Asa ga Kita (あさが来た)

I didn't expect Kano-ya's young master to come.

He even hired a palanquin to come here...

Can you believe that?

It must have been the young master who

gave his wife that pistol.

He's a man who has that quick tempered wife under control...

Shall we go, and see...

How scary he is?

My husband... Why?

I wondered how you were doing.

That's not what I meant.

Why did you hire such an expensive palanquin?

It's a waste of money.

After I came all the way out here

you're saying it's a waste of money?

That palanquin doesn't even cost as much as

the neck of my shamisen.

Does a shamisen cost that much?

Is he really the young master of the number one merchant in Osaka?

It's hard to read that man.

So how did it turn out?

Your negotiation with the coal miners who won't work.

About that...

I did it.

When I held the pistol on them like this

and told them I wouldn't back down, they all

suddenly got really quiet...

My husband...?

Asa ga Kita

Week 7 "My Husband's Secret" Episode 41

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: TDMOCHIKA

Kazu: Yasuko TOMITA

Jirosaku: Ginnojo YAMAZAKI

Genkichi Miyabe: Zen KAJIHARA

Tadamasa Imai: Yoichi HAYASHI

Shokichi Shirooka: Masaomi KONDO

OSAKA

Shinjiro went to the coal mine?

He said he was going to see how things were going.

I can't believe it!

Shinjiro would never go to a place where he'd get his kimono sleeve dirty.

On top of that, purposely going to a place that's full of ruffians...

He must really miss the young mistress.

No matter how much he missed her, up until now

he'd never go near a place of business.

Maybe Shinjiro's changed a little.

I guess we owe this to Asa...

I guess it is.

It's been 20 years now.

It has been, hasn't it?

I'm sorry.

No... I'm sorry.

Was it you who's been cleaning this area all this time?

You've been cleaning it so well.

Thank you.

In exchange...

What happened to Shinjiro 20 years ago?

KYUSHU

I see.

So you were saved thanks to this...?

Yes.

We're really indebted to Mr. Godai...

If it wasn't for this, who knows what those guys

would have done to the young mistress.

I see... I guess I'll have to thank him someday.

Kisuke...?

Could you go out, and buy me some daifuku mochi?

Where would I find daifuku mochi in a place like this?

In that case, get me some candy or roasted buds...

Anything... Think about it, and be a little considerate.

Are you saying I'm in the way?

Then why didn't you say so from the beginning?

I see! Pardon me!

We're finally alone.

Thank you so much for coming.

There were so many times when I thought it just wouldn't work out.

After saying that I wanted to start a new business,

I guess I just wasn't prepared enough

to manage a business all by myself yet.

In order to get a lot of people to work for me,

I have to become stronger.

What is it?

I just thought how soft your cheeks are.

It really stretches, doesn't it?

I's just as soft as daifuku mochi..

Come to think of it my grandpa used

to say my cheeks were like daifuku mochi, and

was always pulling it.

He did?

I always thought people who ran a business had

to be strong-willed or be able to bluff his

way through so he had to be overbearing.