Slapstick Brothers
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Tobio Kurosawa (Ryuta Sato), who has been part of a manzai (stand up comedy) duo for ten years, finds himself in trouble after his partner Tamotsu Ishii (Yuji Ayabe) quits due to their declining popularity and mounting debts. Tobio then attempts to drink his problems away, but the next morning finds himself locked up in a detention center. At the detention center Tobio meets tough dreadlocked Ryuhei Onizuka (Yusuke Kamiji) who has an uncanny knack for comedy. Tobio attempts to recruit Ryuhei to become a partner in a new comedy duo. Once on the outside, they start practicing ...
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Ryuta Sato
Tobio Kurosawa
Known for
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Yusuke Kamiji
Ryuhei Onizuka
Known for
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Hiroshi Shinagawa
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Satomi Ishihara
Yumiko Miyazaki
Known for
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Yuji Ayabe
Tamotsu Ishii
Known for
Room 203
Miyagawa Daisuke
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Known for
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Hirofumi Arai
Shirokawa
Known for
Blue Spring
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Seiki Nagahara
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Hiroshi Shinagawa Director
Worldwide gross $8.7M · First release March 19, 2011 · Produced in Japan
Box office
Worldwide gross
$8,747,994
Production
Kadokawa Pictures
Production · Distribution
Yoshimoto Kogyo Company
Production
Japan
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Original title
漫才ギャング
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · March 19, 2011
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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