Actor Fuka Koshiba stars in the second season of the NHK BS period drama "Akinaiseiden Kin to Gin 2" (NHK BS Premium 4K, Sunday 6:45 pm). The preview for the final episode (episode 8) to be broadcast on May 25th displays the words "And the biggest crisis for Gosuzuya" and includes the exchange of words "They say the bad guys are good at pretending to be stupid" and "A bad guy?"
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"Akinaiseiden Kin to Gin" is set in the mid-Edo period and depicts the common people who work hard and use their wits to succeed in business, while incorporating a variety of customs. In Season 1, which aired in 2023, the main character Sachi (Koshiba) marries Tomozo (Leo Matsumoto), the sixth-generation owner of Gosuzuya, and begins selling "Hamahabutae" from New Year's as a desperate plan to revive the struggling Gosuzuya.
Season 2 is the "Edo Edition." It begins immediately after Season 1, with Sachi and Chizo expanding the store and realizing the dream of the previous owner of Gosuzuya, to open a store in Edo, but Sachi is hit by a series of sad events.
In the final episode, Gosuzu-ya, which had become popular for its bell komon, loses customers due to the measles epidemic. However, Gosuzu-ya becomes very popular after the epidemic, as it caters to customers who want to sell bell komon by the piece to be used as a headband to ward off illness.
One day, Sachi (Koshiba) is invited to the Ebisu-ko, and accompanied by Yui (Nagasawa Itsuki), they encounter Masugoya (Takashima Masanobu), a book exchange merchant. After that, Yui is proposed to... At that time, Gosuzuya receives a notice to pay a large amount of tribute.
When Sachi visits a money exchanger to seek advice, she is reunited with the missing Soji (Kato Shigeaki)... and so the story unfolds.
