Fuka Koshiba stars in the third season of NHK's BS historical drama, "Akinaiseiden Kin to Gin 3" (NHK BS Premium 4K, Sundays at 6:45 PM). The subtitle for the fourth episode, airing on April 26th, is "The Calamity of the Year of the Dragon," and the synopsis and still images have been released.
◇The following contains spoilers.
"Akinaiseiden Kin to Gin" is a series set in the mid-Edo period that vividly and cheerfully depicts the lives of ordinary people who succeed in business through hard work and ingenuity, interwoven with a variety of customs and traditions. Season 1 aired in 2023, and Season 2 aired in 2025.
Season 3 will once again feature Sachiko (played by Koshiba), the seventh-generation owner of Gosuzuya, a kimono and fabric store that opened in Edo's Asakusa Tawaramachi. As Sachiko's struggle to protect Gosuzuya reaches its climax, she will also arrive at a truly irreplaceable realization.
In the fourth episode, Gosuzuya, whose fireworks-themed yukata were a huge hit, expands its store, and Kikue (Aki Asakura) also starts selling small sundries in one corner of it.
Kikue was also secretly working on developing hairpins. Around this time, Umematsu (Kazuya Takahashi) and Oume (Risa Naito) got married. The following year, the tenth year of the Hōreki era, the year of the Dragon, Edo was struck by a great fire. Gosuzuya escaped harm, but the entire theater district was burned down, Honryōgae-chō was engulfed in flames, and it is said that Masugoya also burned down. Sachi, who does not know what happened to Yui (Itsuki Nagasawa), is overcome with intense anxiety...and the story unfolds from there.
