Hibana: Spark(2016)
Overview
Tokunaga, a comedian who is down on his luck, has a shock encounter with Kamiya, an older comedian when he visits a fireworks event in Atami on a job. Tokunaga is deeply touched by Kamiya and asks if he can become his apprentice. Kamiya is a genius type of comedian who is full of human kindness. He accepts Tokunaga’s proposition on the condition that he will write his biography.
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Tokunaga
Kamiya Saizo
Masato Yamashita
Maki Miyano
Kenji Ogata
Erika Nishida
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