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Aka Medaka

2015 · 145 min

A gentle, earnest portrait of apprenticeship and artistic dedication, with warm humor and a measured, culturally rich atmosphere.

Directed by
Hideta Takahata
Genres
Tv movie, Drama, Comedy
Starring
Kazunari Ninomiya, Takeshi Kitano, Gaku Hamada
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Hideta Takahata
Genres
Tv movie, Drama, Comedy
Starring
Kazunari Ninomiya, Takeshi Kitano, Gaku Hamada
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • ambition
  • work
  • art
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
tv movie, drama, comedy
Directed by
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Written by
Hiroyuki Yatsu
Starring
Kazunari Ninomiya, Takeshi Kitano, Gaku Hamada, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Tsurube Shofukutei, Teruyuki Kagawa, Atsushi Hashimoto, Yukiya Kitamura
Runtime
145 min
Country
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Languages
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