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Descending Stories: A Life In Rakugo

IMDb 7.4 2018 • 45 min • DramaComedy

Director

N/A

Country

JP

Plot 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.

Top Cast

Ryo Ryusei
Ryo Ryusei Yotaro
Riko Narumi
Riko Narumi Konatsu
Masaki Okada
Masaki Okada Kikuhiko/Yakumo (VIII)
Aya Omasa
Aya Omasa Miyokichi
Ikusaburo Yamazaki
Ikusaburo Yamazaki Hatsutaro/Sukeroku