TV Show Details
Air Date:January 14th, 2016
Last Air Date:March 3rd, 2016
Network:NHK
Status:Ended
Genres:Drama
Original Language:Japanese
Chikaemon on the Web:Official Website
TV Show Tags:
jidaigeki
Chikaemon (2016)
TV ShowNHK
Miniseries
Plot
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.