The 46th episode of the NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND (Berabou) " (General TV, Sundays at 8pm and others), starring actor Ryusei Yokohama , entitled "The Soga Festival Incident", was broadcast on November 30th, and viewers were in a state of shock over the "face" of the character who appeared at the end.
◇The following contains spoilers
" 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 46, Tsutaju (Yokohama) is stuck, unable to complete a satisfactory actor portrait. Meanwhile, Tsutaju and Utamaro (AI Hashimoto) express their desire to see a painting that only the two of them could create. Driven by this desire, Utamaro returns to Koshodo.
After the actor paintings are completed, Tsutaju begins selling them under the name of painter Toshusai Sharaku to coincide with the Kabuki performance. Word of Sharaku gradually spreads throughout Edo city and Edo Castle, reaching the ears of Hitotsubashi Harusame (Ikuta Toma).
On the day of the festival, Sadanobu (Inoue Yuki) and his men plan to use the spy Osaki (Emi Kurara) to lure Jisei with the bait that Sharaku's true identity is "the living Gennai (Ken Yasuda Akira)" and take revenge. However, Jisei, who realized that one of the baits, a piece of gisaku's handwriting, was "Sadanobu's," instead had his own men sneak into the festival.
After handing out poisoned buns to Sadanobu and his men, and then using one of them to kill Osaki, Jisei leaves the festival laughing.
Meanwhile, Tsutaju, who nearly ate the poisoned bun, hears the whole story from Heizo (Nakamura Hayato), but is furious and wonders how they can protect themselves. Then, a certain man appears before Tsutaju.
When Tsutaju asked Heizo, "Who is this person...", an image appeared on the screen with the same face as Jisei...
On social media, viewers responded with comments such as "Huh?", "What?", "What? What does that mean?", "Who was that just now?", "Do they have the same face?", "Two Hitotsubashis?", "Ikuta Toma split up?", "The ending of episode 46 was so shocking that it left me so confused that I've become suspicious of everything in this UNBOUND world", "The ending made me want to scream! How's that?", "The ending left me completely unable to predict what would happen next", and "How should I interpret that ending??? Was it him???" were among the comments posted one after another.
