After the success of the short and feature edition of “Tokyo Kurds”, Fumiari Hyuga changes his subject completely, with his latest documentary following comedian Daisuke Muramoto, in an equally thorough, as much as dramatic portrait.
“I Am a Comedian” is screening at Dmz International Documentary Festival
Muramoto, with his quick delivery of intense humor, won first place in Japan’s most prestigious comedy contest in 2013, soon reaching the height of his popularity, appearing in hundreds of shows every year. However, when he started dealing with “sensitive” issues including politics, nuclear power plants, Fukushima, immigrants, and the comfort women issue, he gradually disappeared, essentially deemed a troublemaker. Hyuga follows him at around this point, as he struggles to get back his career without compromising, traveling to the US to try his hand there, and finding another huge obstacle when the lockdown ends up with his shows canceled. At the same time,...
“I Am a Comedian” is screening at Dmz International Documentary Festival
Muramoto, with his quick delivery of intense humor, won first place in Japan’s most prestigious comedy contest in 2013, soon reaching the height of his popularity, appearing in hundreds of shows every year. However, when he started dealing with “sensitive” issues including politics, nuclear power plants, Fukushima, immigrants, and the comfort women issue, he gradually disappeared, essentially deemed a troublemaker. Hyuga follows him at around this point, as he struggles to get back his career without compromising, traveling to the US to try his hand there, and finding another huge obstacle when the lockdown ends up with his shows canceled. At the same time,...
- 9/26/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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