The 40th episode of the NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND (Berabou) " (General TV, Sundays at 8pm and others), starring actor Ryusei Yokohama , entitled "The Never-ending Fountain of Desire", was broadcast on October 19th, and the average viewership rating (according to Video Research, Kanto region, same below) was 8.8% for households and 5.0% for individuals.
" 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 placed 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.
Kyoden is informed by Tsuruya (Shunsuke Kazama) that Utamaro has returned to Edo and started painting again. He says he wants to open a tobacco pouch shop and will hold a calligraphy and painting event to raise money for it. But what awaits Kyoden is a "snowstorm of popularity." Next to Kyoden, who is showered with thunderous applause, his wife Kiku begins playing the shamisen, and Kyoden begins singing his own song, "Sugaho." And so it unfolds.
