shogo asked:


Takeshi Kitano, a well-known movie director in the world, and a magnum-force and greatly influential comedian, Hitoshi Matsumoto, meet on movie screens.

Matsumoto’s debut film, “Dainihonjin (Big Japanese in English, approximately) invited by Cannes the other day is released today as well as Kitano’s latest film, “Kantoku Banzai (Director, hurray in English, approximately)”

Although I seldom watch movies, I’m interested in the debut film of Hitoshi Matsumoto because I like his comedy style that is quite awesome!

Once he appeared in TV screen, it was clear that the Japanese comedy changed. He created a world that we had never seen. It was almost an art rather than just a comedy. It cannot be analyzed easily. Even for Japanese, elders can almost never understand the creative comedy style.

Yesterday, Hitoshi Matsumoto came on many TV programs including some TV programs he had never appeared before. And Matsumoto said, “Company invested in the film more than 1,000,000,000 yen.”

So many Japanese people, especially youngsters, seem to want to compare him with Kitano, but this is meaningless. As a Japanese, I just want to celebrate their respectable talents.

Problem? It will be that citizens, especially youngsters, may accelerate not to pay attention to politics that is on the critical corner before coming election, just a month away.

P.S. Feel free to drop by my blog(Deep Mirror, A Modern Japanese Samurai’s Views ),too!!