The Great Tale of the Great Tatami Progenitor (1980)
A young man from Kyushu,Adachi Futoshi had come to Tokyo to make a life. Adachi moved into a small room in a local boarding house, but he was unprepared for what life will throw at him. The room next to him boards a local gangster whose gang is a menace to the neighborhood, a bit further down lives a boy who dresses like a woman. And the old people managing the boarding house are quite peculiar too. Based on the manga by Leiji Matsumoto.
Directors:
Chūsei Sone, Leiji Matsumoto.
Writers:
Chūsei Sone, Rokuro Kumagai.
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Izumi Hara as |
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Yutaka Hayashi as |
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Guts Ishimatsu as |
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Kiyoshi Maekawa as |
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Chieko Matsumoto as |
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Tsutomu Sekine as |
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Hiroko Shino as |
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Yoji Yamaguchi as |
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Hatsuo Yamaya as |
| Writing | Chūsei Sone | Screenplay |
| Production | Rou Miura | Producer |
| Directing | Chūsei Sone | Director |
| Writing | Leiji Matsumoto | Comic Book |
| Directing | Leiji Matsumoto | Director |
| Writing | Rokuro Kumagai | Screenplay |
| Directing | Yasuhiro Horiuchi | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Masaru Mori | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Osamu Onodera | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Seisaku Kimura | Lighting Director |
| Art | Kazuo Yagyu | Art Direction |
| Editing | Shinji Yamada | Editor |