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Jimmy: The True Story of a True Idiot
TV Series · TV-MA · 42 min · ★ 5.3
Comedy
In the 1980s, simple-minded fool Hideaki Onishi meets comedy legend Sanma, is inspired to change his name to Jimmy, and becomes a comedic superstar.
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Details
- Original title
- Jimmy~アホみたいなホンマの話~
- Release date
- 2018-07-20
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 42 min
- TMDB rating
- 5.3/10 (11 votes)
Themes
- comedian
- based on true story
- 1980s
- owarai
Cast & crew

Akiyoshi Nakao
as Jimmy Ohnishi

Tetsuji Tamayama
as Akashiya Sanma

Hiroyuki Onoue
as Murakami Shoji

Rokkaku Seiji
as Mr. Okure

Shohei Uno
as Totzan

Mari Hamada

Yasuhi Nakamura

Satomi Tezuka

Katsuhisa Namase

Ikuji Nakamura
Directed by Michio Mitsuno