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Actors:: Megumi Hayashibara, Tomokazu Seki, Akira Ishida, Koichi Yamadera, Yu Kobayashi

Categories:: Anime Series, Anime Dramas, Anime based on Comics

Fresh out of prison, ex-yakuza member Yotaro only wants to become a rakugo performer. But his master Yakumo's dark past enshrouds their futures. As a traditional art form dies while Japan’s wealth grows, tangled hearts get caught in webs of deception and love.

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Megumi Hayashibara, Tomokazu Seki, Akira Ishida, Koichi Yamadera, Yu Kobayashi

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju: Season 1

Season 1 of Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju has 13 episodes.

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Episode 1 ^{Episode 1}

Yotaro somehow manages to convince Yakumo to take him on as a student. But he has a lot to learn about his mentor, and his gang isn't done with him.

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Episode 2 ^{Episode 2}

Yakumo and Sukeroku meet as children when they both become apprentices to the same rakugo master. They couldn't be more different.

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Episode 3 ^{Episode 3}

Kikuhiko struggles to catch up to Shin's level of skill. Just when he's getting close, Yakumo and Shin go to Manchuria to entertain the troops.

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Episode 4 ^{Episode 4}

Shin takes the name Sukeroku after he moves up in rank; Kikuhiko falls behind in his practice. Then he meets Yakumo and Miyokichi at the theater.

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Episode 5 ^{Episode 5}

Sukeroku's rakugo is popular, but he spends all his money on fun. Kikuhiko takes a woman's part in a kabuki play, and Miyokichi helps him prepare.

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Episode 6 ^{Episode 6}

After his acclaimed kabuki performance, Kikuhiko tries to figure out for whom and why he performs his rakugo, reflecting on his own past.

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Episode 7 ^{Episode 7}

Both Kikuhiko and Shin become popular, but their styles are very different. Yakumo asks Kikuhiko to join him on tour, and Miyokichi feels neglected.

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Episode 8 ^{Episode 8}

The tour goes well, and Kikuhiko wants a promotion to shin'uchi. Sukeroku and Miyokichi both miss him, but his return threatens their relationships.

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Episode 9 ^{Episode 9}

Kikuhiko and Sukeroku are both promoted to shin'uchi, but Sukeroku quarrels with Yakumo. When Kikuhiko parts with Miyokichi, she's distraught.

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Episode 10 ^{Episode 10}

Five years later, Kikuhiko refuses a prospective disciple, while Yakumo collapses after a performance. Dying, he tells Kikuhiko about his past.

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Episode 11 ^{Episode 11}

Kikuhiko goes to the countryside and finds Konatsu, Sukeroku's daughter. She takes him home to meet her father, who refuses to work.

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Episode 12 ^{Episode 12}

Kikuhiko and Sukeroku perform rakugo together, and Miyokichi comes to see them. Kikuhiko asks Sukeroku and Konatsu to come back to Tokyo.

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Episode 13 ^{Episode 13}

Kikuhiko returns to Tokyo with Konatsu and takes the Yakumo name. After Yotaro becomes a shin'uchi, Konatsu returns to the house.

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Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju: Season 2

Season 2 of Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju has 12 episodes.

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Episode 1 ^{Episode 1}

A year after becoming shin'uchi, Yotaro takes the name Sukeroku. He's approached by the writer Higuchi, who wants to write new rakugo scripts for him.

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Episode 2 ^{Episode 2}

Konatsu and her son move back in with Yotaro and Yakumo, but Yotaro's TV contract is terminated after his yakuza past is publicized.

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Episode 3 ^{Episode 3}

Higuchi and Yotaro analyze rakugo scripts together. After Yotaro and Konatsu are married, his old boss shows up at the restaurant where she works.

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Episode 4 ^{Episode 4}

Preschooler Shinnosuke is becoming a rakugo prodigy, while Konatsu plays at performances. Higuchi shows Yakumo new rakugo scripts, but he's not happy.

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Episode 5 ^{Episode 5}

Yotaro and Yakumo are invited to give a family performance. Yotaro listens to old Sukeroku tapes, while Higuchi gives him copies to study.

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Episode 6 ^{Episode 6}

Yakumo collapses after his performance, but the show must go on: Yotaro performs while Konatsu accompanies Yakumo to the hospital.

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Episode 7 ^{Episode 7}

Matsuda accompanies Yotaro and Higuchi to Shikoku to view the film of Yakumo and Sukeroku's joint performance, where he tells them about the past.

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Episode 8 ^{Episode 8}

Yakumo recovers slowly, but rumors grow that he's considering retirement. One night, despairing, he meets Konatsu and Yotaro on a bridge.

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Episode 9 ^{Episode 9}

After Yakumo's friend goes to prison, Yotaro convinces him to give a prison rakugo performance. Then Yakumo decides to perform "Shinigami."

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Episode 10 ^{Episode 10}

The theater burns to the ground, and Yakumo is hospitalized. Konatsu gives Yotaro some news, and Yotaro performs on the radio thanks to Higuchi.

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Episode 11 ^{Episode 11}

In the spirit world, Sukeroku tells Yakumo that he is dead. He, Miyokichi and Sukeroku go to the rakugo theater, where Yakumo and Sukeroku perform.

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Episode 12 ^{Episode 12}

Fifteen years later, Shinnosuke is now a futatsume and Konatsu has become the first female rakugo performer. The theater reopens on an era of change.

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