The Drifters Respect Live

The closing event for this year's Old Town Taito International Comedy Film Festival celebrates one of Japan's classic comedy groups (and perhaps the only one who started life as a guitar band), The Drifters. It seems that Chosuke Ikariya's Monty Python-esque troupe still has a lot of fans: the lineup for this outdoor concert includes such notable acts as punk-swing-klezmer ensemble Asakusa Jinta, Stones-esque combo Okamoto's and veteran Hokkaido rockers Dohatsuten.