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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

Takeshi Kitano

Yo Oizumi

Fukami Senzaburo

Mugi Kadowaki

Chiharu

Nobuyuki Tsuchiya

Kiyoshi

Ayumu Nakajima

Inoue Masayoshi

Nana Komaki

Sachi

Yôko Ôshima

Ticket Lady

Hiroyuki Onoue

Hachiro Azuma

Morio Kazama

Tayama Jun

Honami Suzuki

Mari

Atsuo Ōuchi

Kuroda

R-Shitei

Factory Worker

Crew

Gekidan Hitori

Screenplay

Takeshi Kitano

Novel

Gekidan Hitori

Director

Tokujû Ichikawa

Gaffer

Junnosuke Hogaki

Editor

Kaata Sakamoto

Executive Producer

Shinichi Takahashi

Executive Producer

Yoichi Arishige

Producer

Tomoo Fukatsu

Producer

Manabu Kuwahara

Production Manager

Masatoshi Kurakata

Assistant Director

Yume Minamidani

Casting

Mari Miyamoto

Costume Design

Akihiko Okase

Sound Effects

Yoshinori Makino

VFX Supervisor

IKEDA Masaki

Sound Recordist

Norihiro Isoda

Production Design

Keisuke Kuwata

Theme Song Performance

Takashi Ohmama

Original Music Composer