09 Dec 2021
Asakusa Kid
Before he hit it big, Takeshi Kitano got his start apprenticing with comedy legend Fukami of Asakusa. But as his star rises, his mentor's declines.
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若尾文子 Kimiko Matsuno
川口浩 Makoto Ubukata
野添ひとみ Setsuko Matsuno
江波杏子 Sayuri Maki
大木実 Tsuruoka
川崎敬三 Hideya Hata
Yosuke Takemura Yasuo Takei
潮万太郎 村上不二夫 
渋沢詩子 
紺野ユカ 
Mitsuko Tanaka Yoshiko Uno Hiroko Hanai 
中条静夫 Ryuichi Ishii 結城千里 夏木章 Mineko Hasegawa 
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