The 21st episode of the NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND (Berabou) " (General TV, Sundays at 8pm and others), starring actor Ryusei Yokohama , titled "Ezo no Sakura Ueno no Heoto", was broadcast on June 1st, and it was found that 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 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.
In the 21st episode, Tsutaju (Yokohama) finds out that the nishikie prints he created with Utamaro (Sometani Shota) aren't selling, but when he finds out that the blue book written by Masanori (Shunsuke Kazama) is selling well, he feels the disparity 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... and so the story unfolds.
