Actor AI Hashimoto will appear in the NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND (Berabou) " (General TV, Sunday 8pm and others), starring Ryusei Yokohama , from the 23rd episode "I am the one who is the best in Edo", which will be broadcast on June 15th. Hashimoto will play Tei, the daughter of a bookstore in the city.
This will be Hashimoto's fourth time appearing in a taiga drama, following "Saigo Don" in 2018, " Idaten" in 2019, and "Aoi Tou wo Tsuke" in 2021.
Tei, the character she plays in "UNBOUND," is a stern, honest, and modest woman, but because of that she has a past in which she has suffered only losses. For Tsutae (Yokohama), who grew up in Yoshiwara, a place where worldly prostitutes gather, she is a very unfamiliar type of woman, and Tei also finds it difficult to accept Tsutae, including her background. However, they share one thing in common: a love of books, which becomes the bond between the two, and before they know it, they become irreplaceable...
Tei is "the future wife of Tsutaya Juzaburo." When Hashimoto announced her role in June last year, she said, "I will be playing Tei, the wife of Tsutaya Juzaburo. There is almost no information left about her, such as what kind of person she was or what kind of relationship she had with her husband. That is why I would like to portray Tei as portrayed by Morishita (Yoshiko) freely and richly."
"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.
