Chikaemon

2016–2016· 45 min★ 9.2· Drama

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.

Cast: Suzuki Matsuo, Munetaka Aoki

Director: Kawano Hideaki