Chikaemon

Chikaemon

Limited Series 2016 · 8 eps · Drama

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Monzaemon Chikamatsu is a middle-age dramatist of jōruri (form of puppet theater that preceded bunraku and kabuki), but he is in a slump. His wife left him and his mother is fed up with him. All he does now is drink. The man then meets a gambler named Mankichi and his life begins to change.

Directed by Kawano Hideaki · Written by Yuki Fujimoto

Network: NHK

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Suzuki Matsuo Chikamatsu Monzaemon
Munetaka Aoki Mankichi

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