughter's
still a child.

He's right.

But without Shinjiro
and you working...

Please, Kisuke...

Please watch over Keisuke.

We're counting on you.

Really? If you insist, then
I guess it can't be helped.

You just wanted someone
to stop you from retiring.

I'm so glad.

Gansuke.

Eizaburo!

The chief clerk told me
once when I was little...

Don't you care for
your mother?

Be sure to watch the way
your mother works...

Back then, no matter how
hand I watched Mom work,

I couldn't think of her as
someone in the same world as me.

But after going out to learn,
and having a child of my

own, I think I'm beginning to
understand her a little bit.

Is that right? There are a lot
of things in this world that

only time can resolve.

Tatsuko! I need to
change your diaper.

Excuse me...

Chiyo!

It was such a surprise to learn
that Oasa quit working.

Everyone would defer to her
all the time, so she said if

you were still here, there would
be something worth fighting for.

I've had enough of fighting
with the mistress.

That's true... But she must have
settled something inside her

because she really has a
refreshing look now.

I can't believe we're sitting
here just chatting like this.

Gansuke... you've gotten
old, haven't you?

You should talk... So have you.

As long as I'm alive, no matter
how the world may change,

I thought the only thing that
wouldn't change was the

way that Oasa and Shinjiro enjoyed
themselves as a couple...

That's true.

Is it okay if I write to you?

I thought we could write to
each other every so often

to see if we're both still alive.

Okay.

Thanks to you, we had our first
graduating class this spring.

Really? So three years have gone
by since that entrance ceremony.

So I was thinking of sending Nobu
Tamura overseas to study.

Nobu?

I'll have her research home economics
and women's issues in America and

Europe from a sociological and
economic standpoint.

And he's planning to having her
as a professor of economics

at the Hinode Women's University
when she comes back home.

Is that right? So Nobu
will be a professor...

Yes. As much as possible,
I want the students to

take on the responsibility
of their alma mater.

And universities are able to be
corporate organizations now.

I don't know how
to thank you.

I don't need you
to thank me.

You took on the backbreaking
work of building what we

dreamed of for such
a long time.

So what is there to
thank me for?

I should be the one to
show my appreciation.

That's a good idea.

How shall I do this?

You really aren't extravagant.

Do you think I should get
him something to wear?

Let's see... Maybe a pocket
watch or maybe a hat...!

So the university has become
an incorporated foundation?

Yes. I owe it to your
harsh point of view.

Please shake my hand.

To think that our number
four soggy wakame is...

Mr. Narusawa!

Kisuke!

Please shake my hand.

Chiyo just told me about
your husband.

But I never thought
you'd stop working...

That's true...

I'm ashamed to admit this,
but lately, I just sit and

watch my husband every day.

Then he really looks
like he's so happy...

We've been married for
40 years, and during all

that time, I never had
the time to do that...

I thought I hadn't paid much
attention to my daughter,

but now I feel badly about
how I treated my husband.

But that's why Kano-ya
is what it is today.

You forged the path
for Kano-ya.

The reason Mr. Narusawa has
become one of the top

three educators in Japan along
with Yukichi Fukuzawa

and Jo Niijima is partly due
to your contribution.

And I'm sure Shinjiro
is proud of that, too.

So please don't have
any regrets.

You're right.

My husband and I often
talk about how you

were raised in an affluent
family, but it was your

hardships in the Kano-ya business
that really nurtured you.

That's why such a courageous
woman was born...

You're a true hero in
the battlefield of life.

Ayako...

Thank you.

How's Mr. Okuma?

He wanted to play a game
of Go with you.

So whenever you feel like it
someday, please stop by

to visit when you're in Tokyo.

There's even a female ticket agent
at the Shinbashi Station now.

Really? I'll have to buy a
ticket from her, won't I?

A female ticket agent?

And something good
happened today.

Remember Sakae, the bank
clerk who worked here?

Mr. Kudo's daughter?

Yes... She came to the bank...

FORMER BANK CLERK SAKAE

Mistress... It's been
such a long time.

Sakae... You look so matronly.

You really do... I didn't
recognize you.

Actually, my husband is very
understanding, so once

the children are grown enough,
I could go to the university.

Really?

Yes. I don't know when
that will be, but someday,

I'm thinking of going to the
university that you helped

to build to learn.

Is that right? Isn't that great?

So your feelings have
gotten through in a

lot of different ways,
haven't they?

So it wasn't all for
nothing, was it?

That's my wife.

From now on, you'll have to
hand over your click click

abacus to a lot of people.

My husband...

My husband!

Someone! Come quickly!