Aka Medaka (赤めだか) 8 years old

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. He had found his calling. After his resistant parents relented to their son’s pleas, Danshun at age 17 became an apprentice of Danshi, the man dubbed a “wunderkind” and “genius” of the rakugo world. He soon realized however how hard the training was, and embarked upon a rigorous existence in which he had to deliver newspapers to earn a living. Living with hardship and joys, Danshun and his fellow apprentices would eventually rise in the rakugo world. A resplendent cast comes together to depict the rough and tumble world of a man who loved rakugo above all else and was destined to fulfill a dream.

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Aka Medaka Cast

Name Character
Takeshi Kitano He was 68, now 77 years old as 北野武
Teruyuki Kagawa He was 50, now 58 years old as 立川志の輔
Hiroko Yakushimaru She was 51, now 59 years old as 药师丸博子
Tsurube Shôfukutei as ナビゲーター
Tsurube Shôfukutei as 立川関西
Kazunari Ninomiya He was 32, now 40 years old as 二宫和也
Gaku Hamada He was 27, now 35 years old as 立川志らく

Aka Medaka Crew

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Aka Medaka poster
Aka Medaka (8 years)

  • Release day: Monday, December 28, 2015
  • Runtime: 145 minutes