Series
Descending Stories: A Life In Rakugo
2018 · 1 season · Drama · Comedy
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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
Ryo Ryusei
Yotaro
Riko Narumi
Konatsu
Masaki Okada
Kikuhiko/Yakumo (VIII)
Aya Omasa
Miyokichi
Ikusaburo Yamazaki
Hatsutaro/Sukeroku
Media
Details
- First aired
- October 12, 2018
- Last aired
- December 14, 2018
- Status
- Ended
- Original language
- Japanese
- Episodes
- 10
- Rated
- PG13
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
Seasons
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