Asakusa Kid
I'm a comedian, you fool!
Before he hit it big, Takeshi Kitano got his start apprenticing with comedy legend Fukami of Asakusa. But as his star rises, his mentor's declines.
Cast
Yuya Yagira
Takeshi Kitano
Yo Oizumi
Fukami Senzaburo
Mugi Kadowaki
Chiharu
Nobuyuki Tsuchiya
Kiyoshi
Ayumu Nakajima
Inoue Masayoshi
Nana Komaki
Sachi
Yoko Ohshima
Ticket Lady
Hiroyuki Onoue
Hachiro Azuma
Morio Kazama
Tayama Jun
Honami Suzuki
Mari
Atsuo Ōuchi
Kuroda
R-Shitei
Factory Worker
Videos
Storyline
Before he hit it big, Takeshi Kitano got his start apprenticing with comedy legend Fukami of Asakusa. But as his star rises, his mentor's declines.
Recommended
Blood and Bones
2004
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
Inu-Oh
2022
River's Edge
2018
Taboo
1999
An Actor's Revenge
1963
Samurai Rebellion
1967
Battle Royale
2000
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973
Air Doll
2009
The Village
2023
Black Rain
1989
More Like This
Apocalypse Now
1979
The Name of the Rose
1986
Hotel Rwanda
2004
The Godfather Part II
1974
Burning Betrayal
2023
Little Siberia
2025
Absolute Power
1997
Braveheart
1995
Walk the Line
2005
About a Boy
2002
Oliver Twist
2005
Stand by Me
1986