Movie: Getting Wild with Our Monkey

Top 10 Billed Cast

Masatoshi Nagase
永瀬正敏

Sashi

Hōsei Komatsu
小松方正

Kajiyama

Kenji Furuya
Kenji Furuya

Youth

Minoru Torihada
鳥肌実

Tajima

Dankichi Kuruma
車だん吉

Father-in-law

Ken Ayugai
Ken Ayugai

Natsuo Ishido
石堂夏央

Hiromi Kanaya
Hiromi Kanaya

Yutaka Matsushige
松重豊

Yoshiyuki Morishita
森下能幸

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    A down-on-his luck writer meets a movie producer, who asks him to write a screenplay on the condition that he visit locations for the film. Chaos ensues.

  • Release Date

    2001-07-21

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語
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