The 10th episode of the NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND (Berabou) " (General TV, Sunday 8pm and others), starring actor Ryusei Yokohama , titled "What is the dream of the 'Blue Chamber Beauty'?" will be broadcast on March 9th. From this episode, Motomiya Yasukaze will appear as Wakakiya Yohachi.
Motomiya plays Wakakiya Yohachi, the owner of a brothel who teams up with Nishimuraya Yohachi (Masahiko Nishimura) and opposes the gang. During the "Niwaka" festival, he fights with Ooya Ichibei (Atsushi Ito) over control of the project. Costume photos have also been released.
" 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, who is known for "Drama 10 'Ooku'" which was broadcast on NHK two years ago and became a big hit.
In the 10th episode, Tsutaju (Yokohama) is dejected after Segawa (Fuka Koshiba) is bought. Meanwhile, her father and friends ask her to create a nishikie (colored woodblock print) to accompany Segawa's "Last Courtesan's Procession."
Tsutae, who went out to investigate, found out that her books had been banned from bookstores in the city and had been thrown away. In Edo Castle, Ieji (Ken Watanabe) was informed by Ieharu (Hidekazu Mashima) of his plan to make Tanehime (Aiyu Oda) his daughter and marry Iemoto (Tomoya Oku) in the future.
The story unfolds that Iemoto had a certain idea behind his statement...