Puppet Master Sakon: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The dark-haired bishounen is Sakon Tachibana, a puppeteer, and the other is Ukon, his favorite puppet and best friend. Sakon is the (only) grandson of Saemon Tachibana, a national treasure of Japan famous for his manipulation of Bunraku puppets. Ukon is a child doll puppet made in the early Meiji era by the famous female dollmaker Unosuke. Together they run into murders and solve them.

Series details

• Title: Puppet Master Sakon
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Action, Anime, Mystery
• Premiere date: 1999-10-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 2000-03-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Animax
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 25829
• IMDb ID: tt0434660
• TVDB ID: 79457

Cast and credited roles

• Megumi Ogata — Sakon Tachibana
• Motoko Kumai — Ukon
• Eisuke Yoda — Saemon Tachibana
• Hiroshi Takemura — Tsuyoshi Taruumi
• Miho Yamada — Kaoruko Tachibana
• Ryotaro Okiayu — Fujita Zenkichi
• Shinobu Satou — Chizuru Tachibana

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1999-10-08; final listed air date 2000-03-30; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Puppet Master Sakon on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.