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Unbound (べらぼう〜蔦重栄華乃夢噺〜, Berabou Tsutajū Eiga no Yume-banashi)is a Japanese historical drama television series starring Ryusei Yokohama as Tsutaya Jūzaburō. The series is the 64th NHK taiga drama.

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 Jūzaburō

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

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
• Ryota Miura as Urokogataya Chōbei, Magobei's son
• Tateto Serizawa as Koizumi Chūgorō
• Rintaro Mizusawa as Tomeshirō
• Yu Tokui as Tōhachi

Artists

• 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

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
• 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

Ōoku

• Ai Tominaga as Takaoka
• Kurara Emi as Ōsaki

Yoshiwara pleasure quarters

• Fuka Koshiba as Hananoi (Segawa V)
• Haruka Fukuhara as 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

Others

• 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

TV schedule

References

1. "Unbound". NHK Enterprises. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
2. "べらぼう〜蔦重栄華乃夢噺〜". The Television (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 January 2025.
3. "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.
4. "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)

• 2025 Japanese television series debuts
• Taiga drama
• Television series set in the 18th century