The 25th episode of the NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND (Berabou) " (General TV, Sunday 8pm and others), starring actor Ryusei Yokohama , titled "A Rain of Ashes Falls on Nihonbashi", was broadcast on June 29th, with actor Shiori Tamada appearing in the role of Wakanami, a prostitute from Yoshiwara.
"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.
In episode 25, Tsutaju (Yokohama), who bought Maruya from Kashiwaraya, gets cooperation from Ichi (Kotaro Satomi) to open a store in Nihonbashi in exchange for the "pilfering diagram" possessed by Suharaya (Hio Miyazawa).
Meanwhile, ashes fall on Edo due to the great eruption of Mount Asama. Tsutaju works hard to remove the ash from Toyu-cho. His efforts stir the heart of Teitei (AI Hashimoto), who had been turned away from him. Meanwhile, Ichi begins to be attracted to Daresode (Haruka Fukuhara).
In the first half of the episode, Wakanami tempts Ichi by saying, "How about a bath?" right in front of Daresode. Daresode immediately warns Wakanami by saying, "Don't talk to me like that! I'm your color." However, Wakanami unashamedly replies, "I was just asking you to take a bath," and provokes Daresode by saying, "Only courtesans (Daresode) think that color is color." In a fit of rage, Daresode jumps off the second floor and grabs Wakanami.
On social media, there was a lot of excitement, with comments such as "Oh, a catfight," "Daresode takes up the unexpected provocation and starts a catfight...," "A courtesan catfight lol," and "The catfight that followed Daresode's amazing physical abilities was so cute."
Tamada, who plays Wakanami, is 23 years old and was born on February 20, 2002 in Miyagi Prefecture. She won the judges' special award at the 15th All-Japan National Beauty Contest in 2017, and was selected as the 19th Unitika mascot girl at the age of 15 in the same year, which became a hot topic.
One comment read, "I was relieved to see pictures of Haruka Fukuhara and Shiori Tamada looking friendly with each other, despite them getting into a physical fight on the drama."
