Unbound (TV series)
| Unbound | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Yoshiko Morishita |
| Directed by | Taku Ōhara and others |
| Starring |
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| Narrated by | Haruka Ayase |
| Composer | John R. Graham |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company | NHK |
| Original release | |
| Network | NHK General TV |
| Release | January 5, 2025 |
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]
Plot
In 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
Starring role
- Ryusei Yokohama as Tsutaya "Tsutajū" Jūzaburō
- Haru Takagi as young Tsutajū
His family
- 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
- Rei Maruyama as Toku, Jirobei's wife
- Saki Takaoka as Tsuyo, Jūzaburō's mother
Publishing industry
- 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 Kashiwaraya
- Yōji Matsuda as Murataya Jirobei
- Kazuya Nakai as Iwatoya Genpachi
- Tomokazu Seki as Okumuraya Genroku
- Wataru Takagi as Matsumuraya Yahei
- Tsubasa Nakagawa as Minokichi
- Ryuta Mine as Kumanoya
- Taka Takao as Maruya Kohei
- Ōtani Hiromatsu II as Owariya Hikojiro
- Sumi Shimamoto as Taka
Artists
- Ken Yasuda as Hiraga Gennai
- Shota Sometani as Kitagawa Utamaro
- Towa Watanabe as Karamaru (young Utamaro)
- Sawako Fujima as Kiyo, Uatamaro's wife
- 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
- Hyouroku as Matsumae Hirotoshi
- Ryutei Saryu VI as Utei Enba
- Toranosuke Kato as Kitagawa Toyoaki
- Toshinori Omi as Hōseidō Kisanji, a.k.a. Hirasawa Tsunemasa
- Tsuyoshi Takashima as Kitao Masayoshi
- Naoki Matayoshi as Yadoya no Meshimori (Ishikawa Masamochi)
- Leon Niihama as Tomimoto Itsukidayu
- Yoshiaki Kameda as Shiba Zenkō
Tokugawa shogunate
- 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, Ienari's father
- Kairi Jo as Tokugawa Ienari, the 11th shōgun
- Tsubasa Nagao as Hitotsubashi Toyochiyo (young Ienari)
- Motoki Ochiai as Shimizu Shigeyoshi
- Yuki Inoue as Matsudaira Sadanobu
- Kokoro Terada as Tayasu Masamaru (young Sadanobu)
- Mari Hanafusa as Hōren-in
- Yūma Yamoto as Sano Masakoto
- Kazutoyo Yoshimi as Sano Masatoyo, Masakoto's father
- 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
- Ayu Oda as Tanehime
- Kazuhiko Inoue as a Bugyō
- Hideki Takahashi as Tokugawa Harusada
- Hiroaki Hirata as Magaribuchi Kagetsugu
- Eita Okuno as Tokugawa Harumori
- Takaaki Enoki as Tokugawa Munechika
- Kazushige Komatsu as Mizuno Tadatomo
- Nadal as an Omote Bouzu
- Ai Tominaga as Takaoka
- Kurara Emi as Ōsaki
- Noa Kawazoe as Tsuruko
Yoshiwara pleasure quarters
- Fuka Koshiba as Hananoi (Segawa V)
- Hana Maeda as Azami (young Hananoi)
- 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 Matsubaya
- Kazuhiro Yamaji as Ōgiya
- Atsushi Itō as Daimonjiya and Daimonjiya II
- Hideomi Shima as Chōjiya
- Moka Otsuka as Kamegiku
- Masaki Hiradate as Katsuyama
- Hikari Kabashima as Tokiwagi
- Haruka Kinoshita as Tamakawa
- Yorie Yamashita as Masa
- Chisato Someya as Ureshino
- Umi Shinonome as Hisa
- Yasukaze Motomiya as Wakagiya Yohachi
- Miu Arai as Sae
- Satomi Nagano as Hatsu
- Shiori Tamada as Wakanami
Others
- Haruka Ayase as Kurosuke Inari / narrator
- Hayato Ichihara as Toriyama Kengyō
