The series will premiere on NHK on October 12 at 10:00 p.m. Yuki Tanada, Makoto Kiyohiro, and Tatsuo Kobayashi are directing the series.
The official website for the live-action television series of Haruko Kumota’s Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju manga revealed on Monday that the duo Yuzu (Yujin Kitagawa and Kōji Iwasawa) is performing the series’ theme song “Maboroshi” (Illusion).
The manga was also listed in the top ten manga for female readers by Takarajimasha’s Kono Manga ga Sugoi!
Kumota began the manga in Kodansha’s Itan magazine in 2010 and ended the series in June 2016.