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Asakusa Kid (2021) · Cineora

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A GEKIDAN HITORI FILM

Asakusa Kid

20212h 3mMovie

Drama

IMDb7.1/ 10 · 2.1K votes

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.

Bittersweet
Funny
Melancholic
True story
Period piece
Art

Pace: Measured
Intensity: Mild
Complexity: Easy watch

Good for talking about after and a rainy day.

DirectorGekidan Hitori

FormatFeature film

TMDB7.0 / 10

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The people behind the story

Top cast

Yuya YagiraTakeshi Kitano

Yo OizumiFukami Senzaburo

Mugi KadowakiChiharu

Nobuyuki TsuchiyaKiyoshi

Ayumu NakajimaInoue Masayoshi

Nana KomakiSachi

Yoko OhshimaTicket Lady

Hiroyuki OnoueHachiro Azuma

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