Slapstick Brothers

Slapstick Brothers

137 mins | March 19, 2011

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 ...

Slapstick Brothers

137 mins | March 19, 2011

Slapstick Brothers
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 ...
Producers
Original title 漫才ギャング
Directors Hiroshi Shinagawa
Writers Hiroshi Shinagawa

Cast

Ryuta Sato

as Tobio Kurosawa

Yusuke Kamiji

as Ryuhei Onizuka

Satomi Ishihara

as Yumiko Miyazaki

Yuji Ayabe

as Tamotsu Ishii

Daisuke Miyagawa

as Kanai

Hirofumi Arai

as Shirokawa

Seiki Nagahara

as Kawahara

Daigo

as Iwasaki