Japanese Comedy, World Comedy
This time the selections have been made by Tetsuo Takahira, who is active as both a director and editor. In the single term “comedy,” there is a vast variety of comedies. We deliver to you variegated “laughter.”
Japanese Comedy
©1959 TOHO CO.LTD.
Westward Desperado
- Director
- Kihachi Okamoto
- Year
- 1960
- CAST
- Yuzo Kamaya／Makoto／Sato／Sachio Sakai／Shoji Ooki／Yutaka Nakayama／Tatsuyoshi Ehara／Ren Yamamoto／Ichiro Nakatani／Franky Sakai／Akihiko Hirata
NOTES
This movie is the sequel to “Desperado Outpost” and is about not-so-run-of-the-mill soldiers fighting at the battlefront in Northern China. It is packed with even more action and comedy than the movie that preceded it. Also, its satire and criticism regarding war has been taking to a new level. Combined with a light tempo, this is one dynamic action masterpiece!
©1962 TOHO CO.，LTD.
Nippon Musekinin Jidai
- Director
- Kengo Furusawa
- Year
- 1962
- CAST
- Hitoshi Ueki／Noriko Shigeyama／Hajime Hana／Asami Kuji／Kenji Mine／Hajime Shimizu／Yoko Fujiyama／Jun Tazaki／Kei Tani／Shin Yasuda
NOTES
The first part of this comedy series starring the Crazy Cats. One of the members, Hitoshi Ueki, eloquently and skillfully rises to the top with his superb performance as the “irresponsible man” , which led to making 30 more productions of the series as one of Toho’ s moneymaking series. It is lled with a variety of music and youthful actresses, which is the icing on the cake for the series.
World Comedy
©2000 Sweetland Films B.V. and Magnolia Productions, Inc. All Rights
Reserved.
Small Time Crooks
- Director
- Woody Allen
- Year
- 2000
- CAST
- Woody Allen／Tracy Ullman
NOTES
A thrilling comedy produced by Dreamworks and with Woody Allen as its director and main cast. Ray who calls himself a genius criminal thinks up a plan for a perfect bank robbery. It consists of renting a vacant house that is located near the bank and digging an underground tunnel.His wife opens a cookie shop as a camouage, ends up doing a roaring business...
Charlie Chaplin movie collection “The Rink”and“Easy Street”
- Director
- Acto：Charlie Chaplin
- Year
- 1916,1917
- CAST
- Acto：Charlie Chaplin
NOTES
A collection of masterpiece short movies by Charlie Chaplin, the King of Comedy “ e Rink” is full to overowing with slapstick comedy. “Easy Street” is chockfull of the thrilling action of conquering gangsters as well as kindness and pathos.
Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr.
- Director
- Buster Keaton
- Year
- 1924
- CAST
- Buster Keaton／Joe Roberts
NOTES
Buster Keaton, one of the “world’ s three great kings of comedy” , dreams of becoming a private eye!? is work exerted a powerful inuence on today’ s comedy, including the works of Woody Allen.
