The seventh episode of the NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND (Berabou) " (General TV, Sunday 8pm and others), starring actor Ryusei Yokohama , entitled "Opportunity Arrives: Flowers of the Hedge", was broadcast on February 16th, and the average viewership rating (according to Video Research, Kanto region, same below) was 10.0% for households and 5.8% for individuals.
" 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 the seventh episode, Urokogataya (played by Kataoka Ainosuke) is arrested for counterfeiting. Not wanting to miss this opportunity, Tsutaju (played by Yokohama) makes a promise to be added to the group of local book wholesalers on the condition that he creates a Yoshiwara Sasami that sells twice as much as it does now.
Nishimuraya (Masahiko Nishimura), a long-established local book wholesaler, is not happy about this and sets up another Hosomi with Chugorou Koizumi (Okihito Serizawa), a book dealer in Asakusa, in an attempt to block Tsutaju's entry into the market.
Tsutaju kept editing the story until just before Hosomi's debut. Then Hananoi (Fuka Koshiba) appeared... and so the story unfolded.
In this episode, voice actor Kazuya Nakai made his taiga drama debut. In addition to Nakai, Yoji Matsuda, Tomokazu Seki Seki, and Wataru Takagi appeared as local book dealers alongside Tsuruya (played by Shunsuke Kazama) and Nishimuraya. There was also a "gathering" scene.
