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Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 1 Episode 12 Episode 12 A small rakugo performance takes place at an inn in a hot springs town. As he performs, Sukeroku feels the warmth of the audience’s love for rakugo, and remembers what it means to be a storyteller. Kikuhiko brings and insists Sukeroku wear the 7th GenerationContinue reading “Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 1 Episode 12”

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 1 Episode 13 Episode 13 Their promise to each other was to carry rakugo into the future. To perform unchanging rakugo was Kikuhiko’s job. To create a rakugo that would change with the times was Sukeroku’s job. The story of the promise between two men who lived for rakugo isContinue reading “Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 1 Episode 13”

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Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 1 Episode 8 Episode 8 Kikuhiko’s tour with the 7th Generation Yakumo was a huge success. His master is satisfied with Kikuhiko’s growth, and plans to promote him to shin’uchi soon. The problem is Sukeroku, whose behavior is forcing Yakumo to bend over backwards to get him promoted. Meanwhile, SukerokuContinue reading “Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 1 Episode 8”

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 1 Episode 1 Episode 1 “I’ve got nothing, so I’m going there.” Former small-time crook Yotaro has never forgotten the rakugo tale “Shinigami” that the great artist Yurakutei Yakumo performed to him in prison. After his release, he goes right to Yakumo’s theater, and pleads to be made his apprentice.Continue reading “Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 1 Episode 1”

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 1 Episode 2 Episode 2 Yakumo begins the story of the promise he made with Sukeroku. When he was young, he was taken in by the 7th generation Yakumo and named Kikuhiko. He met the young boy Sukeroku, a strange child who insisted on taking over the Yakumo name, withContinue reading “Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 1 Episode 2”