The 39th episode of the NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND (Berabou) " (General TV, Sunday 8pm and others), starring actor Ryusei Yokohama , titled "Unable to Live in the Pure Land of Shirakawa, Half My Life", was broadcast on October 12th, and viewers were drawn to the scene at the end where Sadanobu (Inoue Yuki) was told "something" by Honda Tadanori (Yajima Kenichi) and Matsudaira Nobuaki (Fukuyama Shota).
" 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 little while after the new year, a police officer and a police constable suddenly appear at Tsutaya and order the three "Legal Instruction Readers" to cease printing, with Tsutaju and Kyoden being taken to prison. However, Tei (AI Hashimoto) manages to appeal to Shibano Kuriyama (Shimada Kyusaku) and is successful, with Tsutaju only receiving a reduction in his sentence of half his wages, and the shop reopening for business. Before long, Koshodo becomes a thriving business as a rare "shop with a reduction in wages" in Edo.
Towards the end of the film, Hasegawa Heizo (Nakamura Hayato) is ordered by Sadanobu to arrest the "Aoi Kozo" gang, who are wreaking havoc in the city. However, Sadanobu is informed that the gang are "all men who have lost their livelihoods and have fallen into evil." Tadanori explains that "those whose employment was terminated due to the recession, and those who lost their jobs due to the demolition of shady places, turned to such heinous acts." He then advises that "the thrift edicts and crackdowns on public morals should be ended."
Sadanobu refuses to listen, saying that "it is too short-sighted to blame the government" for the heinous act, but is shaken by the fact that the labor camps are already full and only four people have taken advantage of the edict to return to farming, which allows drifters who have abandoned their fields due to the recession to return to farming. Tadanori then clearly states that the reason those who do not want to return to farming "want to stay in Edo to commit crimes" is that "people do not want to 'live righteously.' They want to 'live happily.'"
Furthermore, Nobuaki, who was listening to the conversation from the side, told Sadanobu, "If this continues, you may be criticized as a politician worse than Tanuma."
On social media, comments included, "Oh, that hit a sore spot lol," "I got 'worse than Tanuma!'," "'People want to live happily,' he said it so bluntly," "'People don't want to live righteously. They want to live happily,' that's true," "× Want to live righteously ⚪ Want to live happily," and "You're so right." The episode ended with a close-up of Sadanobu's face, with comments such as, "Sadanobu, no, Inoue Yuki, looked really good at the end," and "He's had his political beliefs criticized so directly, and he has a vague feeling that things aren't going well for him, and he realizes that he no longer has anyone on his side, and he goes crazy and breaks down, it's painful but it's a chilling and good expression."
