A Hardest Night!! (2005)
Overview
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.
Cast
Kiichi Nakai
Hashita
Yoshino Kimura
Shigeko
Houka Kinoshita
Kyoshi
Takashi Sasano
Kyoji
Ken Ogata
Masaaki Sakai
Boss
Hiroyuki Nagato
Master
Ittoku Kishibe
Ryoko Yonekura
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