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Slapstick Brothers

SHINAGAWA Hiroshi

Japan2011 137min HD Color International Premiere

Synopsis

When a struggling standup comic, Tobio, meets a lone wolf street thug, Ryuhei in jail, he senses a life-changing moment. Tobio realizes Ryuhei possesses a brilliant comedic timing and asks him to team up with him as his standup partner. Can these two break free from a life of hard knocks and hear the laughter?

Diretor

SHINAGAWA Hiroshi

Born in Tokyo, 1972.  In 2009, Shinagawa debut as a film director in the highly acclaimed blockbuster film Drop, based on his own book. In 2003, Shinagawa participated as the director of Two Shot in one of the omnibus films Director Infection. Slapstick Brothers is his second feature film.