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 "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 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, 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 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 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 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 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 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 Chūemon 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 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 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 EpisodeTitleDirected byOriginal airdateRating1Taku Ōhara12.6%212.0%311.7%4Takashi Fukagawa10.5%5Taku Ōhara10.6%6Takashi Fukagawa10.2%710.0%8Shinzo Nitta9.8%910.4%10Taku Ōhara10.6%11Takayoshi Kotani9.6%129.9%13Takashi Fukagawa9.6%14Shinzo Nitta10.8%15Taku Ōhara9.9%169.6%17Takashi Fukagawa9.5%18Takayoshi Kotani9.6%19Keisuke Ōshima10.2%209.7%21Taku Ōhara10.0%22Takashi Fukagawa9.4%238.8%24Takayoshi Kotani8.1%25Taku Ōhara9.3%269.8%27Keisuke Ōshima9.3%28Takashi Fukagawa9.7%29Hidetaka Terasaki8.8%30Takayoshi Kotani9.4%31Keisuke Ōshima9.0%32Hidetaka Terasaki9.2%33Taku Ōhara8.2%349.2%35Takayoshi Kotani7.8%36Takashi Fukagawa7.4%37Keisuke Ōshima8.9%38Sumire Terai8.9%39Taku Ōhara9.0%40Takayoshi Kotani8.8%41Takashi Fukagawa8.2%42Yuki Nishio8.4%43Taku Ōhara8.7%44Takashi Fukagawa9.0%45Takayoshi Kotani8.6%46Takashi Fukagawa8.8%47Taku Ōhara8.4%489.5%Average rating 9.5% - Rating is based on Japanese Video Research (Kantō region).
Omnibus EpisodeTitleOriginal airdateOriginal airtime1December 29, 202512:05 - 13:00213:05 - 13:48313:48 - 14:314 14:31 - 15:15515:20 - 16:03
Awards and nominations Award Category Recipient(s) Result 18th Tokyo Drama Awards Best Domestic Series Unbound
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