Five Japanese film directors bring an exquisitely cinematic eye to this Netflix adaptation of comedian Naoki Matayoshi's Akutagawa Prize-winning novel. Making people laugh is no joke in “Hibana,” a ...

Comedic duo “Audrey” appear in the latest DSi ads for Japan. “Manzai” is a type of comedy where one member is the straight man, and the other is funny man. Think Martin and Lewis or Abbot and Costello ...

Hanazawa, a 3rd-year student at Chuo University Senior High School, formed the manzai comedy duo Panda Calendar with Haruka Shimada (3rd-year student at the Upper school of Koen Girls School), her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Making people laugh is no joke in “Hibana,” a profoundly reflective and achingly tender look at Japan’s vibrant yet cutthroat ...

Making people laugh is no joke in “Hibana,” a profoundly reflective and achingly tender look at Japan’s vibrant yet cutthroat comedy scene. Adapted from Matayoshi Naoki’s bestseller and helmed by five ...