This film had not only been nominated for Fantastic Land Award at Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival 2013, but also it became the top #1 best seller of Amazon Japan in the Japanese Narrative Film (Drama) Category on 8/22/2013.
There is the English Subtitled Version of The Rakugo Movie which shown at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California, 2012.
This film has a cast of new and veteran stars like Yumika Tajima who was in the live-action The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Isn't Anyone Alive?. Shigeru Saiki (Suzuki Sensei), Takayuki Yamada (13 Assassins, Seaside Motel), Ken Yasuda(HK: Hentai Kamen), Yoshiyuki Morishita (The Woodsman & the Rain, Thermae Romae), Takako Kato (Atlanta Boogie) and Shigeyuki Totsugi (Crow's Thumb).
The Rakugo-Movie successfully and historically got ranked as the #1 bestseller DVD Movie (the ranking range includes the total sales of foreign DVD cinemas) in Japan by Oricon Inc. on 10/22/2013.
The Rakugo-Moviie became the top #1 bestseller of Amazon Japan in the Japanese Narrative Film (Comedy) Category on 10/24/2013.