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Slapstick Brothers (2011)
Directed by Hiroshi Shinagawa
Overview
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 ...
Length 137 minutes
Actors
Ryuta Sato | Yûsuke Kamiji | Satomi Ishihara | Yuji Ayabe | Daisuke Miyagawa | Hirofumi Arai | Seiki Nagahara | Daigo | Ryûji Akiyama | Takashi Sasano | Miyuki Oshima | Hiroki Narimiya | Nobuaki Kaneko | Hiroshi Nishidai | Jun'ichi Kômoto | Shinya Irie