The 39th episode of the NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND (Berabou) " (General TV, Sunday 8pm and others), starring actor Ryusei Yokohama , titled "Can't Live in the Pure Land of Shirakawa, Half-Lifeless," will be broadcast on October 12th. The preview displays the words "The World's Strangest Half-Lifeless" and "Humans are Strange Creatures," and includes a scene in which Tsuruya Kiemon, played by Shunsuke Kazama, expresses his anger by saying, "That's really what I'm like!"
"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. The script was written by Yoshiko Morishita, who is known for her work on the highly talked-about "Drama 10: Ooku," which aired on NHK two years ago.
In the 39th episode, Tsutaju (Yokohama), who established a stock association of local book wholesalers, successfully persuaded the people conducting the reform and sold three works by Sankyoden (played by Masaaki Furukawa) as "teaching readings." Meanwhile, Utamaro (Sometani Shota), exhausted after losing Kiyo (Fujima Sawako), leaves Edo with Tsuyo (Saki Takaoka).
A while after the new year, a police officer and a police constable suddenly appear at Tsutaya and order the three "moral reading books" to be taken out of print, and Tsutaju and Kyoden are taken to prison...
