Summary of the 21st episode of the Taiga drama "UNBOUND"

The 21st episode of the NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND (Berabou) " (General TV, Sunday 8pm and others), starring actor Ryusei Yokohama , titled "Ezo no Sakura Ueno no Heoto" (Ezo no Sakura Ueno Heoto), will be broadcast on June 1st. Tsutaju (Yokohama) is unable to sell the nishikie (colored woodblock print) he created with Utamaro (Sometani Shota).

Furthermore, when he finds out that the blue book written by Masanori ( Shunsuke Kazama) is selling well at Tsuruya (Kazama Shunsuke), he begins to feel the difference in power between him and the established bookstore.

Meanwhile, Nanpo (Kenta Kiritani) appears with his fellow kyoka poets at Tsuchiyama's (Shuntaro Yanagi) cherry blossom viewing party. Tsutaju sees a man who looks like Ichi (Hio Miyazawa) in disguise. Meanwhile, Okitsugu(Ken Watanabe) tells Ieharu (Hidekazu Mashima) that he is considering ceding Ezo to the shogunate...

"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.