Tiger & Dragon: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The tale of Tiger & Dragon revolves around Rakugo, a traditional form of Japanese comedy that can look back on an impressive 400 year long history. Nagase portrays the Yakuza follower Toraji who goes to a Rakugo performer to collect debts, while Okada plays Ryuji a talented Rakugo player who wants to leave behind the old fashioned world of Rakugo for good. Shortly afterwards these two very different characters happen to cross paths through a girl named Megumi and that's when all the real trouble starts igniting...

Series details

• Title: Tiger & Dragon
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Premiere date: 2005-04-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2005-06-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 46 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 31192
• IMDb ID: tt1731947
• TVDB ID: 106111

Cast and credited roles

• Junichi Okada — Yanaka Ryuji / Hayashiyatei Kotatsu
• Tomoya Nagase — Yamazaki Toraji / Hayashiyatei Kotora
• Toshiyuki Nishida — Yanaka Shokichi / Hayashiyatei Donbei

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2005-04-15; final listed air date 2005-06-24; episode order: 11.

Source and licence

Adapted from Tiger & Dragon 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.