Descending Stories: A Life In Rakugo

Descending Stories: A Life In Rakugo (2018)


  • Genre: Drama, Comedy
  • First Air Date: 2018-10-12
  • Last Air Date: 2018-12-14
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 10
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 45 min.
  • Production Company: TELEPACK
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Networks: NHK
star 7.4/10
From 5 Ratings

Summary

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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Descending Stories: A Life In Rakugo Seasons

Season 1

First Air Date: 2018-10-12
10 Episodes

Descending Stories: A Life In Rakugo Episodes

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  • Ryo Ryusei

    as Yotaro
  • Riko Narumi

    as Konatsu
  • Masaki Okada

    as Kikuhiko/Yakumo (VIII)
  • Aya Omasa

    as Miyokichi
  • Ikusaburo Yamazaki

    as Hatsutaro/Sukeroku
Writing Haruko Kumota Comic Book
Production Izumi Yuzo Production Supervisor