The read
A Balasaur Score of 71 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.1/10. Streaming on Netflix.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
74 audience votes
Key crew
- Gekidan HitoriScreenplay
- Gekidan HitoriDirector
- Takashi OhmamaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Yuya YagiraTakeshi Kitano
- Yo OizumiFukami Senzaburo
- Mugi KadowakiChiharu
- Nobuyuki TsuchiyaKiyoshi
- Ayumu NakajimaInoue Masayoshi
- Nana KomakiSachi
- Yoko OhshimaTicket Lady
- Hiroyuki OnoueHachiro Azuma
- Morio KazamaTayama Jun
- Honami SuzukiMari
- Atsuo ŌuchiKuroda
- R-ShiteiFactory Worker
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Themes
japanbased on novel or bookcomedianbased on true storytokyo, japanmanzaishōwa era (1926-89)owaraishitamachi