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Emi-Abi

0 %|Sep 3, 2016|Drama, Comedy

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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Kensaku Watanabe
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Cast

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Ryu Morioka
Kenji Sanemichi
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Tomoya Maeno
Kazuya Unno
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Haru Kuroki
Natsumi Takahashi
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Hirofumi Arai
Takuma Kurosawa
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Mari Yamachi
Hinako Kurosawa
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Hako Oshima
Kaoru Murata
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Kenta Kunai
Tairo Murata