Emi-Abi

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Emi-Abi (2016)

Directed by Kensaku Watanabe

Drama, Comedy · 1h 28m

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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Cast

Ryu Morioka Kenji Sanemichi Tomoya Maeno Kazuya Unno Haru Kuroki Natsumi Takahashi Hirofumi Arai Takuma Kurosawa Mari Yamachi Hinako Kurosawa
H
Hako Oshima Kaoru Murata
K
Kenta Kunai Tairo Murata
J
Jyo Hyuga Yuya Matsuura Yoshiki Saito

Crew

Director
Kensaku Watanabe

Details

Original title
エミアビのはじまりとはじまり
Release date
2016-09-03
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Original language
JA
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan
Production
Bitters End