Chikaemon (2016)
- Genre: Drama
- First Air Date: 2016-01-14
- Last Air Date: 2016-03-03
- Total Seasons: 1
- Total Episodes: 8
- Status: Ended
- Episode Runtime: 45 min.
- Production Country: Japan
- Networks: NHK
- Director: Kawano Hideaki
- Writer: Yuki Fujimoto
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.
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| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | 'Yu Chikamatsu Indomitable Pole' | 2016-01-14 | 43 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | The first troublesome person, Imori Kuroyaki (Troublesome Ohatsu and Imori no Kuroyaki) | 2016-01-21 | 43 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Prodigal son Tokubei | 2016-01-28 | 43 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Good or bad unknown Kuheiji | 2016-02-04 | 43 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Target, Chuemon (Target is Chuemon) | 2016-02-11 | 43 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Gidayu's trivial activity (Gida Yuwari and Katsutaku) | 2016-02-18 | 43 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Sage mother Kiriki Kiyoshi decision (Hahaue Ketsudan) | 2016-02-25 | 43 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Sonezaki Shinju and Mankichi Shinchu | 2016-03-03 | 43 min |
| Directing | Kawano Hideaki | Director |
| Writing | Yuki Fujimoto | Screenplay |
