A celebration of the ancient art of Japanese rakugo, roughly translated as “comic storytelling”. The film is interspersed with numerous funerals and wakes, songs, dances, and often disgustingly crude jokes.
Hashita
Shigeko
Kyoshi
Kyoji
Boss
Master
1973
1956
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1988
2007
2008
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2022
2003
1996
2023
2025
1952
1998
1975
2019
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2015
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