tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280588484072546625.post4033791126154906134..comments2023-08-18T10:09:20.615+01:00Comments on If by Japan: Japan versus Cameroon: University of Laughs (Warai no Daigaku)Ersbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012602968152264418noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280588484072546625.post-44343180986208290712012-08-05T19:23:05.969+01:002012-08-05T19:23:05.969+01:00It's true, I've seen Goro act so badly it ...It's true, I've seen Goro act so badly it was funny but I think he does well in this film. It would be interesting to see what someone else would do with the role, though.<br /><br />Come to think of it, Mitani Kouki's films often seem to have people from SMAP in them. What's going on there?<br /><br />I saw this before I saw Rajio no Jikan, so I guess my experience was the opposite. Both films are about writers having to rewrite stuff, but I thought the war setting gave University of Laughs more emotional punch. Harrassed writers are a bit of a recurring theme in his work. I think he's trying to tell us something.Ersbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08012602968152264418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280588484072546625.post-28820929195146476152012-08-05T19:09:56.548+01:002012-08-05T19:09:56.548+01:00An undiscovered treasure perhaps, but you didn'...An undiscovered treasure perhaps, but you didn't mention that one of the main characters is played by Goro of SMAP, a man who CAN NOT ACT. I kept wondering what a real actor might have brought to the role. Poor planning on my part, I watched it the same week as Raijo no Jikan/Welcome Back, Mr McDonald, and it seemed a pale examination of the same theme of harassed writer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com