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Haruko Kumota’s “Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju” gets a stage musical adaptation in 2025

Play runs from February-March in Tokyo and March-April in Osaka, with a third venue set to be announced


A website opened on Monday to announce the musical stage play adaptation of Haruko Kumota’s Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju manga, titled Musical Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū. The play will run from February to March 2025 in Tokyo at the Tokyu Theatre Orb, and from March to April in Osaka at the Festival Hall, with a third venue to be announced. The stage play will also run in Fukuoka.

Image via Musical Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju stage play’s X/Twitter account
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Ikusaburo Yamazaki photo by 宮崎健太郎
Image via Musical Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju stage play’s X/Twitter account

The stage play stars Ikusaburo Yamazaki, Rio Asumi, and Yūta Furukawa, who will reprise their roles from the manga’s live-action series adaptation as Sukeroku, Miyokichi, and Yakumo, respectively.

Koike Shūichirō is writing the script and directing the stage play.

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The manga, published by Kodansha Comics and described as a “multi-generational epic dives deep into this rich form of Japanese theater,” was adapted into a live-action series in 2016 and a television anime in 2016 and 2017.

Source: Musical Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū stage musical’s website and Comic Natalie.