Unbound (TV series)

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 "TsutajÅ«" JÅ«zaburō
• Haru Takagi as young TsutajÅ«

His family

• Ai Hashimoto as Tei, JÅ«zaburō's wife
• Katsumi Takahashi as Surugaya, JÅ«zaburō's foster father
• Naoko Iijima as Fuji, JÅ«zaburō's foster mother
• Aoi Nakamura as Jirobei, Surugaya's son
• Rei Maruyama as Toku, Jirobei's wife
• Saki Takaoka as Tsuyo, JÅ«zaburō's mother
• Sumi Shimamoto as Taka
• Tsubasa Nakagawa as Minokichi

Publishing industry

• Kōtarō Satomi as Suwaraya Ichibei
• Shunsuke Kazama as Tsuruya Kiemon
• Masahiko Nishimura as Nishimura Yohachi, JÅ«zaburō'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 ChÅ«gorō
• 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
• Ryuta Mine as Kumanoya
• Taka Takao as Maruya Kohei
• Ōtani Hiromatsu II as Owariya Hikojiro
• Kenshiro Kawanishi as Owada Yasubei
• Nakamura Kangyoku as Manjiro

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 KoryÅ«sai
• Atsushi Hashimoto as Kitao Shigemasa
• Tomoya Maeno as Katsukawa Shunshō
• Ryo Kimura as Hezutsu Tōsaku
• YÅ«ta Furukawa as Santō Kyōden, a.k.a. Kitao Masanobu
• Amane Okayama as Koikawa Harumachi, a.k.a. Kurahashi Itaru
• Mitsuki Tanimura as Shizu, Harumachi's wife
• Kanichiro as Tomimoto Umanosuke II
• Shigehiro Yamaguchi as Tōrai Sanna
• Bun'ichi Hamanaka as Akera Kankō
• Tsurutaro Kataoka as Toriyama Sekien
• 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, a.k.a. Ishikawa Masamochi
• Leon Niihama as Tomimoto Itsukidayu
• Yoshiaki Kameda as Shiba Zenkō
• Cookie! as Hokusai, a.k.a. Katsukawa Shunro
• Yoshio Inoue as Jippensha Ikku, a.k.a. Shigeta Sadakazu
• Kenjiro Tsuda as Kyokutei Bakin, a.k.a. Takizawa Sakichi

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
• YÅ«ma 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
• Shodai Fukuyama as Matsudaira Nobuakira
• Kunihiro Suda as Abe Masatomo
• Akira Otaka as Makino Sadanaga
• Kenichi Yajima as Honda Tadakazu
• Miou Tanaka as Hajikano Nobuaki

Ōoku

• 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
• Futo Nozomi as Kikuzono

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 ChÅ«emon
• Donpei as a Zatō
• Imoaraizaka Kakaricho as Gosaku
• Kazuki Enari as Matsumae Michihiro
• Hyouroku as Matsumae Hirotoshi
• Kentaro Motomura as a theater proprietor
• Masato Yano as Jōemon
• Tomoaki Saito as KyÅ«gorō
• 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
• Kazue Itō as Matsu
• Becky as Take
• Maki Fukuda as Ume
• Makita Sports as Kakuen
• Shouma Kai as Choshichi
• Kyusaku Shimada as Shibano Ritsuzan
• Hayashiya Taihei as Obiki Akazo
• Garibens Yano as Zenkichi
• Eriko Nakamura as Nabe
• Sachiko Kokubu as Tsuya
• Keisuke Oda as Yoneji
• Hiroiki Ariyoshi as Hattori Hanzō
• Takuro Mashiko as Kamaya Ihei
• Kaoru Fukuda as Kihei
• Hayashiya Shōzō IX as Matsudaira Nobuyoshi
• Manabu Takeuchi as a poor samurai
• Hikari Ōta as Kaiun
• Yuji Tanaka as a Kanso-ka
• Hideyuki Nakayama as Katō Chikage
• Dayu Koume as Naniwaya
• Naoto Eguchi as a degenerate monk
• Ikue Sakakibara as a midwife
• Ryotaro Sakaguchi as Nakayama Tomisaburo
• Mansaku Fuwa as Miyako-za proprietor
• Moro Morooka as Kawarasaki-za proprietor
• Takeshi Kongochi as Kiri-za proprietor
• Toma Ikuta as Saito Jurobei
• Kazuki Kitamura as Motoori Norinaga
• Taiiku Okazaki as Eishōsai Chōki

TV schedule

Omnibus

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links