What's Manzai?!!!

Captivated by the classic form of Japanese comedy known as manzai, Stephen, an American, sets out to break into Japan's entertainment world.

Tomorrow's "Tarinai Futari" Special Edition

The popular comedy duo "Tarinai Futari" draws the curtains on their legacy in their final "manzai" performance.

The Bleep Brothers

Tatsuo and Ikuo have been raised by hard-working parents who run a funeral home. For relief, they practice games of manzai, a Japanese comic vaudeville. Tatsuo grows up to be a handsome chick magnet, while Ikuo is nerdy and unappealing. He spies on his brother to get material for their reality porn show. The show is bleeped heavily, and their bleep language becomes trendy and makes them stars.

Emi-Abi

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.

Aniki and Me: A Kiss to Remember

Akira and Masa are fledgling comic storytellers. Living together in a small apartment with no bathroom, they audition daily. At an audition one day, a duo already active on TV is in the middle of rehearsals. As Akira and Maza eagerly watch the duo, hoping to steal a few tricks, an ambiguous atmosphere develops that develops into something more.

Slapstick Brothers

Tobio Kurosawa (Ryuta Sato), who has been part of a manzai (stand up comedy) duo for ten years, finds himself in trouble after his partner Tamotsu Ishii (Yuji Ayabe) quits due to their declining popularity and mounting debts. Tobio then attempts to drink his problems away, but the next morning finds himself locked up in a detention center. At the detention center Tobio meets tough dreadlocked Ryuhei Onizuka (Yusuke Kamiji) who has an uncanny knack for comedy. Tobio attempts to recruit Ryuhei to become a partner in a new comedy duo. Once on the outside, they start practicing ...

漫才協会 THE MOVIE 舞台の上の懲りない面々

MANZAI Conflict

Tsukaguchi, a comedian, is disliked by the public for his bad behavior and vile style, and shows no signs of selling at all. He and his partner, Kunimatsu, spend their days doing MANZAI (comedy dialogue) at a small theater. One day, the two receive an offer to appear on TV. However, Tsukaguchi has a big problem with his girlfriend, and in the midst of the mixture of reality and delusion, he soon finds himself involved in an irreversible situation as a comedian.

Asakusa Kid

Before he hit it big, Takeshi Kitano got his start apprenticing with comedy legend Fukami of Asakusa. But as his star rises, his mentor's declines.

That Girl in Wonderland

Anne Marie imagines herself in the stories "Alice in Wonderland," "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," "Hansel and Gretel," "The Wizard of Oz," and "Cinderella".

Imagination

Two totally different people; a Tourist and a mysterious hobo like stranger meet on a train. Tourist starts to imagine who might be this strangely dressed up guy. Eventually it turns out what the Tourist imagines about the hobo guy is not actually a reality. People generally tend to imagine firstly negative and grotesque about the person next to them that usually do not match the reality, but it still might contain some pieces of the truth...

The Perfect Match

Lao Zhuai is a handsome, successful, and unrestrained professional, a consummate playboy in a materialistic world. He frequently enjoys the nightlife with his friend Lao Mo, surrounded by women, yet none have ever truly touched his heart. This changes when he finds himself torn between two very different women: Yue'er, a pure and innocent new colleague, and Cai Yun, his powerful, sexy, and domineering boss. While facing a major challenge in his career, Lao Zhuai must also confront a personal crossroads: continue his carefree, detached lifestyle or finally "come ashore" and choose a partner to settle down with.

Green Jelly: 333

Video album for the punk rock comedy band Green Jellÿ, based on the album of the same name.

Living Surfaces

Andrew has a girlfriend. Andrew also has a boyfriend. He cares about both of them but neither truly care about him. With the death of Andrew's mother when he was very young, his father took it upon himself to teach Andrew to be tough and 'not a sissy'. This only drove Andrew deeper in the closet. Jamie is useless and Toni is manipulative. For as long as Andrew can remember he has accepted his life the way it is. One Saturday changes everything forever. He finds himself.

High Jinks in Society

After foiling a robbery, Ben, a window cleaner is hired by Lady Barr-Nunn to guard her valuables. A comedy based on class divisions and snobbery.

Sepet

19-year old Ah Loong is in charge of a street stall selling pirated VCDs. Ah Loong is an incurable romantic with a unique hobby – he loves to read and write poetry. Quite content to carry on being the Romeo of the slums, Ah Loong's life takes on a sudden change one day when a 16-year old Malay schoolgirl arrives at his stall in search of Wong Kar-Wai films.

The Night We Never Met

Sam has a problem with his roommates: they are disgusting, and don't seem to share his views on responsibility, privacy, and basic hygine. Such is his discomfort with his living arrangements that he agrees to share the occupancy of another flat: he gets two nights a week, the owner (a sleazy frat-boy yuppie named Brian, soon to be married) and Ellen (a would-be painter seeking relief from her boring marriage) each get their seperate nights in the flat. Things go extremely well until Sam and Brian swap nights without telling Ellen, who attributes the "nice" things that happen around the place to the slob Brian, while berating the responsible Sam for his hedonistic lifestyle.