University of Laughs

University of Laughs

★ 7.2IMDb Score
Released:2004-10-30
Duration:121 min
Country:Japan
Director:Mamoru Hoshi
Actors:Koji Yakusho, Goro Inagaki, Masaya Takahashi, Masao Komatsu, Tae Kimura
Production:
Keywords:censorship

Overview:

In pre-war Japan, a government censor tries to make the writer for a theater troupe alter his comedic script. As they work with and against each other, the script ends up developing in unexpected ways.

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