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Asakusa Kid

20217.2 / 10123 min
Drama

Overview

I'm a comedian, you fool!

Before he hit it big, Takeshi Kitano got his start apprenticing with comedy legend Fukami of Asakusa. But as his star rises, his mentor's declines.

Cast

Yuya Yagira

Yuya Yagira

Takeshi Kitano

Yo Oizumi

Yo Oizumi

Fukami Senzaburo

Mugi Kadowaki

Mugi Kadowaki

Chiharu

Nobuyuki Tsuchiya

Nobuyuki Tsuchiya

Kiyoshi

Ayumu Nakajima

Ayumu Nakajima

Inoue Masayoshi

Nana Komaki

Nana Komaki

Sachi

Yôko Ôshima

Yôko Ôshima

Ticket Lady

Hiroyuki Onoue

Hiroyuki Onoue

Hachiro Azuma

Morio Kazama

Morio Kazama

Tayama Jun

Honami Suzuki

Honami Suzuki

Mari

Atsuo Ōuchi

Atsuo Ōuchi

Kuroda

R-Shitei

R-Shitei

Factory Worker

Crew

Gekidan Hitori

Gekidan Hitori

Screenplay

Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano

Novel

Gekidan Hitori

Gekidan Hitori

Director

Tokujû Ichikawa

Tokujû Ichikawa

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