Emi-Abi

Emi-Abi (2016)


  • Genre: Drama, Comedy
  • Release Date: 2016-09-03
  • Runtime: 1h 28min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Bitters End
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Kensaku Watanabe

Summary

Up-and-coming manzai stand-up comedy duo Emi-Abi has lost consummate funny man Unno (a surprisingly touching Tomoya Maeno) to an accident, leaving conceited straight man Jitsudo (Ryu Morioka) to contend with his diminished career prospects as a bland, pretty face entertainer. Guided by his manager Natsumi (Haru Kuroki), who demonstrates stronger comedy chops than her own star, Jitsudo comes to learn the circumstances of his friend's passing, as well as the life-and-death stakes of a career in comedy. Demonstrating a careful balance of tone across tragedy and deadpan and gross-out humor, writer/director Kensaku Watanabe expands "Emi-Abi"'s hilarious premise into a strikingly assured meditation on artistic rivalry and self-actualization.

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  • Ryu Morioka

    as Kenji Sanemichi
  • Tomoya Maeno

    as Kazuya Unno
  • Haru Kuroki

    as Natsumi Takahashi
  • Hirofumi Arai

    as Takuma Kurosawa
  • Mari Yamachi

    as Hinako Kurosawa
  • Hako Oshima

    as Kaoru Murata
  • Kenta Kunai

    as Tairo Murata
  • Jyo Hyuga

    as
  • Yuya Matsuura

    as
  • Yoshiki Saito

    as
Directing Kensaku Watanabe Director

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