The NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND (Berabou) " (General TV, Sunday 8:00 pm and others) starring actor Ryusei Yokohama . In the 16th episode "Farewell Gennai, Mitate wa Horai" broadcast on April 20th, Tsutaju (Yokohama) is depicted yelling abuse at Tanuma Tanuma Okitsugu (Watanabe Ken) after learning that Ken Yasuda Gennai ( Ken Watanabe) has died in prison, possibly out of sadness and anger. Chief director Ohara Taku spoke about Yokohama and Watanabe in the scene.
◇ When news of Gennai's death in prison reached Tsutae...
In the 16th episode, the sudden death of Iemoto (played by Tomoya Oku) comes to an end without any solid evidence. When Okitsugu tells Gennai that he will refrain from further investigation, Gennai becomes furious. Meanwhile, Tsutae visits Gennai's mansion, known as the "house of misfortune," and asks him to write a new play for the New Year, but is concerned by his occasional strange behavior.
Just then, Tsutae and Okitsugu receive news that "Gennai has killed someone."Okitsugu hears from Gennai, who is in prison, about the "renovation of the mansion" that Okitsugu has requested, but Okitsugu himself has no idea about it.
Towards the end of the film, Tsutaju visits Okitsugu 's mansion with Ichibei Suharaya ( Kotaro Satomi ) and others. Tsutaju claims that there is a continuation of the manuscript of "The Gloves of Death" that Gennai left behind, and that there were signs that it had been taken away, so there must have been other people there. Furthermore, the Suharayas plead with Okitsugu to save Gennai, as there are many puzzling points, such as the fact that Gennai had sold his sword long ago and was carrying a bamboo sword, and that although this crime is said to have been committed while drunk, Gennai is a non-drinker.
However, after reading the manuscript of "The Gloves of Death,"Okitsugu is somewhat hesitant to uncover the truth, even saying, "The way he is now (Gennai) might do it." Meanwhile, when news of Gennai's death in prison is announced, Tsutae, perhaps in shock, confronts Okinobu as he Okitsugu to leave, saying, "Didn't Tanuma-sama want Gennai-sensei to die? Didn't Tanuma-sama have some kind of shady connection with Gennai-sensei?"
At this point, Okitsugu turned on his heel and admitted, "There are a lot of stories between me and Gennai that would be embarrassing if they were to leak out," before adding, "It's scary because you never know what a fox-possessed person will blurt out." However, Tsutae was not convinced, and even though he was being held down by those around him, he continued to yell abusive language, "Bangatsu...that Bangatsu!"
Behind the scenes, Okitsugu was crying and regretting, "Gennai...I told you, to forget for your sake."
◇The reason why Ryusei Yokohama was able to get emotional during the abusive scene
Ohara believes that Tsutae's words and actions towards Okitsugu in that scene are "absolutely impossible in reality."
Nevertheless, Ohara believes that this scene reveals the "true essence" of Tsutae's Gennai, something that he just cannot accept.
"In reality, there is no way that Tsutae would yell abuse at someone (Okitsugu) who is close to the top of the government, but she cares about Gennai so much that she did, and I think she was only able to say it because it was Tanuma, but if it wasn't Tanuma she wouldn't have said it, and she probably wouldn't have been able to meet him. I think it was because all of these things came together that Ryusei was able to get so emotional."
According to Ohara, Yokohama is an actor who "fills in the essential parts of the role, the parts that aren't written in the script."
"I think the expression turns out like that because he carefully considers the strokes and fills them in. I think that's what makes him Ryusei Yokohama, and that's one of Ryusei's charms."
Ohara then added that Yokohama's realistic acting was only possible thanks to the passive acting of Watanabe, who played Okitsugu.
"If there is, Ken-san really accepts it. It's because Ken-san accepts it that I'm able to vent my feelings to him to that extent. If he didn't accept it, I wouldn't vent my feelings, in the end. I think that's a big factor."
