Movies: Rakugo

  • 2016
    Something Like, Something Like It

    Something Like, Something Like It (2016)

    Something Like, Something Like It

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    Master Shinkome asks Shinden to find a former disciple, Shintoto, from his rakugoka (comic storytelling) family. Shinden visits ex-disciples in his search for Shintoto....

    Something Like, Something Like It
  • 2015
    Aka Medaka

    Aka Medaka (2015)

    Aka Medaka

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    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 hi...

    Aka Medaka
  • 2007
    Talk, Talk, Talk

    Talk, Talk, Talk (2007)

    Talk, Talk, Talk

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    The movie revolves around Mitsuba, who studies traditional art of rakugo. Rakugo is a form of comical story telling, sometimes referred to as sit-down comedy. Even though Mitsuba is mediocre at best, he ends up teaching three students....

    Talk, Talk, Talk
  • 1981
    Something Like It

    Something Like It (1981)

    Something Like It

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    Life seems to be good for Shintoto, an up-and-coming rakugo artist who has just had his first sexual experience at a local brothel. Lucky for him, he gets to date the beautiful sex worker he meets that day, and a younger high school rakugo aficionado...

    Something Like It