恐れを知らぬ川上音二郎一座
In 1897, actor, director, producer and theatre company leader Kawakami Otojiro set off on a tour of the USA with his wife Sadayakko and theatre company members, but in a foreign country where he could not speak the language, he had to struggle against a succession of adversities, including lawyers absconding with the proceeds and actors going on strike. One day, however, Otojiro arrives in Boston on his arduous tour and sees a packed house for a performance of The Merchant of Venice by the famous British actor Henry Irving. In just one night of rehearsals, they concoct a Japanese version of The Merchant of Venice, and perform the play to a foreign audience with bullshit dialogue and a reckless performance that can be cut short by "Sucharaka poko poko" when they get stuck on a word.
- Genre: Drama
- Land: Japan
- Direktor: Koki Mitani
- Schauspieler: 中山裕介, Takako Tokiwa, 浅野和之, Tomohiko Imai, Keiko Horiuchi, 阿南健治, Keiko Toda, Takashi Kobayashi, Catherine Seto, 新納慎也, Masato Obara, 堺雅人, Masaaki Sakai,
