University of Laughs
Oct 30 2004
•2h 1m
•Comedy, Drama
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.
Cast
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Koji Yakusho
Mutsuo Sakisaka
Goro Inagaki
Hajime Tsubaki
Masaya Takahashi
Masao Komatsu
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