Slapstick Brothers

Overview

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 ...

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 19, 2011

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Cast

Miyuki Oshima,Hiroki Narimiya,DAIGO,Satomi Ishihara,Hiroshi Nishidai,Ryuta Sato,Jun'ichi Kômoto,Shinya Irie,HaLuki Nanai,Yuji Ayabeand 7 more

Director

Hiroshi Shinagawa

Writer

Hiroshi Shinagawa

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1591638