Bastoni: The Stick Handlers
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Kazuhiko Nakamura directs this sexually charged wacky comedy set in the world of the Japanese adult video industry. The story follows a young woman's (Amiko Kanetani) foolish attempts to win back a lost love (Shunsuke Matsuoka) by taking the one recourse she believes might actually do the trick: becoming a porn star.
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Cast
22 people
Shunsuke Matsuoka
Toru Yamaguchi
Known for
Freeze Me
Tomorowo Taguchi
Matsunaga
Known for
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
House of Ninjas
Rokuro Mochizuki
Kazuhiko Nakamura
Gorô Yasukawa
Hideomi Nakazato
Motoyama
Also in
B-Fighter Kabuto
Hidehiro Ito
Yuka Kojima
Natsuo Kobayashi
Also in
Zombie Self-Defense Force
Cannibal Family
Amiko Kanaya
Miyuki
Also in
The Outer Way
Mobsters' Confessions
Kazuki Kitamura
AV company producer
Known for
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
Katsuhiko Hibino
Also in
An Adolescent
Falling into the Evening
Hitoshi Ishikawa
Also in
Bitter Sweet
Skinless Night
Kazuhiko Nakamura Director · Rokurō Mochizuki Screenplay Goro Yasukawa Composer
United States release March 16, 2002 · Produced in Japan · Production There's Enterprise
Production
Groove Corporation
Production
There's Enterprise
Production
Japan
Produced in
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Original title
棒 Bastoni
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · March 16, 2002
United States · March 16, 2002
Theatrical · Distributed by There's Enterprise
Germany
April 21, 2002 · Nippon Connection Film Festival
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