Something Like, Something Like It

Something Like, Something Like It

2016•1h 35m•10.0/10

Comedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

10.0/10(3)

Master Shinkome asks Shinden to find a former disciple, Shintoto, from his rakugoka (comic storytelling) family. Shinden visits ex-disciples in his search for Shintoto.

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Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Kenichi Matsuyama

Kenichi Matsuyama

Shinden Defunetei

Keiko Kitagawa

Keiko Kitagawa

Yumi

Katsunobu Ito

Katsunobu Ito

Shintoto Defunetei

Isao Bitō

Isao Bitō

Shinkome Defunetei

Denden

Denden

Shinsui Defunetei

Hironobu Nomura

Hironobu Nomura

Shinmugi Defunetei

Ryohei Suzuki

Ryohei Suzuki

Soba restaurant delivery guy

Keiko Utsumi

old woman Akieda

Pierre Taki

Pierre Taki

Takataro Watanabe

Kyoka Suzuki

Kyoka Suzuki

Mikosembei Store owner

Kuranosuke Sasaki

Kuranosuke Sasaki

Souvenir shop owner

Muga Tsukaji

Muga Tsukaji

Bathhouse guy

Ichirôta Miyakawa

Ichirôta Miyakawa

Bento box store guy

Takashi Sasano

Takashi Sasano

barbershop owner

Toru Nakamura

Toru Nakamura

Bar owner

Yoshiko Mita

Yoshiko Mita

Chairwoman Saito

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