Unbound (べらぼう〜蔦重栄華乃夢噺〜, Berabou Tsutajū Eiga no Yume-banashi)[1]is a Japanese historical drama television series starring Ryusei Yokohama as Tsutaya Jūzaburō. The series is the 64th NHK taiga drama.[2][3][4]
Unbound | |
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Written by | Yoshiko Morishita |
Directed by | Taku Ōhara and others |
Starring | |
Narrated by | Haruka Ayase |
Composer | John R. Graham |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language | Japanese |
No. of episodes | 7 |
Production | |
Running time | 45 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | NHK |
Release | January 5, 2025 |
Plot
editIn the mid-18th century Japan, the Rōjū Tanuma Okitsugu prioritized commerce over agriculture to rebuild the nation's finances. As the economy improved, a relatively liberal atmosphere emerged among the common people, fostering cultural development. One of the central figures in this cultural movement was Tsutaya Jūzaburō, a publisher. However, when the era transitioned to Matsudaira Sadanobu's governance from Tanuma's, stricter controls on entertainment were imposed, causing hardship for Jūzaburō. Even so, he remained undeterred, discovering and making talents such as Utamaro, Hokusai and Sharaku famous.
Cast
editStarring role
edit- Ryusei Yokohama as Tsutaya "Tsutajū" Jūzaburō
- Haru Takagi as young Tsutajū
His family
edit- Ai Hashimoto as Tei, Jūzaburō's wife
- Katsumi Takahashi as Surugaya, Jūzaburō's foster father
- Naoko Iijima as Fuji, Jūzaburō's foster mother
- Aoi Nakamura as Jirobei, Surugaya's son
Publishing industry
edit- Kōtarō Satomi as Suwaraya Ichibei
- Shunsuke Kazama as Tsuruya Kiemon
- Masahiko Nishimura as Nishimura Yohachi, Jūzaburō's rival
- Kataoka Ainosuke VI as Urokogataya Magobei
- Mami Hachiya as Rin, Magobei's wife
- Ryota Miura as Urokogataya Chōbei, Magobei's son
- Tateto Serizawa as Koizumi Chūgorō
- Rintaro Mizusawa as Tomeshirō
- Yu Tokui as Tōhachi
- Yasushi Kawabata as Kashiwara-ya
- Yōji Matsuda as Murataya Jirobei
- Kazuya Nakai as Iwatoya Genpachi
- Tomokazu Seki as Okumuraya Genroku
- Wataru Takagi as Matsumuraya Yahei
Artists
edit- Ken Yasuda as Hiraga Gennai
- Shota Sometani as Kitagawa Utamaro
- Tekken as Isoda Koryūsai
- Atsushi Hashimoto as Kitao Shigemasa
- Tomoya Maeno as Katsukawa Shunshō
- Ryo Kimura as Hezutsu Tōsaku
- Yūta Furukawa as Santō Kyōden, a.k.a Kitao Masanobu
- Amane Okayama as Koikawa Harumachi, a.k.a Kurahashi Itaru
- Kanichiro as Tomimoto Umanosuke II
- Shigehiro Yamaguchi as Tōrai Sanna
- Bun'ichi Hamanaka as Akera Kankō
- Tsurutaro Kataoka as Toriyama Sekien
Tokugawa shogunate
edit- Ken Watanabe as Tanuma Okitsugu
- Hio Miyazawa as Tanuma Okitomo, Okitsugu's son
- Shuntaro Miyao as Tanuma Okimune, Okitsugu's nephew
- Hidekazu Mashima as Tokugawa Ieharu, the 10th shōgun
- Rin Takanashi as Lady Chiho (Renkō-in), Iemoto's mother
- Tomoya Oku as Tokugawa Iemoto, Ieharu and Chiho's son
- Kōji Ishizaka as Matsudaira Takechika
- Toma Ikuta as Hitotsubashi Harusada
- Motoki Ochiai as Shimizu Shigeyoshi
- Kokoro Terada as Tayasu Masamaru
- Mari Hanafusa as Hōren-in
- Yūma Yamoto as Sano Masakoto
