The 17th episode of the NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND (Berabou) " (General TV, Sunday 8pm and others), starring actor Ryusei Yokohama , "The Sakura in Bloom", will be broadcast on May 4th. From this episode, Haruka Fukuhara will appear as Tagasode. This will be Fukuhara's first appearance in a Taiga drama.
"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.
Fukuhara plays a prostitute from Ooya, a new powerhouse in Yoshiwara. When she was a new kimono bride after her graduation, she called herself "Kaori" and had a one-sided crush on Tsutae (Yokohama), but her feelings eventually... She grows up and becomes one of Yoshiwara's leading courtesans.
She was later bought for a huge sum by Tokugawa samurai Tsuchiyama Sojiro, who was the head of the accounting department and the trusted adviser to the senior councilor Tanuma Okitsugu(Ken Watanabe), and her name spread throughout Edo. However, suspicions arose about the source of the money, and it soon developed into a major incident that would shake up Yoshiwara, the Edo shogunate, and the lives of Tsutae and Daresode. "The greatest courtesan of the time, who adores Tsutae, was bought for 'suspicious money.'"
