Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (2018)
Other Title: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju / 昭和元禄落語心中
Genres: drama
Episodes: 10
Country: Japan
Director: Tanada Yuki, Kobayashi Tatsuo
Writer: Habara Daisuke
Network: NHK
Release Date: Oct 12, 2018 – Dec 14, 2018
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Cast:
- Okada Masaki
- Ryusei Ryo
Synopsis:
Set during the early Showa period, Yakumo (Masaki Okada) enters the world of rakugo (storytelling performance). He forms a friendship with talented storyteller Yurakutei (Ikusaburo Yamazaki).
Yakumo admires Yurakutei’s talent and struggles to achieve his level of performance. With the help of geisha Miyokichi (Aya Omasa), Yakumo grows up as a rakugo storyteller. Yurakutei and Miyokichi get married, but they die in a mysterious accident.
Yakumo takes Konatsu (Riko Narumi), who is the child of Yurakutei and Miyokichi, and raises her. Konatsu grows up blaming Yakumo as her parents’ enemy. Konatsu and Yakumo’s disciple Yotaro (Ryo Ryusei) chases after the truth of her parents’ death, which Yakumo hides.
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