The 43rd episode of the NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND (Berabou) " (General TV, Sundays at 8pm and others), starring actor Ryusei Yokohama , entitled "Love Song of Betrayal", was broadcast on Getsuku, and towards the end of the episode, a person who "contacted" the fallen Matsudaira Sadanobu (Inoue Yuki) attracted the attention of viewers.
"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 43, Tsutae (Yokohama) was preparing 50 paintings of prostitutes to be painted by Utamaro (Sometani Shota) as a way to repay his debt to Yoshiwara.
Tsutaju pushes ahead with his work, unaware of Utamaro's troubled feelings about his relationship with Tsutaju, but one day he is shaken when he hears that Utamaro is teaming up with Manjiro (Nakamura Tsubame) of Nishimuraya. Meanwhile, in Edo Castle, Sadanobu is devoting all his energy to countering Orosha.
Having handled this incident brilliantly, Sadanobu next aims for the position of Tairo. Sadanobu had no doubt that Ienari (played by Jō Kairi) would relieve him of his dual roles as assistant to the shogun and senior councilor, and instead assign him to the position of Tairo. However, Ienari tells him, "Then you are Etchu no Kami. From now on, you should take a break from politics and relax."
Sadanobu lost his position as assistant to the shogun and as a senior councilor, and learned that he would not be promoted to chief councilor either. He realized he had been tricked and became angry, but it was too late. He left the castle, hearing Ienari and the other senior councilors laughing at him.
In this despairing state, Sadanobu is visited by Takatake (Hidekazu Mashima), the head of the Ooku. Takatake offers Sadanobu the "cursed glove" that is said to have taken the life of Iemoto (Oku Tomoya), the eldest son of Ieharu (Tomoya Oku).
Viewers responded on social media with comments such as, "I was wondering why Takaoka, and it was the gloves," "No way, it's those gloves," "And now those gloves are coming out!!," and "A special grade cursed object at this timing!! Why Takaoka!!!" Other comments included, "My heart skipped a beat when Takaoka-sama appeared at the end! Unexpectedly, he's teaming up with Sadanobu-sama? And the appearance of those gloves made me gasp in surprise. I wonder what will happen...," "Just when we had forgotten about them, the cursed gloves have appeared again," and "Now that the 'cursed gloves' have fallen into Sadanobu's hands, will the day come when Jisei's evil deeds will be exposed to the light of day...?"
