The 40th episode of the NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND (Berabou) " (General TV, Sunday 8pm and others), starring actor Ryusei Yokohama , titled "The Never-ending Fountain of Desire", will be broadcast on October 19th. Comedian Koume Tayu will appear in the episode as Namba-ya, the owner of the teahouse Namba-ya, and a photo of him in costume has been released.
In the 40th episode, Naoto Eguchi of the comedy duo "Doburoku" will also appear as a fishy monk. He is said to be a monk who interacts with Utamaro at a banquet with a wealthy merchant from Tochigi. It was recently announced that Hikari Ota of "Bakusho Mondai" will appear in " UNBOUND." Also in the 40th episode, Kukki! of the comedy duo "Yasei Bakudan" will make his first appearance as Shunro Katsukawa (later known as Katsushika Hokusai), and the cast of comedians in this work continues to grow.
"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 40th episode, Tsutaju (Yokohama), who has been sentenced to half his salary, resumes his business and visits Kyoden (Masayoshi, Furukawa Yudai) to ask him to write a book. His wife, Kiku (Futo Nozomi), asks him to take care of Takizawa Sokichi (Sakichi, Kenjiro Tsuda).
Tsutaju is kept in the shop as an assistant, but Sokichi gets into a fight with Katsukawa Shunro (Tomoya Maeno!), an apprentice brought in by Katsukawa Shunsho (Maeno Tomoya)... Tsutaju comes up with the idea for a large-headed portrait of a woman from a painting of Kiyo by Utamaro (Sometani Shota), and heads to Tochigi to meet Utamaro...
