Aka Medaka

Audience Score
81
Aka Medaka
NR 2 hr 25 minDrama
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 He had found his calling After his resistant parents relented to their sons pleas Danshun at age 17 became an apprentice of Danshi the man dubbed a wunderkind and genius of the rakugo world He soon realized however how hard the training was and embarked upon a rigorous existence in which he had to deliver newspapers to earn a living Living with hardship and joys Danshun and his fellow apprentices would eventually rise in the rakugo world A resplendent cast comes together to depict the rough and tumble world of a man who loved rakugo above all else and was destined to fulfill a dream
DirectorHideta Takahata
WriterHiroyuki Yatsu

Movie Details

Original Language:Japanese
Production Companies:TBS
Movie Tags:
rakugo