Aka Medaka

Aka Medaka

145 mins | Drama | Dec. 28, 2015

One of the hottest selling tickets in town is to see the hugely popular “rakugoka”, or comic storyteller, Danshun. Danshun himself was inspired as a little boy to become a rakugoka after seeing the legendary Danshi. He had found his calling. After his resistant parents relented to their son’s pleas, Danshun at age 17 became an apprentice of Danshi, the man dubbed a “wunderkind” and “genius” of the rakugo world. He soon realized however how hard the training was, and embarked upon a rigorous existence in which he had to deliver newspapers to earn a living. Living with hardship and joys, Danshun and his fellow apprentices would eventually rise in the rakugo world. A resplendent cast comes together to depict the rough and tumble world of a man who loved rakugo above all else and was destined to fulfill a dream.

Aka Medaka

145 mins | Drama | Dec. 28, 2015

Aka Medaka
One of the hottest selling tickets in town is to see the hugely popular “rakugoka”, or comic storyteller, Danshun. Danshun himself was inspired as a little boy to become a rakugoka after seeing the legendary Danshi. He had found his calling. After his resistant parents relented to their son’s pleas, Danshun at age 17 became an apprentice of Danshi, the man dubbed a “wunderkind” and “genius” of the rakugo world. He soon realized however how hard the training was, and embarked upon a rigorous existence in which he had to deliver newspapers to earn a living. Living with hardship and joys, Danshun and his fellow apprentices would eventually rise in the rakugo world. A resplendent cast comes together to depict the rough and tumble world of a man who loved rakugo above all else and was destined to fulfill a dream.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers TBS
Original title 赤めだか
Directors Hideta Takahata
Writers Danshun Tatekawa, Hiroyuki Yatsu

Cast

Kazunari Ninomiya

as Danshun Tatekawa

Takeshi Kitano

as Tatekawa Danshi

Gaku Hamada

as Tatekawa Shiraku

Hiroko Yakushimaru

as Narrator

Teruyuki Kagawa

as Tatekawa Shinosuke

Yukiya Kitamura

as Tatekawa Dandan

Maki Sakai

as Okami