Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu

In the early days of the Showa era, Yakumo (Okada Masaki) enters the world of rakugo, traditional Japanese comic storytelling. He forges a firm friendship with the talented Sukeroku (Yamazaki Ikusaburo) who began training at the same time. Yakumo is drawn to Sukeroku’s craft and envious. He struggles to catch up and grows with the support of the geisha Miyokichi (Omasa Aya). Before long, Sukeroku and Miyokichi are united in marriage. But the two of them die in a very mysterious accident. Yakumo adopts their orphaned child Konatsu (Narumi Riko) while carrying a secret surrounding their deaths. Konatsu grows up hating Yakumo as her parents’ foe. Together with Yakumo’s disciple Yotaro (Ryusei Ryo), she soon begins to close in on the truth about the deaths of Sukeroku and Miyokichi which Yakumo has covered up.

Synopsis: JDrama Weblog