TV series

Descending Stories: A Life In Rakugo (昭和元禄落語心中)

2018★ 7.3 · 6Ended1 seasonDramaComedy

Overview

Set during the early Showa period, Yakumo enters the world of rakugo. He forms a friendship with talented storyteller Yurakutei. Yakumo admires Yurakutei’s talent and struggles to achieve his level of performance. With the help of geisha Miyokichi, Yakumo grows up as a rakugo storyteller. Yurakutei and Miyokichi get married, but they die in a mysterious accident. Yakumo takes Konatsu, 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 chases after the truth of her parents’ death, which Yakumo hides.

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Cast

竜星涼
as Yotaro

成海璃子
as Konatsu

岡田将生
as Kikuhiko/Yakumo (VIII)

大政絢
as Miyokichi

山崎育三郎
as Hatsutaro/Sukeroku

Crew

雲田はるこ
Comic Book

出水有三
Production Supervisor

Seasons

Season 1

Episodes: 10

Information

Community

7.3/ 10

6 TMDB votes · limited sample

7.3

First air date: 2018-10-12

Show status: Ended

Genres

DramaComedy

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