The fourth episode of " Akinaiseiden Kin to Gin 3," the third season of the NHK BS historical drama starring actress Fuka Koshiba (NHK BS Premium 4K, Sundays at 6:45 PM), will air on April 26th. The subtitle of this episode is "The Calamity of the Year of the Dragon." Edo is struck by a great fire.
" Akinaiseiden Kin to Gin" is a series set in the mid-Edo period that vividly and cheerfully depicts the lives of ordinary people who succeed in business through hard work and ingenuity, interwoven with a variety of customs and traditions. Season 1 aired in 2023, and Season 2 aired in 2025.
Season 3 will once again feature Sachiko (played by Koshiba), the seventh-generation owner of Gosuzuya, a kimono and fabric store that opened in Edo's Asakusa Tawaramachi. As Sachiko's struggle to protect Gosuzuya reaches its climax, she will also arrive at a truly irreplaceable realization.
In the fourth episode, Gosuzuya, whose fireworks-themed yukata became a huge hit, expands its store, and Kikue (Aki Asakura) also starts selling small sundries in one corner of it.
Kikue was also secretly working on developing hairpins. Around that time, Umematsu (Kazuya Takahashi) and Oume (Risa Naito) got married. The following year, the tenth year of the Hōreki era, the year of the Dragon, Edo was struck by a great fire. Gosuzuya escaped harm, but the entire theater district was burned to the ground, Honryōgae-chō was engulfed in flames, and it is said that Masugoya also burned down. Sachi, who does not know what happened to Yui (Itsuki Nagasawa), is overcome with intense anxiety...
