A Hardest Night!! (2005)
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.
Director: Masahiko Tsugawa
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Kiichi Nakai as Hashita |
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Yoshino Kimura as Shigeko |
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Houka Kinoshita as Kyoshi |
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Takashi Sasano as Kyoji |
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Ken Ogata as |
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Masaaki Sakai as Boss |
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Hiroyuki Nagato as Master |
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Ittoku Kishibe as |
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Ryoko Yonekura as |
| Writing | Ramo Nakajima | Novel |
| Directing | Masahiko Tsugawa | Director |
| Writing | Sumio Ōmori | Writer |
| Crew | Mika Kurokouchi | Script |