The 43rd episode of the NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND (Berabou) " (General TV, Sundays at 8pm and others), starring actor Ryusei Yokohama , entitled "Love Song of Betrayal", was broadcast on Getsuku, and at the end, "Traveling Crow", played by Yoshio Inoue, made an appearance.
"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 episode 43, Tsutae (Yokohama) was preparing 50 paintings of prostitutes to be painted by Utamaro (Sometani Shota) as a way to repay his debt to Yoshiwara.
Tsutaju pushes ahead with his work, unaware of Utamaro's troubled feelings about his relationship with Tsutaju, but one day he becomes upset when he hears that Utamaro is teaming up with Manjiro (Nakamura Tsubame) of Nishimuraya. Meanwhile, in Edo Castle, Sadanobu (Inoue Yuki) is devoting all his energy to countering Orosha.
Sadanobu handles this case, has the Shogun, Ienari (played by Jō Kairi), recognize his achievement, and aims to become the "Tairo" (chief councilor), but is excluded from the center of politics.
With Sadanobu's downfall, the people of Edo are in high spirits. At the end of the film, a traveling crow appears carrying a Sagara kite, and a completely haggard Tsutae is also shown.
It has already been announced that Inoue, who plays the role of Traveling Crow, will play Shigeta Teiichi (later known as Jippensha Ikku). Will Shigeta Teiichi be the "true identity" of Traveling Crow? In addition, in the preview for the next episode, episode 44 (to be broadcast on November 16th), which was released after the main story, the caption "That person is alive" is superimposed with the voice of Tei (played by AI Hashimoto) saying "Professor Gennai is actually alive..." and viewers responded.
On social media, comments such as "What? Gennai Sensei!?" "Gennai Sensei is still alive?!" "Gennai Sensei? What does that mean?!" "Just as we were wondering about Otei's safety, Yoshio appears. And now we're hearing that Gennai Sensei is still alive, I don't know what to do," "Maybe Gennai Sensei isn't alive, and Sharaku is someone else who looks exactly like Gennai Sensei?" "Is there a theory that Gennai Sensei is actually alive and will become Sharaku?" and "If Gennai Sensei is actually alive as predicted...I wonder if he'll be working as Toshusai Sharaku and supporting Tsutaeju" were posted one after another were posted.
