The NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND (Berabou) " (NHK General TV, Sunday 8pm, etc.), starring actor Ryusei Yokohama , is the 44th episode, which will be broadcast on November 16th, and the subtitle is "Flying Gennai," and the synopsis and scene cuts have been released. There are five episodes remaining in the drama, including this one.
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" UNBOUND (Berabou)" is the 64th taiga drama and depicts the life of Tsutaya Juzaburo(or "Tsutajyu" for short), who is said to have laid the foundations for Japan's media industry and pop culture. The script was written by Yoshiko Morishita, who is known for her work on the highly talked-about "Drama 10: Ooku," which aired on NHK two years ago.
In episode 44, a man named Teiichi (Ryusei Yokohama), born in Sunpu, appears before Tsutaju (Yoshio Inoue) and asks to write a book at Koshodo.
Teiichi has a Sagara kite that Gennai (played by Ken Yasuda) made, and begins to suspect that Gennai might still be alive. He then meets Genpaku (played by So Yamanaka), Nanpo (played by Kenta Kiritani), Shigemasa (played by Jun Hashimoto), and others, and continues to pursue the mystery of Gennai.
Meanwhile, Utamaro (Shota Sometani) is in Yoshiwara, boasting to booksellers that he will get work in the order in which they have had the most extravagant fun, and scattering paper flowers in the tatami room...
