The third episode of the NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND (Berabou) " (General TV, Sunday 8pm and others), starring actor Ryusei Yokohama, "A Thousand Visitors: A Thousand at a Glance" will be broadcast on January 19th. Starting from this episode, Hashimoto Jun will appear as Kitao Shigemasa.
Hashimoto, known for his role as Magired/Ozu Kai in the Super Sentai series "Mahou Sentai Magiranger" (2005-2006), plays Kitao Shigemasa, who was born as the son of a bookseller and grew up surrounded by books, and developed his talent as an artist. He had many disciples, and is said to have even trained Kitagawa Utamaro (played by Sometani Shota) as a pupil.
While he was popular as an artist of "beauty paintings" and "actor paintings," he also continued to work on illustrations for printed books until his later years, and was involved in many of Tsutaju's publications. His first work with Tsutaju (Yokohama) was "Hitome Senbon." "There is a 'Kitao Shigemasa' in Tsutaju Publications, and he is a popular artist who has supported the business since its early days."
"UNBOUND (Berabou)" is the 64th taiga drama, depicting the life of Tsutaya Juzaburo(or "Tsutajyu" for short), who is said to have built the foundations of Japan's media industry and pop culture. The script was written by Yoshiko Morishita, known for "Drama 10 'Ooku'" which was broadcast on NHK two years ago and became a big hit.
