Actor Ryusei Yokohama stars in the NHK Taiga drama "UNBOUND (Berabou)" (General TV, Sunday 8pm and others). From the 13th episode "The Gold that Shakes Edo" broadcast on March 30th, Furukawa Yudai will appear as Kitao Masaen (Sankyo Toden). Costume photos have also been released.
Kitao Masaaki, played by Furukawa, was born in Kiba, Fukagawa, and learned painting from Kitao Shigemasa (Hashimoto Jun). After that, he gradually worked on share books and yellow-covered books, and established himself as a comic writer with "Gozen Shobaimono" published by Tsuruya (Shunsuke Kazama). He became acquainted with Tsutae (Yokohama) while frequently visiting Yoshiwara, and they became close friends.
After the huge success of "Edo Mare Uwaki Kabayaki," he became an indispensable partner of Tsutaju.
"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.