The 10th episode of the NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND (Berabou) " (General TV, Sunday 8pm and others), starring actor Ryusei Yokohama , entitled "What Do the 'Blue Chamber Beauty' Dream?", was broadcast on March 9th. The average viewership rating (according to Video Research, Kanto region, same below) was 10.6% for households and 6.1% for individuals, slightly higher than the 10.4% for households and 5.9% for individual episode of the previous week.
" 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, who is known for "Drama 10 'Ooku'" which was broadcast on NHK two years ago and became a big hit.
In the 10th episode, Tsutaju (Yokohama) is asked by her father to create a nishikie (colored woodblock print) to be published in conjunction with Segawa's (Fuka Koshiba) "The Last Courtesan's Journey." She has popular artists such as Shigemasa (Hashimoto Jun) and Shunsho (Maeno Tomoya) draw the everyday lives of courtesans, and when the gorgeous nishikie book is completed, she visits the mansion of Okitsugu (Ken Watanabe) and secures a promise to present it to the shogun.
Afterwards, thanks to Matsubaya (Masame Bokuzou)'s arrangement, Tsutaju is able to personally hand over the nishikie book to Segawa. There, the two talk about the dream they had together. Eventually, Segawa completes his "final journey" with those memories of Tsutaju in his heart, says "farewell" and leaves Yoshiwara... and so the story unfolds.
