Asakusa Kid
2021 Japanese film
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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]
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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 | ||||
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
