Afro Tanaka (2012)
Original title: アフロ田中
Huge desire in huge afro.
Hiroshi Tanaka sports an intense perm which looks like the afro hairstyle favored by some African-Americans back in the 1970's. He doesn't get his hair done at a hair shop, he was actually born with his hair like that. For freedom, Hiroshi moves to Tokyo. He works hard there and, even though he turns 24, he still doesn't have a girlfriend. Meanwhile, a school friend informs Hiroshi that he is going to get married. Hiroshi remembers a promise that they made. Hiroshi is even more impatient to find a girlfriend. A beautiful woman named Aya Kato then moves into the neighborhood.
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Shota MatsudaHiroshi Tanaka
Nozomi SasakiAyaAtsushi TsutsumishitaMikio Osawa
Kei TanakaHajime Okamoto
Kaname EndoDaisuke Murata
Ryusuke KomakineShinya Inoue
Mikie HaraYumi
MinamiSachiko Yoshioka
Mitsuru FukikoshiShinji Suzuki
Sarutoki MinagawaShinji Nishida
Maho YamadaReiko Nikaido
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What is Afro Tanaka about?
Hiroshi Tanaka sports an intense perm which looks like the afro hairstyle favored by some African-Americans back in the 1970's. He doesn't get his hair done at a hair shop, he was actually born with his hair like that. For freedom, Hiroshi moves to Tokyo. He works hard there and, even though he turns 24, he still doesn't have a girlfriend. Meanwhile, a school friend informs Hiroshi that he is going to get married. Hiroshi remembers a promise that they made. Hiroshi is even more impatient to find a girlfriend. A beautiful woman named Aya Kato then moves into the neighborhood.
How long is Afro Tanaka?
Afro Tanaka has a runtime of 114 minutes.