Completed - JAPANESE - Comedy - 137 minutes
A comedic team forged in jail? Following up on his smash hit, Drop, Hiroshi Shinagawa delivers his much anticipated second directorial work, Slapstick Brothers, a gut-busting, rib-bruising, youth film about the dreams and frustrations of rising standup comics, overflowing with exhilaration.
Year of production : 2011 Director(s) : Hiroshi SHINAGAWA Writer(s) : Hiroshi SHINAGAWA Cast : Daisuke MIYAGAWA, Hirofumi ARAI, Ryuta SATO, Satomi ISHIHARA, Seiki NAGAHARA, Takashi SASANO, Yuji AYABE, Yusuke KAMIJI Producer(s) : Ryohei NAKA, Shigeo MINAKAMI
Two people of diametrically opposed personalities and situations have a fateful encounter… in jail! When a struggling standup comic, Tobio, (Ryuta Sato, fresh off his memorable performance in ROOKIES: Graduation) meets a lone wolf street thug, Ryuhei (Yusuke Kamiji) in jail, he senses a life-changing moment. Tobio realizes Ryuhei possesses a brilliant comedic timing and asks him to team up with him as his standup partner. A quirky but nevertheless solid new friendship develops that ignites newfound zeal in both lives. Tobio falls back in love with his ex-girlfriend, Yumiko (Satomi Ishihara). And Ryuhei swears off his rough-and-tumble ways. But first the two will have to get past a pesky, loud-mouthed loanshark (Daisuke Miyagawa) and a tenacious street gang. Can these two break free from a life of hard knocks and hear the laughter?
Country(ies) : JAPAN
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