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Jimmy: The True Story of a True Idiot

2018
9 episodes
1 season
57user score

In the 1980s, a simple-minded fool named Hideaki meets comedy legend Sanma, changes his name to Jimmy and becomes a comedic superstar.

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Season
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Season 2

ended

There won't be a season 2, the show has ended.

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Season 1

9 episodes
Jul 20, 2018

Casting
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Akiyoshi Nakao
Jimmy Ohnishi
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Tetsuji Tamayama
Akashiya Sanma
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Hiroyuki Onoue
Murakami Shoji
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Rokkaku Seiji
Mr. Okure
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Shohei Uno
Totzan
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Mari Hamada
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Yasuhi Nakamura
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Satomi Tezuka
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Katsuhisa Namase
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Ikuji Nakamura
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Haruka Kinami
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Yuichi Yasoda
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Chizuru Ikewaki
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Yoichi Nukumizu
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Koichi Sato
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Ginnojo Yamazaki
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Eri Tokunaga
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Kyōko Yanagihara
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Yuta Kanai
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Jimmy Onishi
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Sanma Akashiya
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18+
AP
15
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