The Great Tale of the Great Tatami Progenitor

A young man from Kyushu,Adachi Futoshi had come to Tokyo to make a life. Adachi moved into a small room in a local boarding house, but he was unprepared for what life will throw at him. The room next to him boards a local gangster whose gang is a menace to the neighborhood, a bit further down lives a boy who dresses like a woman. And the old people managing the boarding house are quite peculiar too. Based on the manga by Leiji Matsumoto.

Directors

Chūsei Sone, Leiji Matsumoto

Writers

Chūsei Sone, Rokuro Kumagai

Released

August 16, 1980

Language

Japanese