Get Up! (ゲロッパ!; Geroppa!) is a 2003 comedy film written and directed by the Japanese filmmaker and critic Kazuyuki Izutsu. It is about a James Brown-obsessed gangster's last day of freedom before he starts a 5 year prison term.
Mixing slapstick, soul music and tearjerking elements, the plot involves a kidnapped James Brown impersonator, a plot to discredit the Japanese Prime Minister, an adulterous hotel manager, and a daughter who hasn't seen her father for 25 years.
Toshiyuki Nishida was nominated for the Best Actor award at the 2004 Japanese Academy Awards for his performance as the head of a yakuza clan. The Japanese title 'Geroppa!' is the Japanese transliteration of the lyric "Get up!" from the James Brown song "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine".
The cast includes Toshiyuki Nishida (Hanemura, the Yakuza boss), Takako Tokiwa (Kaori), Taro Yamamoto (Taro), Ittoku Kishibe (Kaneyama), Kenta Kiritani (Haruhiko), Kohei Yoshida (Kenji), Keiji Nagatsuka (Okabe), Willie Raynor (James Brown impersonator) and Adeyto (Marilyn Monroe impersonator).
Hanemura is the head of a yakuza clan enjoying his last taste of freedom before starting a prison sentence. He tells the members of
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