Overview
Master Shinkome asks Shinden to find a former disciple, Shintoto, from his rakugoka (comic storytelling) family. Shinden visits ex-disciples in his search for Shintoto.
Director and cast
- Kenichi Matsuyama as Shinden Defunetei
- Keiko Kitagawa as Yumi
- Katsunobu Ito as Shintoto Defunetei
- Isao Bitō as Shinkome Defunetei
- Denden as Shinsui Defunetei
- Hironobu Nomura as Shinmugi Defunetei
- Ryohei Suzuki as Soba restaurant delivery guy
- Keiko Utsumi as old woman Akieda
- Pierre Taki as Takataro Watanabe
- Kyoka Suzuki as Mikosembei Store owner
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