Rakugo storyteller Katsura Bunshi dies at 74

Rakugo storyteller Katsura Bunshi dies at 74

OSAKA, Japan - Popular rakugo storyteller Katsura Bunshi, who is seen playing rakugo in this file photo taken on October 2002, died of lung cancer at a hospital in Iga, Mie Prefecture, on March 12. He was 74.

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