Asakusa Kid (2021)

Original title

浅草キッド

Directed by

Gekidan Hitori

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 02m

Rated

14

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 72 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Takeshi Kitano becomes an apprentice to a comedian in Tokyo's Asakusa district. The film follows their mentor-student relationship and the early days of his career.

melancholicnostalgicintimatebittersweetslow-pacedreflectiveearnestgentle

What happens

Asakusa Kid (Japanese: 浅草キッド, Hepburn: Asakusa kiddo) is a 2021 Japanese film written and directed by Gekidan Hitori and starring Yo Oizumi and Yuya Yagira. It is a biopic based on the apprenticeship of Takeshi Kitano by Senzaburo Fukami, and adapted from Kitano's 1988 memoir of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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