Something Like It

Something Like It

1981•1h 43m•5.0/10

Comedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.0/10(4)

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.

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Production

Nippon Herald Films

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Kumiko Akiyoshi

Kumiko Akiyoshi

Elizabeth

Katsunobu Ito

Katsunobu Ito

Shintoto

Masahiro Kobayashi

Masahiro Kobayashi

Shinniku

Denden

Denden

Shinsui

Takayasu Ohno

Shinsai

Erika Asou

Yumi

Tomoko Igarashi

Mariya

Kaoru Kazama

Rina Naoi

Ryucho Shunputei

Senkyo Irifunetei

Keiko Utsumi

Yoshie Utsumi

Yuki Yoshizawa

Yuki Yoshizawa

Machiko Washio

Machiko Washio

Akemi Shimizuishi

Enraku Sanyutei the 6th

Hirobumi Serizawa

Go Nagai

Go Nagai

Haruko Katō

Haruko Katō

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