Dec 09, 2021
123 min
Full-HD

Asakusa Kid (2021)

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.

Category

Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation Django Film Netflix

Yuya Yagira

Takeshi Kitano

Yo Oizumi

Fukami Senzaburo

Mugi Kadowaki

Chiharu

Nobuyuki Tsuchiya

Kiyoshi

Ayumu Nakajima

Inoue Masayoshi

Nana Komaki

Sachi

Yoko Ohshima

Ticket Lady

Hiroyuki Onoue

Hachiro Azuma

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