Overview
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
8 episodes
Munetaka Aoki
8 episodes
Father and Son Hawk
The 13 Lords of the Shogun
Ooku
Awaiting Kirin
Sekigahara
The Bored Samurai
Sanada Yukimura: The Man Shogun Ieyasu Feared Most
Wandering Wolf: Ryu the Branded Cross
Crescent Scarred Hatamoto
Oinochi Chōdai
Yuki-hime Onmitsu Dōchūki
Takeda Shingen
The Shin Hasegawa Series
The Drumstick Detective
The Man of Five Rings
Otose
As If In Flight
Akinai Seiden: Kin to Gin
Segodon
Love and Glory