El chico de Asakusa

Beat anime meets late-night TV special. A fresh-faced kid tags along with a fading comedy legend in Tokyo’s neon district. Kitano’s rise versus Fukami’s fade-out—just two guys, one tiny stage, and the neon humming overhead.

Streaming availability changes weekly. Check the Where to watch panel above — we re-pull TMDB's JustWatch index every week. If nothing's listed, the film is between licence windows.

Our similarity graph picks 6 films based on shared director, keywords, mood-cluster overlap, and MovieLens user co-rating — niche-biased away from blockbusters. Full list: /like/asakusa-kid-2021/.

Gekidan Hitori directed El chico de Asakusa in 2021. See Gekidan Hitori's full filmography, where to start with Gekidan Hitori, or where to go after you've seen everything by Gekidan Hitori.

El chico de Asakusa was released in 2021 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 123 minutes.