Descending Stories (2016)
Flourishing Shōwa – Rakugo Double Suicide
When a certain man is released from prison, he knows exactly where he's heading first. After falling in love with a traditional comic storyteller's rendition of the story called "Shinigami," he is determined to become his apprentice. The performer, Yakumo, has never taken an apprentice before, but to everyone's surprise, he accepts the eager ex-prisoner, nicknaming him "Yotaro." As Yotaro happily begins his new life, he meets others in Yakumo's life, including Yakumo's ward Konatsu. Konatsu was the daughter of a famous storyteller, and Yakumo took her in after her father's tragic death. Konatsu loved her father's storytelling, and would love to become a performer in her own right—but that path is not available for women.
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Episodes
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1. Episode 12017-01-07 · 26mAfter ten years' apprenticeship to the eight generation Yakumo, Yotarou has finally achieved the rank of shin'uchi and taken on the name "Sukeroku," after his master's fellow stude
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2. Episode 22017-01-14 · 26mA magazine has exposed Yotarou's past as a former convict and member of the yakuza, plunging the rakugo world into scandal and sullying Yotarou's name. Although he continues perfor
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3. Episode 32017-01-21 · 26mConsumed by concerns over not finding his own rakugo, as well as harboring doubts about the relationship between Konatsu and a local gang boss, Yotarou lets off steam by performing
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4. Episode 42017-01-28 · 26mAs far as Shinnosuke is concerned, Yotarou is his beloved father, and now that he's become a popular storyteller, Yotarou is even appearing on TV shows. After he performs "Jugemu"
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5. Episode 52017-02-04 · 26mHearing Yakumo's "Inokori" blasts the doubt from Yotarou's mind, and spurs his sudden rise to fame. Now, he himself is to perform that story in two months' time at a family show wi
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6. Episode 62017-02-11 · 26mWhile performing "Hangon-ko," Yakumo passed out and dreamed of being in a hall of candles, being strangled by the Second Generation Sukeroku. Yotarou's voice brings him back to con
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7. Episode 72017-02-18 · 27mA week after his collapse on stage, Yakumo finally awakens. But the light inside him has faded, and when he speaks next, he declares that he won't do rakugo anymore. He also quits
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8. Episode 82017-02-25 · 26mMangetsu has returned to Kyoto-style rakugo, and Yotarou is taking on apprentices. Triggered by Yakumo's desire to quit, everyone is trying to find ways to preserve rakugo and Yaku
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9. Episode 92017-03-04 · 26mAs eras change, one thing remains rock solid. To Yotaro, that's Yakumo. After being inspired by the "Shinigami" he heard from him in prison, he decided he'd follow him anywhere. Th
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10. Episode 102017-03-11 · 26mThe Uchikutei caught fire after the performance, and Yakumo, who was alone there, was badly burned. Though he has managed to survive, his comeback will be more difficult now. And t
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11. Episode 112017-03-18 · 26mYakumo was listening to Yotaro's rakugo on the porch with Konatsu when he suddenly found himself lost on a scaffolding of candles. There, he met the Second Generation Sukeroku once
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12. Episode 122017-03-25 · 26mFifteen years have passed since that fateful day. Yotaro and Konatsu's children are growing up: Shinnosuke is a futatsume, and Koyuki has entered high school. Those who made their
Cast
Tomokazu SekiYotarou (voice)
Koichi YamaderaSukeroku Yuurakutei (voice)
Akira IshidaYakumo Yuurakutei (voice)
Kappei YamaguchiAmaken (voice)
Megumi HayashibaraMiyokichi (voice)
Yu KobayashiKonatsu (voice)
Toshihiko SekiEisuke Higuchi (voice)
Shigeru UshiyamaMatsuda (voice)
Koji YusaMangetsu Tsuburaya (voice)
Ayaka AsaiKoyuki (voice)
Mikako KomatsuShinnosuke (voice)
Yuki OnoShinnosuke (adult) (voice)Images
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