His Master's Voice(2014)
In the late 19th century, rakugo student Taihei gives up hope of making the grade, and his despair leads him to take up residence at a rowhouse in Tokyo's Fukagawa district. There he meets an emotionally distant boy named Sadakichi, and as fate would have it, he ends up teaching him rakugo.
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Taihei
Sadakichi
Omasa
Matsujiro
Okiku
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