- Hisashi Yoshizawa as Matsumoto Hidemochi
- Nakamura Hayato as Hasegawa Heizo
- Taizo Harada as Miura Shōji
- Kazuyuki Aijima as Matsudaira Yasuyoshi
- Kenta Kiritani as Ōta Nanpo, a.k.a Yomo no Akara
- Shuntaro Yanagi as Tsuchiyama Sōjirō
- Jingi Irie as Tayasu Haruaki
- Ai Tominaga as Takaoka
- Kurara Emi as Ōsaki
Yoshiwara pleasure quarters
edit- Fuka Koshiba as Hananoi (Segawa V)
- Haruka Fukuhara as Tagasode
- Kurumi Inagaki as Kaori (young Tagasode)
- Miki Mizuno as Ine
- Ryo Tamaki as Toyoshima
- Sayu Kubota as Matsunoi
- Karin Ono as Utsusemi
- Ayaka Higashino as Shizuyama
- Runa Nakashima as Chidori
- Rino Katase as Kiku
- Yumi Adachi as Ritsu
- Reika Manaki as Asagao
- Momiji Yamamura as Shige
- Bokuzō Masana as Matsuba-ya
- Kazuhiro Yamaji as Ōgi-ya
- Atsushi Itō as Daimonji-ya
- Towa Watanabe as Karamaru
- Moka Otsuka as Kamegiku
- Masaki Hiradate as Katsuyama
- Hikari Kabashima as Tokiwagi
- Haruka Kinoshita as Tamakawa
- Chisato Someya as Ureshino
Others
edit- Haruka Ayase as Kurosuke Inari / narrator
- Hayato Ichihara as Toriyama Kengyō
- Kai Inowaki as Oda Shinnosuke
- Toshinori Omi as Hirasawa Tsunemasa
- Naomasa Musaka as Hanjirō
- Nene Yoshitaka as a corpse
- Kanna Fuji as a corpse
- Rin Yoda as a corpse
- So Yamanaka as Sugita Genpaku
- James Onoda as a bathhouse owner
- Kensuke Sasaki as a boatman
- Toshiki Ayata as the owner of a charcoal shop
- Katsuya Takagi as the man with a scar on his face
- Katsuhiro Higo as Shigoroku
TV schedule
editEpisode | Title | Directed by | Original airdate | Rating |
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1 | "Arigata-yama no Kangarasu" (ありがた山の寒がらす) | Taku Ōhara | January 5, 2025 | 12.6% |
2 | "Yoshiwara Saiken <Aa, Oedo>" (吉原細見 『嗚呼御江戸』) | January 12, 2025 | 12.0% | |
3 | "Senkyaku Banrai <Hitome Senbon>" (千客万来 『一目千本』) | January 19, 2025 | 11.7% | |
4 | "<Hinagata Wakana> no Amai Wana" (『雛形若菜』の甘い罠) | Takashi Fukagawa | January 26, 2025 | 10.5% |
5 | "Tsuta ni Karamaru Inga no Tsuru" (蔦に唐丸因果の蔓) | Taku Ōhara | February 2, 2025 | 10.6% |
6 | "Uroko Hagareta <Setsuyō-shū>" (鱗剥がれた『節用集』) | Takashi Fukagawa | February 9, 2025 | 10.2% |
7 | "Kōki Tōrai <Magaki no Hana>" (好機到来『籬の花』) | February 16, 2025 | 10.0% | |
8 | "Gyakushū no <Kinkin Sensei>" (逆襲の『金々先生』) | February 23, 2025 | ||
9 | "Tamagiku Tōrō Koi no Jigoku" (玉菊灯籠恋の地獄) | March 2, 2025 | ||
10 | "<Seirō Bijin> no Miru Yume wa" (『青楼美人』の見る夢は) | March 9, 2025 | ||
11 | "Tomimoto, Jingi no Uma-zura" (富本、仁義の馬面) | March 16, 2025 | ||
12 | "Niwaka naru <Meigetsu Yojō>" (俄なる『明月余情』) | March 23, 2025 | ||
13 | "Bakufu Yurugasu Zatōgane" (幕府揺るがす座頭金) | March 30, 2025 |
References
edit- ^ "Unbound". NHK Enterprises. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ "べらぼう〜蔦重栄華乃夢噺〜". The Television (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ "横浜流星、2025年大河主演に決定「大変光栄」 "江戸のメディア王"蔦屋重三郎の生涯を描く". Oricon (in Japanese). 27 April 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ "大河ドラマ「べらぼう~蔦重栄華乃夢噺~」キャスト・ビジュアル【一覧】". Cinematoday (in Japanese). 15 December 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
External links
edit- Official website (in Japanese)