TV show

Chikaemon

ちかえもん

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.

Screenplay

藤本有紀

Director

Kawano Hideaki

Status

Ended

First air date

14/01/2016

Original language

Japanese