Something Like It

Something Like It

103 mins | Comedy | Sept. 12, 1981

Life seems to be good for Shintoto, an up-and-coming rakugo artist who has just had his first sexual experience at a local brothel. Lucky for him, he gets to date the beautiful sex worker he meets that day, and a younger high school rakugo aficionado is also vying for his attention. But for clumsy, heart-on-his-sleeve Shintoto, life doesn’t stay rosy for long.

Something Like It

103 mins | Comedy | Sept. 12, 1981

Something Like It
Life seems to be good for Shintoto, an up-and-coming rakugo artist who has just had his first sexual experience at a local brothel. Lucky for him, he gets to date the beautiful sex worker he meets that day, and a younger high school rakugo aficionado is also vying for his attention. But for clumsy, heart-on-his-sleeve Shintoto, life doesn’t stay rosy for long.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Nippon Herald Films
Original title の・ようなもの
Directors Yoshimitsu Morita
Writers Yoshimitsu Morita

Cast

Kumiko Akiyoshi

as Elizabeth

Katsunobu Ito

as Shintoto

Masahiro Kobayashi

as Shinniku

Denden

as Shinsui

Takayasu Ohno

as Shinsai

Erika Asou

as Yumi

Tomoko Igarashi

as Mariya

Isao Bitō

as Shinkome