The year is 1947, during the war torn period of the Showa era. The story begins when a man, presumed to have been killed in battle, returns home. Who was this man? Before the war, he had a bright future ahead of him as the proficient and popular rakugoka (comedic story-teller), Usagi Morinoya. However, because of an injury sustained during the war, his face is covered in bandages, and he suffers from total amnesia. As if trying to recover his memory, the man only keeps mumbling in a hollow voice his trademark rakugo, "Sokotsunagaya".
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Itsuji Itao
Comic Storyteller Morinoga
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Tadanobu Asano
Taro Okamoto
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Satomi Ishihara
Yayoi
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Gin Maeda
Tenraku Morinoga
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Rokkaku Seiji
Kinta Morinoga
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Tasuku Emoto
Shotaro Morinoga
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Shin Kamen Rider
Inu-Oh
Taro Yabe
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The Naked Director
Yasuomi Sano
Oama Morinoga
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Azumi
Shota Chiyo
Tenjo Morinoga
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Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
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Yuichi Kimura
Platoon Leader Hirao
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Kanji Tsuda
Soldier Kumakura
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Jun Kunimura
Owner of Show Place
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Kill Bill: Vol. 1
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Itsuji Itao Director
First release March 26, 2011 · Produced in Japan · Original title 月光ノ仮面
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Japan
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Original title
月光ノ仮面
Original language
Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · March 26, 2011
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No release date listed for United States.
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