The movie revolves around Mitsuba, who studies traditional art of rakugo. Rakugo is a form of comical story telling, sometimes referred to as sit-down comedy. Even though Mitsuba is mediocre at best, he ends up teaching three students.

Taichi Kokubun
as Mitsuba

Karina
as Satsuki Tokawa

Yutaka Matsushige
as Taichi Yugawara

Kaoru Yachigusa
as Haruko Toyama

Shirō Itō
as Taichi Yugawara

Tomekichi Himuka
as Sankaku Konjyakutei

Kenzo
as Rokumon Konjyakutei

Shuzo Mitamura
as Yugawara's step brother

Shirō Shimomoto
as Iwao Sogo

Bunmei Tobayama
as Suehirotei