Taiichi Sugiyama

Japanese film director. Although he has worked with other directors, he is closely associated with the late film director Yoshimitsu Morita. He worked on 16 of Morita's films, beginning with "Something Like It" in 1981. In 2016, he made his feature film directorial debut with "Something Like, Something Like It".

Something Like, Something Like It (2016)

Master Shinkome asks Shinden to find a former disciple, Shintoto, from his rakugoka (comic storytelling) family. Shinden visits ex-disciples in his search for Shintoto.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taiichi Sugiyama
CAST:  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Denden  •  Keiko Kitagawa  •  Katsunobu Ito

Master Shinkome asks Shinden to find a former disciple, Shintoto, from his rakugoka (comic storytelling) family. Shinden visits ex-disciples in his search for Shintoto.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taiichi Sugiyama
CAST:  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Denden  •  Keiko Kitagawa  •  Katsunobu Ito

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DIRECTION:  Taiichi Sugiyama
CAST:  Koichi Sato  •  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Yoshino Kimura