Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims

Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims (真夜中の弥次さん喜多さん, Mayonaka no Yaji-san Kita-san) is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Kudo Kankuro. The film stars several well-known and highly respected Japanese actors.

Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
Directed byKankuro Kudo
Produced byMitsuru Uda
Yoshinori Fujita
Written byKotobuki Shiriagari (original story)
Kankuro Kudo (screenplay)
StarringTomoya Nagase
Shichinosuke Nakamura
Eiko Koike
Riki Takeuchi
Suzuki Matsuo
Kankuro Nakamura
Music byZazen Boys
CinematographyToshiyasu Yamanaka
Distributed byAsmik Ace
Release date
  • April 2, 2005 (2005-04-02)
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Running time
124 minutes
LanguageJapanese

The story follows two Edo-era gay men, Yaji Robei (Yaji) and Kita Hachi (Kita), on a pilgrimage to Ise Shrine. It is loosely based on the Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige.

Plot

Yaji and Kita are two men who live in Edo. They are deeply in love. Yaji is married to a woman, while Kita is an actor addicted to various drugs.

One day, they receive an advertisement for the Grand Shrine at Ise, and decide to set out on a pilgrimage there, hoping to cure Kita of his drug addiction. They set out on a modern motorcycle but are forced to turn back and walk the Tōkaidō road to Ise, encountering various characters and obstacles along the way.

Cast

References
  1. http://www.ateam-japan.com/ateam/matsumotomarika/


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