
Glory to the Filmmaker!(2007)
Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project.



Kenichi Hagiwara
Jun

Yoko Takahashi
Sayoko

Kaori Momoi
Fujiko

Toru Minegishi
Mineichi

Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Chief of police

Yoshio Yoshida
Chiyomatsu

Kamatari Fujiwara
Doctor

Naomi Oka
Megumi

Moeko Ezawa
Kumi
Kumi Miura
Light of Africa is a drama, comedy film released in 1975. Directed by Tatsumi Kumashiro, it stars Kenichi Hagiwara, Yoko Takahashi, Kaori Momoi. Two semi-slackers with an ultra-intimate friendship work, slack and drink in a freezing Hokkaido town.
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