Slapstick Brothers (2011)
Tobio Kurosawa (Ryuta Sato), who has been part of a manzai (stand up comedy) duo for ten years, finds himself in trouble after his partner Tamotsu Ishii (Yuji Ayabe) quits due to their declining popularity and mounting debts. Tobio then attempts to drink his problems away, but the next morning finds himself locked up in a detention center. At the detention center Tobio meets tough dreadlocked Ryuhei Onizuka (Yusuke Kamiji) who has an uncanny knack for comedy. Tobio attempts to recruit Ryuhei to become a partner in a new comedy duo. Once on the outside, they start practicing ...
Director: Hiroshi Shinagawa
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Ryuta Sato as Tobio Kurosawa |
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Yusuke Kamiji as Ryuhei Onizuka |
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Satomi Ishihara as Yumiko Miyazaki |
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Yuji Ayabe as Tamotsu Ishii |
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Miyagawa Daisuke as Kanai |
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Hirofumi Arai as Shirokawa |
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Seiki Nagahara as Kawahara |
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DAIGO as Iwasaki |
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Ryuji Akiyama as |
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Takashi Sasano as |
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Miyuki Oshima as |
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Hiroki Narimiya as |
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Nobuaki Kaneko as |
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Hiroshi Nishidai as |
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Jun'ichi Kômoto as |
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Shinya Irie as |
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HaLuki Nanai as |
| Writing | Hiroshi Shinagawa | Writer |
| Directing | Hiroshi Shinagawa | Director |
| Sound | Mizuki Ito | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Mizuki Ito | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Mizuki Ito | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Hitoshi Tsurumaki | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Go KINOMOTO | Assistant Director |