Tiger & Dragon (Scripted, Japanese)
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2005-04-15
Ended: 2005-06-24
Network: TBS
Country: JP
Airs on: Friday
Air time: 22:00
Runtime: 46 minutes
The tale of Tiger &amp; 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...