Asakusa Kid

Asakusa Kid
Poster
Japanese name
Kanji	浅草キッド
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Akakusa Kiddo
Directed by	Gekidan Hitori
Written by	Gekidan Hitori
Based on	"Asakusa Kid" by Takeshi Kitano
Starring	Yo Oizumi Yuya Yagira
Cinematography	Fūta Takagi
Edited by	Junnosuke Hogaki
Music by	Takashi Ohmama
Production companies	Django Film Nikkatsu
Distributed by	Netflix
Release date	December 9, 2021 (2021-12-09)
Running time	122 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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]

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

References

1. "Asakusa Kid review – the pain behind waves of laughters". Ready Steady Cut. 10 December 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
2. "Asakusa Kid (2021) Review: Alluring Take on the Rags-To-Riches Tale". Leisure Byte. 9 December 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
3. "Netflix movie review: Asakusa Kid – Takeshi Kitano biopic charts the Japanese comedian and filmmaker's rise from strip club beginnings". SCMP. 3 December 2021. Retrieved December 9, 2021.

External links

• Asakusa Kid on Netflix
• Asakusa Kid at IMDb