The 44th episode of the NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND (Berabou) " (General TV, Sundays at 8pm and others), starring actor Ryusei Yokohama , titled "Flying Gennai", was broadcast on November 16th, and the average viewership rating (according to Video Research, Kanto region, same below) was 9.0% for households and 5.3% 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 episode 44, Tsutaju (Yokohama) is approached by a man named Teiichi (Yoshio Inoue), a native of Sunpu, who asks to write a book for Koshodo. Teiichi has a Sagara kite that Gennai (Yasuda Ken) made, and Tsutaju begins to wonder if Gennai (Ken Yasuda Ken) is still alive.
Afterwards, Tsutaju meets Genpaku (So Yamanaka), Nanpo (Kenta Kiritani), Shigemasa (Jun Hashimoto) and others as she continues to investigate the mystery surrounding Gennai. One day, she finds a continuation of a play written by Gennai before his death left in front of a store. There is a note tucked between the drafts, and when Tsutaju visits the date, time and place written there, she finds Matsudaira Sadanobu (Inoue Yuki), Takatake (Tominaga Ai), Hasegawa Heizo (Nakamura Hayato), Miura Shoji (Harada Taizo), and Shibano Kuriyama (Shimada Kyusaku) waiting for her.
Sadanobu and his men show Tsutaju the "death-bringing gloves" that are said to have taken the life of Iemoto (played by Tomoya Oku) and were the inspiration for Gennai's play, and explain how they came to join forces and the existence of an enemy. They then invite Tsutaju to join them.
