A celebration of the ancient art of Japanese rakugo, roughly translated as “comic storytelling”. The film is interspersed with numerous funerals and wakes, songs, dances, and often disgustingly crude jokes.
$3,000,000
October 22, 2005
Kouwa International
9 people
Kiichi Nakai
Hashita
Acting
Yoshino Kimura
Shigeko
Acting
Houka Kinoshita
Kyoshi
Acting
Takashi Sasano
Kyoji
Acting
Ken Ogata
Acting
Masaaki Sakai
Boss
Acting
Hiroyuki Nagato
Master
Acting
Ittoku Kishibe
Acting
Ryoko Yonekura
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