We present “Tou-no-kugutu” which received the Encouragement Award at the 4th “New Kumiodori Drama Grand Prize”
Please enjoy this new Kumiodori Drama, which showcases fresh possibilities for the genre and boldly challenges the fusion of tradition and creativity.

＜Synopsis.＞
Creative Kumiodori “Tuki-no-hime-no-monogatari”
Deep in the mountains, Taketori-no-okina lived alone, gazing at the moon while embracing his loneliness. One August fifteenth night, a samurai from Shuri came to visit. When asked why, he explained he could not forget a woman he had once met here and was searching for her. That woman was the daughter Taketori-no-okina had found in a bamboo grove and raised. But that daughter...

New Kumiodori “Tou-no-kugutu”
※Encouragement Award, 4th “New Kumiodori Drama Grand Prize”
Makishi Satonushi, who served the Shuri Royal Court, lived a long life traveling to Tang China for his duties. He worried constantly about the hardships his frail wife and young daughter, Ototsuru, endured in his absence. The Tang puppet he brought back as a gift for his daughter gradually became her emotional anchor. But while her father was away, her mother suddenly passed away. Consumed by deep sorrow and loneliness, Ototsuru lost her mind...