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Laughing Under the Clouds (2018)
Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro
Cast: Sota Fukushi, Shunsuke Daitoh, Renn Kiriyama, Yuma Nakayama
Runtime94 min
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In the dawn of the Meiji period, the Gokumonjou, an inescapable prison, has been established in the middle of an enormous lake to counter the soaring crime rates the new era has brought. Serving as the ferrymen are the famous Kumou brothers: the eccentric family head, Tenka; the reckless but noble second son, Soramaru; and the guileless youngest, Chuutarou. In spite of their grim work, the three lead relatively peaceful lives in the ever-cloudy town of Oumi, together with their housekeeper, Shirasu Kinjou. But buried in the long history of Oumi is the legend of the terrifying "Orochi," a serpentine beast that awakens every three hundred years in a human vessel. Unbeknownst to Soramaru and Chuutarou, the actual job of the Kumou family is to seal the Orochi away before it fully revives—or the world will be plunged into destruction. Amid the monster's next resurrection, the Kumou family must find the resolve to keep laughing under the clouds.
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Laughing Under the Clouds is a captivating action-adventure film directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro in 2018, featuring a talented ensemble cast led by Sota Fukushi, Shunsuke Daitoh, and Renn Kiriyama. This genre-blending story set in the Meiji period offers a unique blend of historical drama and mythological elements, creating a visually stunning and thematically rich cinematic experience that will particularly appeal to fans of Japanese cinema and high-stakes narratives.
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Laughing Under the Clouds is a Japanese manga series by Karakara-Kemuri. The manga was serialized by Mag Garden on Monthly Comic Avarus magazine. The series has been adapted into an anime television series by Doga Kobo. The story follows Tenka Kumō, Soramaru Kumō and Chūtarō Kumō, three well-known samurai brothers who send criminals to the secluded prison Gokumonjo in the middle of Lake Biwa. However, the Kumō brothers soon learn how they are tied to the Orochi's vessel, a human host possessed by a demon serpent from ancient times, and how they are destined to destroy it once and for all. The anime has been licensed for North American release by Funimation.
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