The 26th episode of the NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND (Berabou) " (General TV, Sunday 8pm and others), starring actor Ryusei Yokohama , titled "Three Women", was broadcast on July 6th, and Asadora fans reacted to Kameda Yoshiaki's appearance.
"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.
In the 26th episode, the price of rice doubled from last year due to a poor rice harvest caused by a cool summer. The number of servants also increased, and at Koshodo, where playwrights gathered, rice was quickly depleted, and Tsutaju (Yokohama-san) was also having a hard time.
Then Tsuyo (Saki Takaoka), Tsutaju's real mother, shows up at the store and tries to stay there as a hairdresser. Meanwhile, in Edo Castle, Okitsugu(Ken Watanabe) takes measures to deal with the soaring rice prices, but they do not go down. The situation escalates to the point where Tokugawa Harusada(Hideki Takahashi ) of the Kishu Tokugawa family, fed up with the shogunate's poor performance, issues a warning to the shogunate...
Kameda is known to Asadora fans as "artist Nomiya-san" in the serial TV drama "Ranman," which aired in the first half of fiscal year 2023, starring Ryunosuke Kamiki . In " UNBOUND," he appears as Shiba Zenko, a representative playwright of the Tenmei and Kansei periods, and makes a somewhat abrupt appearance when he comes to Koshodo accompanied by Masaaki Kitao (Yutaka Furukawa) and greets Tsutae with "Thank you."
On social media, there were voices of surprise such as "Oh, Kameda Yoshiaki!" "Ahhh!! Kameda-san!! Kameda Yoshiaki has appeared!! It's Nomiya-san, who everyone loves from Ranman!!" and "Is it Nomiya-san from Ranman who came along with them in "Tsuttajuu-san!"?" "Kameda-san, who plays Shiba Zenkou, also appeared in Ranman, right?" "Kameda Yoshiaki-san, I mean Shiba Zenkou-san. What, are they good friends with Kyoden-chan?" "Wow, I'll have to watch it again!" and fans were excited.
