Chikaemon

Chikaemon (2016)


  • Genre: Drama
  • First Air Date: 2016-01-14
  • Last Air Date: 2016-03-03
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 8
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 45 min.
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Network: NHK
  • Director:

Summary

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.

  • Keywords: jidaigeki
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    Chikaemon Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 2016-01-14
    8 Episodes

    Chikaemon Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1'Yu Chikamatsu Indomitable Pole'43 min
    Season 1Episode 2The first troublesome person, Imori Kuroyaki (Troublesome Ohatsu and Imori no Kuroyaki)43 min
    Season 1Episode 3Prodigal son Tokubei43 min
    Season 1Episode 4Good or bad unknown Kuheiji43 min
    Season 1Episode 5Target, Chuemon (Target is Chuemon)43 min
    Season 1Episode 6Gidayu's trivial activity (Gida Yuwari and Katsutaku)43 min
    Season 1Episode 7Sage mother Kiriki Kiyoshi decision (Hahaue Ketsudan)43 min
    Season 1Episode 8Sonezaki Shinju and Mankichi Shinchu43 min
    • Suzuki Matsuo

      as Chikamatsu Monzaemon
    • Munetaka Aoki

      as Mankichi
    Directing Kawano Hideaki Director
    Writing Yuki Fujimoto Screenplay

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