Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims | |
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Directed by | Kankuro Kudo |
Written by | Kotobuki Shiriagari(original story) Kankuro Kudo(screenplay) |
Produced by | Mitsuru Uda Yoshinori Fujita |
Starring | Tomoya Nagase Shichinosuke Nakamura Eiko Koike Riki Takeuchi Suzuki Matsuo Kankuro Nakamura |
Cinematography | Toshiyasu Yamanaka |
Music by | Zazen Boys |
Distributed by | Asmik Ace |
Release date |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
Language | Japanese |
Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims(Thật đêm trung の di thứ さん hỉ nhiều さん,Mayonaka no Yaji-san Kita-san)is a 2005Japanese filmdirected by Kudo Kankuro. The film stars several well-known and highly respected Japanese actors. It is based on the manga seriesYajikita in DeepbyKotobuki Shiriagari.
The story follows twoEdo-eragaymen, Yaji Robei (Yaji) and Kita Hachi (Kita), on a pilgrimage toIse Shrine.It is loosely based on theTōkaidōchū Hizakurige.
Plot
[edit]Yaji and Kita are two men who live inEdo.They are deeply in love. Yaji is married to a woman, while Kita is an actor addicted to various drugs.
One day, they receive an advertisement for the Grand Shrine at Ise, and decide to set out on a pilgrimage there, hoping to cure Kita of his drug addiction. They set out on a modernmotorcyclebut are forced to turn back and walk theTōkaidōroad to Ise, encountering various characters and obstacles along the way.
Cast
[edit]- Yaji:Nagase Tomoyafrom the bandTOKIO
- Kita:Nakamura Shichinosuke,a well-knownkabukiactor
- Kin-kin:Sadao Abe
- Ohatsu:Koike Eiko,aJapanese idol
- Hige no oiran (the bearded courtesan): Suzuki Matsuo
- King Arthur:Nakamura Kanzaburō,a kabuki actor
- Bartender:Arata
- Bartender's wife:Aso Kumiko
- Spirit of the dead: Arakawa Yoshiyoshi
- Non-non: Emoto Tasuku
- Naniwa Hotto: Itsuji Itao
- Foreman: Iwamatsu Ryō
- Vendor: Minagawa Sarutoki
- Landlady: Morishita Aiko
- Newsdealer:Namase Katsuhisa
- Tourists: Ogi Hiroaki, Yahagi Ken
- Samurai:Nao Ōmori
- Oyuki: Shimizu Yumi
- Tower Phonographs owner: Shiriagari Kotobuki
- Kimura Shonoshin:Riki Takeuchi
- Policeman:Terajima Susumu
- Fantom Yaji:Tsumabuki Satoshi
- Old man:Kazuo Umezu
- Ochin: Yamaguchi Tomomitsu
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