Asakusa Kid
2021 Japanese film
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Kanji | 浅草キッド | ||||
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Directed by | Gekidan Hitori | ||||
Written by | Gekidan Hitori | ||||
Based on | "Asakusa Kid" by Takeshi Kitano | ||||
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Cinematography | Fūta Takagi | ||||
Edited by | Junnosuke Hogaki | ||||
Music by | Takashi Ohmama | ||||
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Distributed by | Netflix | ||||
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Running time | 122 minutes | ||||
Country | Japan | ||||
Language | Japanese |
Asakusa Kid (Japanese: 浅草キッド, Hepburn: Asakusa kiddo) is a 2021 Japanese film written and directed by Gekidan Hitori and starring Yo Oizumi and Yuya Yagira.[1][2] It is a biopic based on the apprenticeship of Takeshi Kitano by Senzaburo Fukami, and adapted from Kitano's 1988 memoir of the same name.[3]
Cast
- Yo Oizumi as Senzaburo Fukami
- Yuya Yagira as Takeshi Kitano (Beat Takeshi)
- Mugi Kadowaki as Chiharu
- Nobuyuki Tsuchiya as Beat Kiyoshi
- Ayumu Nakajima
- Yūsuke Furusawa
- Nana Komaki
- Yōko Ōshima
- Hiroyuki Onoue as Hachiro Azuma
- Morio Kazama as Jun Tayama
- Honami Suzuki as Mari Fukami
References
- ^ "Asakusa Kid review – the pain behind waves of laughters". Ready Steady Cut. 10 December 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ "Asakusa Kid (2021) Review: Alluring Take on the Rags-To-Riches Tale". Leisure Byte. 9 December 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ "Netflix movie review: Asakusa Kid – Takeshi Kitano biopic charts the Japanese comedian and filmmaker's rise from strip club beginnings". SCMP. 3 December 2021. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
External links
- Asakusa Kid on Netflix
- Asakusa Kid at IMDb
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