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Aka Medaka

7.820152h 25mMovieTV MovieDramaComedy

One of the hottest selling tickets in town is to see the hugely popular rakugoka, or comic storyteller, Danshun. Danshun himself was inspired as a little boy to become a rakugoka after seeing the legendary Danshi.

DirectorHideta Takahata
WriterHiroyuki Yatsu
ProducersHidenori Iyoda·Akihiko Watase

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Cast · Directed by Hideta Takahata

KNKazunari Ninomiya
Kazunari Ninomiya
Danshun Tatekawa
TKTakeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano
Tatekawa Danshi
GHGaku Hamada
Gaku Hamada
Tatekawa Shiraku
HYHiroko Yakushimaru
Hiroko Yakushimaru
Narrator
TSTsurube Shofukutei
Tsurube Shofukutei
TKTeruyuki Kagawa
Teruyuki Kagawa
Tatekawa Shinosuke
AHAtsushi Hashimoto
Atsushi Hashimoto
YKYukiya Kitamura
Yukiya Kitamura
Tatekawa Dandan
STSusumu Terajima
Susumu Terajima
MSMaki Sakai
Maki Sakai
Okami
NSNana Seino
Nana Seino
HAHirofumi Arai
Hirofumi Arai

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