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Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   215 votes
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Director:
Kankurô Kudô
Writers:
Kotobuki Shiriagari (comic)
Kankurô Kudô (screenplay)
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Release Date:
2 April 2005 (Japan) more
Genre:
Comedy | Fantasy more
User Comments:
hit and miss with some excellent comedy moments more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Tomoya Nagase ... Yajirobei
Shichinosuke Nakamura ... Kitahachi
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sadao Abe ... Kin-kin
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YosiYosi Arakawa ... Spirit of the Dead
Arata ... The Bartender
Kumiko Aso ... The Wife of the Bartender
Tasuku Emoto ... Non-non
Arata Furuta ... Shimizu no Jirocho
Itsuji Itao ... Naniwa Hotto
Ryo Iwamatsu ... The Foreman
Naoko Ken ... Datsueba
Eiko Koike ... O-Hatsu
Kazuma Kuwabata ... Naniwa Sando
Ayaka Maeda ... Komachi
Suzuki Matsuo ... Bearded Oiran
Sarutoki Minagawa ... Vendor
Aiko Morishita ... Landlady
Kanzaburo Nakamura ... King Arthur (as Kankuro Nakamura)
Katsuhisa Namase ... The Newsdealer
Hiroaki Ogi ... The Tourist
Nao Omori ... Tortured Samurai
Akiko Saito (as Akiko Saitô)
Yumi Shimizu ... O-Yuki
Kotobuki Shiriagari ... Owner of the CD Store
Riki Takeuchi ... Shonoshin Kimura
Susumu Terajima ... The Policeman
Satoshi Tsumabuki ... The Phantom Yaijrobei
Kazuo Umezu ... The old man drinking tea
Asami Usuda
Ken Yahagi ... The Tourist
Tomomitsu Yamaguchi ... O-Chin
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims (International: English title)
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Runtime:
124 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Certification:
South Korea:18
Filming Locations:
Japan

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hit and miss with some excellent comedy moments, 18 May 2007
6/10
Author: CountZero313 from Japan

One of those strange films that I like but find difficult to say 'why' exactly. Surreal, touching, bizarre, obscure, confusing, culture-bound - but also laugh-out-loud funny in parts. Having read other reviews I am not sure how much of the film I got, but this film had its moments, including strong performances all round, a distinctive look and feel based on clashing modern and Edo themes and strong primary colours, and a convincing love story propping it all up. I'd recommend it to anyone who has spent any time in Japan or feels an affinity with the place. I can only guess at what audiences with no experience of Japan would make of it. Probably not very much...

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