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Berabou

Details

• Title: べらぼう
• Title (romaji): Berabou
• Tagline: 蔦重栄華乃夢噺 / Tsutaju Eiga no Yumebanashi
• Also known as: Unbound
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Jidaigeki
• Episodes: 48
• Viewership ratings: Avg: 9.5%, high: 12.6% (Kanto)
• Broadcast network: NHK
• Broadcast period: 2025-Jan-05 to 2025-Dec-14
• Air time: Sunday 20:00

Synopsis

The drama depicts the life of Tsutaya Juzaburo, a well-known publisher who became the "media king" of the Edo period.

User/Viewer Ratings

5.00

(one vote)

Cast

Main cast Yokohama Ryusei as Tsutaya Juzaburo / Tsutaju / Juza / Tsuta no Karamaru Takagi Haru as teen Juzaburo / Karamaru Book wholesaler "Koshodo" Sometani Shota as Kitagawa Utamaro Watanabe Towa as teen Utamaro Hashimoto Ai as Tei (Kohee's daughter) Takaoka Saki as Tsuyo (Juzaburo's mother) Nakagawa Tsubasa as Minokichi Shimamoto Sumi (島本須美) as Taka Teahouse "Surugaya" Takahashi Katsumi as Surugaya Ichiemon (Owner / Juzaburo's adoptive father) Iijima Naoko as Fuji (Ichiemon's wife / Juzaburo's adoptive mother) Nakamura Aoi as Jirobe (Ichiemon and Fuji's son) Maruyama Rei as Toku (Jirobee's wife) Mizusawa Rintaro as Tomeshiro Brothel "Matsubaya" Koshiba Fuka as Hananoi / Azami (Oiran) Masana Bokuzo as Matsubaya Hanzaemon (Owner) Mizuno Miki as Ine (Hanzaemon's wife) Kubota Sayu as Matsunoi Yamashita Yorie as Masa Kaneko Risa as Sakura Yoshida Honoka as Ayame Arai Miu as Matsuzaki Saito Sakura (齋藤さくら) as Hanasato Hirao Nanaka as Hanazono Nagano Satomi as Hatsu Tamaki Ryo (珠城りょう) as Toyoshima Brothel "Daimonjiya" Ito Atsushi as Daimonjiya Ichibee (Owner) Fukuhara Haruka as Tagasode / Kawori (Oiran) Inagaki Kurumi as teen Tagasode Brothel "Nimonjiya" Katase Rino as Kiku (Owner) Manaki Reika as Asagao Nakashima Runa (中島瑠菜) as Chidori Book wholesaler "Urokogataya" Kataoka Ainosuke as Urokogataya Magobee (Owner) Hachiya Mami (蜂谷眞未) as Rin (Magobee's wife) Miura Ryota as Chobee (Magobee's elder son) Nobayashi Kanaru as Manjiro (Magobee's younger son) Tokui Yuu as Tohachi (Employee) Yamamoto Keisuke as Tokubee (Employee)

Other book wholesalers Nishimura Masahiko as Nishimuraya Yohachi Kazama Shunsuke as Tsuruya Kiemon Nakai Kazuya (中井和哉) as Iwatoya Genpachi Matsuda Yoji as Murataya Jirobee Takagi Wataru as Matsumuraya Yahee Seki Tomokazu (関智一) as Okamuraya Genroku Takao Taka (たかお鷹) as Maruya Kohee / Maruko (Tei's father) Tokugawa Shogunate Mashima Hidekazu as Tokugawa Ieharu (Shogun) Takanashi Rin as Chihonokata (Ieharu's wife) Oku Tomoya as Tokugawa Iemoto (Ieharu's son) Nakamura Hayato as Hasegawa Heizou Nobutame (Samurai) Yamaguchi Yoshiyuki as Isohachi (Nobutame's follower) Iwao Kaishi as Senta (Nobutame's follower) Edo Shogunate Watanabe Ken as Tanuma Okitsugu Miyazawa Hio as Tanuma Okitomo (Okitsugu's son) Miyao Shuntaro as Tanuma Oimune (Okitsugu's nephew) Harada Taizo as Miura Shoji (Servant) Yamoto Yuma as Sano Masakoto / Zenzaemon / Gennosuke Yoshimi Kazutoyo (吉見一豊) as Sano Masatoyo (Masakoto's father) Tokugawa clans Ikuta Toma as Hitotsubashi Harusada (Hitotsubashi Tokugawa clan head / Ieharu's cousin) Yano Masato as Joemondata Otoko Irie Jingi as Tayasu Haruaki (Tayasu Tokugawa clan head / Ieharu's cousin) Hanafusa Mari (花總まり) as Hourenin (Haruaki's mother) Oda Ayu (小田愛結) as Tanehime (Haruaki's younger sister) Ochiai Motoki as Shimizu Shigeyoshi (Shimizu Tokugawa clan head / Ieharu's younger brother) Others Inoue Yuki as Matsudaira Sadanobu (Shirakawahan's crown prince) Terada Kokoro as teen Sadanobu Omi Toshinori as Houseido Kisanji / Hirasawa Tsunemasa (Writer) Hashimoto Atsushi as Kitao Shigemasa (Painter) Furukawa Yuta as Kitao Masanobu (Shigemasa's disciple) Takashima Tsuyoshi as Kitao Masayoshi (Shigemasa's disciple) Tekken (鉄拳) as Isoda Koryusai (Painter) Maeno Tomoya as Katsukawa Shunsho (Painter) Kataoka Tsurutaro as Toriyama Sekiemon (Painter) Okayama Amane as Koikawa Harumachi / Kurahashi Itaru (Poet) Kiritani Kenta as Ohta Nanba / Yomo Sanjin (Poet) James Onoda (ジェームス小野田) as Motono Mokuami (Poet) Mizuki Nana (水樹奈々) as Chieno Naishi (Poet / Mokuami's wife) Sasaki Kensuke (佐々木健介) as boatman

Production Credits

• Narrator: Ayase Haruka
• Screenwriter: Morishita Yoshiko, Mitani Masato
• Producer: Matsuda Yasunori (松田恭典), Fujiwara Takahisa (藤原敬久), Tsumita Yuki (積田有希), Mino Ria (美濃里亜)
• Director: Ohara Taku (大原拓), Fukagawa Takashi (深川貴志), Kotani Takayoshi (小谷高義), Nitta Shinzo, Oshima Keisuke (大嶋慧介)
• Music: John R. Graham

Episode Ratings

See Berabou/Episode Ratings

Recognitions

• 126th Television Drama Academy Awards (Autumn 2025): Best Supporting Actor - Sometani Shota
• 126th Television Drama Academy Awards (Autumn 2025): Best Screenwriter - Morishita Yoshiko

External Links

• Official site
• Japanese Wikipedia

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