Descending Stories: A Life In Rakugo
12/10/2018
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.
TV Show Information
Ryo Ryusei
as Yotaro
Riko Narumi
as Konatsu
Masaki Okada
as Kikuhiko/Yakumo (VIII)
Aya Omasa
as Miyokichi
Ikusaburo Yamazaki
as Hatsutaro/Sukeroku
