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.

• Megumi Ogata
• Yurika Hino
• Kazuya Nakai
• Yumi Touma
• Motoko Kumai
• Kazuya Ichijo
• Toshiharu Sakurai