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Sorobanzuku

Sorobanzuku

1986Movie⏱️ 1h 49m
Comedy
4.2
IMDB Rating
47 votes

A buddy comedy centered on a couple of 'salarymen' working for an Advertising Agency, who battle the unscrupulous practices of a rival agency. In classic Yoshimitsu Morita style, it's done with heightened slapstick that defies sta...

Director
Yoshimitsu Morita
Writers
N/A
Stars
Takaaki Ishibashi, Noritake Kinashi, Narumi Yasuda
Release Date
August 23, 1986
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
🏆 4
Wins
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 1
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Takaaki Ishibashi
Takaaki Ishibashi
as Yachio Kasugano
Noritake Kinashi
Noritake Kinashi
as Wataru Tokitsukaze
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Narumi Yasuda
as Noriko Umezukushi
Kaoru Kobayashi
Kaoru Kobayashi
as Tenjin Sakuramiya
👤
Yûko Natori
as Miyabi Sakuramiya
👤
Tôru Watanabe
as Yu Amagataki
Keiju Kobayashi
Keiju Kobayashi
as Mihara
Norihei Miki
Norihei Miki
as Mizuhara
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Kazuo Zaitsu
as Client Namino
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Tetsuo Ishidate
as Ohyama

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color
Production
Fuji Television Network (Fuji TV), Nippon Television Network (NTV), Office A to Z

🏷️ Keywords

japanese drama

🎯 Categories

JapaneseComedy

⭐ Featured Review

alternate English language title: 'The Mercenaries'
by mjneu592011-01-04
6/10

"A look into the future of Japanese movie-making was suggested by the arrival of this brash high-tech comedy, directed by one of the vanguard of young directors making noise on the international film circuit back in the mid-1980s. In keeping with Japan's headlong surge into the 21st century the film adopted a sleek, fantastic, artfully haywire style that was as much a celebration of speed and technology as it was a mockery of it. The result is pure kinetic filmmaking, highlighted by whip-crack editing, ostentatious colors, and an agile camera constantly thrusting its fish-eye lens straight..."

📖 Synopsis

A buddy comedy centered on a couple of 'salarymen' working for an Advertising Agency, who battle the unscrupulous practices of a rival agency. In classic Yoshimitsu Morita style, it's done with heightened slapstick that defies sta...