2 Season
25 Episode
Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju - Season 1 Episode 5
Flourishing Shōwa – Rakugo Double Suicide
After a performance, Sukeroku comes home drunk with girls on both arm. Work or play, he navigates all areas of life smoothly. Kikuhiko is annoyed with him, but he's also jealous of how easy he has things, while Kikuhiko himself struggles with practice for their play. Is he really cut out for rakugo? As he asks himself that question, Kikuhiko happens to run into Miyokichi, who leads him off with a mischievous grin...
- Year: 2017
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Animation, Drama, Comedy
- Studio: MBS, TBS, CBC, BS-TBS
- Keyword: training, friendship, rivalry, coming of age, bromance, based on manga, art, historical, rakugo, anime, josei, itan, working life, shōwa era (1926-89)
- Director:
- Cast: Tomokazu Seki, Koichi Yamadera, Akira Ishida, Kappei Yamaguchi, Megumi Hayashibara, Yu Kobayashi