We Make Antiques!

Norio (NAKAI Kiichi) is an experienced antiques dealer, but none of his experience prepares him for the veritable treasure he finds one day while searching a rich family’s storehouse: a very precious teacup made for the use of Sen no Rikyu, Japan’s most revered tea master. The homeowner, Sasuke (SASAKI Kuranosuke), seems oblivious to its true value, so Norio successfully talks Sasuke into giving it up for next to nothing.

What Norio fails to realise is that Sasuke is not the actual homeowner; rather, he is a talented but impoverished potter who made the fake teacup Norio now possesses. Before long, Norio realises that by combining Sasuke’s artistic prowess with his dealership, the two could make a fortune, and so they decide to make a gamble of historic proportions against an authenticator by whom they have both been wronged with career-changing consequences. Against all odds, can Norio and Sasuke succeed in deceiving the connoisseurs?

A breakout hit for director TAKE Masaharu that kickstarted a beloved series, We Make Antiques! shines a laugh-a-minute light on the shady side of antiques trading, full of trivia on Sen no Rikyu and traditional Japanese pottery.

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大阪にやってきた古物商と、腕は確かだが貧乏な陶芸家の2人が大胆な詐欺に挑むコメディー。古物商の則夫が手にした千利休の茶碗は、実は陶芸家の佐輔が作った偽物だった。則夫は佐輔の才能にいたく感心し、その腕を活かし一儲けをしようと考える。2人はある大御所鑑定士に一杯食わされていたこともあり、意気投合し……。古美術の裏側や陶芸の豆知識も交えた一作。

(Special thanks to Eikoku News Digest)