Genre:
Comedy

Synopsis:
The film centers on the gay couple of Yajirobe (Tokio frontman Nagase Tomoya) and Kitachachi (Nakamura Shichinosuke) as they live their lives in Edo. But the two men have their fair share of problems: Kitachachi is an unemployed, drug-addicted actor, while Yaji suffers from nightmares that have pushed him to the brink of sanity. On a whim, the two head off to the Ise Shrine in the hopes of curing what ails them. But since this is an anything goes comedy, the not-so-happy couple don't go by horseback, but instead hop on a modern-day motorcycle! Things get even stranger when they reach the Inn of Laughs where they meet a stoic gatekeeper (Takeuchi Riie) who demands they make him laugh in order to pass. Making plenty of allies and enemies on their journey, the two eventually reach the Inn of Songs and then finally, the Inn of the King, where they happen to encounter, of all people, King Arthur of Camelot!

Casts:
Tomoya Nagase ... Yajirobei
Shichinosuke Nakamura ... Kitahachi
Sadao Abe ... Kin-kin
YosiYosi Arakawa ... Spirit of the Dead
Arata ... The Bartender
Kumiko Aso ... The Wife of the Bartender
Tasuku Emoto ... Non-non
Arata Furuta ... Shimizu no Jirocho
Itsuji Itao ... Naniwa Hotto
Ryo Iwamatsu ... The Foreman
Naoko Ken ... Datsueba
Eiko Koike ... O-Hatsu
Kazuma Kuwabata ... Naniwa Sando
Ayaka Maeda ... Schoolgirl
Suzuki Matsuo ... Bearded Oiran
Sarutoki Minagawa ... Vendor
Aiko Morishita ... Landlady

Runtime:
124 min

Also Known As:
Yaji and Kita The Midnight Pilgrims

Country:
Japan

Based on the manga:
"Mayonaka no Yaji-san, Kita-san" created by Kotobuki Shiriagari

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