The 42nd episode of the NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND (Berabou) " (General TV, Sunday 8pm and others), starring actor Ryusei Yokohama , titled "Uninvited Guests", will be broadcast on November 2nd. The episode will also feature Tanaka Yuji of the comedy duo Bakusho Mondai. He will co-star with his partner Ota Hikaru, who appeared in the 41st episode last week.
Tanaka plays a physiognomist who visits Koshodo together with the popular physiognomist Daito Kaiun (played by Ota). In addition to photos of Tanaka in costume, stills from the scenes where he co-stars with Ota have also been released.
" 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 42nd episode, Tsutaju (Yokohama), who recovered with a large-headed portrait of a beautiful woman by Utamaro (Shota Sometani) and started a book wholesale business, recovers his business after losing half of his money after the new year.
Utamaro's new work, a ukiyo-e print depicting Edo's "poster girls," also becomes a big hit, and the shops prosper with customers wanting to meet the poster girls, and the town of Edo becomes lively. Meanwhile, Tei (AI Hashimoto Ai) tells Tsutaju that she is pregnant.
Meanwhile, Sadanobu (Inoue Yuki) is beginning to become isolated within the shogunate due to his hardline stance on the Orosha issue and the Imperial Court's title issue...
