5th OKINAWA INTERNATIONAL MOVIE FESTIVAL

Storyline

In Nakijin Village, the second highest village of longevity in Okinawa, a rather strange project to cure the "illness" with "laughter" has been started as a part of the welfare services to deal with the aging society.
A professional of laughter who has been sent to this village is a 38-year-old comedian Hajime Saito, a self-claimed Kansai Comedian predominated the world of comedy.
The person who has been selected as his caretaker and the project manager is Shiori Ota, a 24-year-old who is unmindful of comedies. These two have met a very kind old lady, Grandma Kimiko.
To make Grandma's wish come true, Shiori has come up with an outrageous game plan... Can Hajime, a failing comedian, face the life through laughter...?

Plot

In this film, Yuki Rock, a silly role (Boke) member of the stand-up comedy duo Harigane Rock which is known as their gabble-on talk style, plays as a leading actor for the first time in his career.
A key supporting actress is Takako Senaha who is a central pillar of the theatrical entertainment industry in Okinawa. One of the highlights of this film is the scene that these two perform the gabble-on stand-up comedy.
Can the chemical reaction of laughter caused by a pure Kansai native and an Okinawan Grandma perform a miracle in this story? Is the god of laughter going to decend to Nakijin Village, the setting for the story?

CAST

Yuki Rock, Manami, Takako Senaha, Shin Tamaki, Yasutaka Azato

Director & Work Data

Director

Yasunori Matayoshi

Year

2013

Copyright

"King of Entertainment" Production Committee