Chikaemon (2016)

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.

• First Air Date: 2016-01-14
• Last Air Date: 2016-03-03
• Total Seasons: 1
• Total Episodes: 8
• Episode Runtime: 45 min.
• Network: NHK
• Director: Kawano Hideaki
• Writer: Yuki Fujimoto