Original subtitles

Asa ga Kita

Final Week "A Soft Heart" Final Episode

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

Chiyo Shirooka: Fuuka KOSHIBA

Natsu: Kaya KIYOHARA

Izumi Narusawa: Koji SETO

Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI

The next month, Hatsu came to see Asa for Shinjiro's

49th-day memorial service.

Sis... Thank you for coming so often.

We're both alone now...

What are you going to do from now?

Set-chan's younger brother came home, so we have

him taking care of half of our mountain.

Is that right?

Tatsuo runs around a lot, so he's a handful.

So there's a lot to keep me busy.

That's nice... I...

I'm thinking I'll at least stay involved with the

movement to advance women's education.

That might be a good idea.

Just as my husband said, if I don't keep moving,

I'll fall over.

That's true.

Sis...?

Were we able to protect our families like Dad and

Mom told us to that day?

Yes, I think we did.

We might have just...

...walked down the path that was right in front of us,

but we were able to protect what was dear to us.

You're right.

You're really something else, after all, Sis...

Your path was so rocky...

That's true...

But it was the same for you.

You did well.

You did your best.

So did you.

We'll have to go on living for a long time, won't we?

That's right... We still have a long way to go.

Welcome home!

Welcome home, Mom!

I'm home!

Tatsuo. Come back here.

It'll be a little while longer before the orange

blossoms bloom, won't it?

And it'll get busy again, won't it?

And during the busiest harvesting time and

such a cold time of the year...

It looks like our second child will be born.

Really?

My husband... Did you hear that?

This Sanouji-ya family is just getting started, isn't it?

6 YEARS LATER

Let's go.

Nobu?

Chiyo!

So you finally came home from your studies abroad!

That's right.

Tatsuko, Etsuko and Satsuko...

You've all grown so much.

Is that your fourth?

That's right.

I just came for a visit.

Really?

I'm living in Ashiya now.

You're as passionate as ever, aren't you?

Oh, my! If it isn't Nobu.

A seminar?

That's right.

From now on, we're having it at the villa every spring.

We'll gather ambitious women from the

university and from all over Japan...

And have a seminar where they can learn a lot of

different things.

Without worrying about any formal structure,

they can freely express their opinions and

devote themselves to their studies.

That's a good idea.

If you don't mind, please talk to them, too.

About things that you learned in America...

I'd love to.

You sure have a lot of energy...

Dad is saying, "Are you still doing all those things?"

I'm sure he is.

There are still things I need to do in

this world, so he's letting me live on.

And in the spring...

Asa held her seminar.

ASA'S BROTHER TADATSUGU'S WIFE TOWA

I thought I'd teach them western cooking today.

I'm going to talk to them about women from other countries.

Hello!

That voice...

Kisuke! And Natsu...

It's been a long time, Ume.

She's going to school in Tokyo.

Thanks to my dad...

KISUKE'S DAUGHTER NATSU

I'm going to study hard.

Is that right? Isn't that nice?

As you all know, I'm an old lady born in the

Kaei era in the Edo period.

When I was young, we didn't have telephones or mail...

EIZABURO'S ELDEST AND SECOND DAUGHTERS SAE AND MASA

We didn't even have horse- drawn carriages or trains.

If we wanted to communicate with anyone, we had to put

on leggings, and travel on foot over several mountains...

Lately, I'm sure they can't imagine something like that, can they?

And everything's become so convenient now...

So I don't think that the past was better.

But...

I wonder why...

I thought if our country grew, that we'd all he

so much happier...

It's become a world where it's so hard to live now.

I wonder why...

People are hurt in the war with guns and cannons.

The newspapers and public opinion are always saying

bad things about people.

They only hurt people with their selfish criticisms.

The weapon we need to make people happy isn't

guns, cannons or criticisms.

It's right here and here...

Here? And here?

That's right. You need an excellent brain that can

consider people's feelings, and a soft heart.

As long as we have that, that's all we need.

In that sense, women aren't outdone by men...

No... in fact, we can use that power better than

any man around.

But my husband was a much softer person than I am...

So all of you young people....

No matter what kind of occupation you choose,

or if you choose to get married, as long as you

have those two weapons, you can be of use to others.

You can be of use not only to Japan but to the world

in a lot of ways in the future.

So please don't be disheartened,

study hard and do your best.

Thank you, Ms. Shirooka.

Let's take a short break, and we'll listen to what

Tamura has to say next.

Okay.

Mom?

Asa!

Thank you for your hard work.

You're working hard again today, aren't you?

I am... My dear husband.