- Kai Inowaki as Oda Shinnosuke
- 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 Moto no Mokuami
- Nana Mizuki as Cie no Naishi
- 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
- Hayashiya Sanpei II as a wealthy merchant
- Jin Katagiri as Yashichi
- Yōjin Hino as Mori Chūemon
- Donpei as a Zatō
- Imoaraizaka Kakaricho as Gosaku
- Kazuki Enari as Matsumae Michihiro
- Kentaro Motomura as a theater proprietor
- Masato Yano as Jōemon
- Tomoaki Saito as Kyūgorō
- Hiroshi Kobayashi as Inoue Iori
- Yuka Kouri as Karamaru's mother
- Shima Iwai as Jakuren
- Jyubun Fukuzawa as a doctor
- Koutaro Tanaka as Shimazu Shigehide
- Hajime Okayama as Kudo Heisuke
- Majime Ono as a Mochi pounder
- Sen-chan as a Mochi kneader
- Endō Shōta as a Sumo wrestler
- Wakamotoharu Minato as a Sumo wrestler
- Nishikigi Tetsuya as a Sumo wrestler
- Takahiro Kimata as Inaba Masaaki
- Masami Horiuchi as Shirokiya Hikotaro
- Makita Sports as Kakuen
- Kazue Itō as Matsu
- Becky as Take
- Maki Fukuda as Ume
- Shouma Kai as Choshichi
- Kyusaku Shimada as Shibano Ritsuzan
- Hayashiya Taihei as Obiki Akazo
- Garibens Yano as Zenkichi
TV schedule
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Original airdate | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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』) | Shinzo Nitta | February 23, 2025 | 9.8% |
| 9 | "Tamagiku-dōrō Koi no Jigoku" (玉菊灯籠恋の地獄) | March 2, 2025 | 10.4% | |
| 10 | "<Seirō Bijin> no Miru Yume wa" (『青楼美人』の見る夢は) | Taku Ōhara | March 9, 2025 | 10.6% |
| 11 | "Tomimoto, Jingi no Uma-zura" (富本、仁義の馬面) | Takayoshi Kotani | March 16, 2025 | 9.6% |
| 12 | "Niwaka naru <Meigetsu Yojō>" (俄なる『明月余情』) | March 23, 2025 | 9.9% | |
| 13 | "Oedo Yurugasu Zatōgane" (お江戸揺るがす座頭金) | Takashi Fukagawa | March 30, 2025 | 9.6% |
| 14 | "Tsutajū Segawa Fūfu Dōchū" (蔦重瀬川夫婦道中) | Shinzo Nitta | April 6, 2025 | 10.8% |
| 15 | "Shi o Yobu Tebukuro" (死を呼ぶ手袋) | Taku Ōhara | April 13, 2025 | 9.9% |
| 16 | "Saraba Gennai, Mitate wa Hōrai" (さらば源内、見立は蓬莱) | April 20, 2025 | 9.6% | |
| 17 | "Midarezaki Ōrai no Sakura" (乱れ咲き往来の桜) | Takashi Fukagawa | May 4, 2025 | 9.5% |
| 18 | "Utamaro yo, Mirugatoku wa Issui no Yume" (歌麿よ、見徳は一炊夢) | Takayoshi Kotani | May 11, 2025 | 9.6% |
| 19 | "Uroko no Okimiyage" (鱗の置き土産) | Keisuke Ōshima | May 18, 2025 | 10.2% |
| 20 | "Nebokete Sōrō" (寝惚けて候) | May 25, 2025 | 9.7% | |
| 21 | "Ezo no Sakura Ueno no He no Oto" (蝦夷桜上野屁音) | Taku Ōhara | June 1, 2025 | 10.0% |
| 22 | "Shōsei, Sake no Ue no Furachi nite" (小生、酒上不埒にて) | Takashi Fukagawa | June 8, 2025 | 9.4% |
| 23 | "Ware koso wa Edo-ichi no Kikimono nari" (我こそは江戸一の利者なり) | June 15, 2025 | 8.8% | |
| 24 | "Geni Tsurenaki wa Nihon-bashi" (げにつれなきは日本橋) | Takayoshi Kotani | June 22, 2025 | 8.1% |
| 25 | "Hai no Ame furu Nihon-bashi" (灰の雨降る日本橋) | Taku Ōhara | June 29, 2025 | 9.3% |
| 26 | "San-nin no Onna" (三人の女) | July 6, 2025 | 9.8% | |
| 27 | "Negawakuba Hana no Moto nite Haru Shinan" (願わくば花の下にて春死なん) | July 13, 2025 | ||
| 28 | "Sano Yonaoshi Daimyojin" (佐野世直大明神) | July 27, 2025 | ||
| 29 | "Edo Umare Tsutaya no Adauchi" (江戸生蔦屋仇討) | August 3, 2025 |
References
- ^ "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
- Official website (in Japanese)