Sukezo, a former manga comic artist, takes up the art rock business by setting up a shop in a shed by the river. He tries hard to be successful, but business does not go well and the family becomes progressively poorer.
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Naoto Takenaka
Sukezo Sukegawa
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テレビ放送開始69年 このテープもってないですか？
Freestyle Teacher
Naoto Takenaka Director · Toshiharu Maruuchi Screenplay Yoshiharu Tsuge Author
First release November 2, 1991 · Produced in Japan · Production Shochiku Daiichi Kogyo
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KSS
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Shochiku Daiichi Kogyo
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Japan
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Original title
無能の人
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · November 2, 1991
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No release date listed for United States.
Russia
October 22, 2013 · Limited theatrical · Screening of Japanese films in State Museum of the East (Moscow)
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