If you loved Achilles and the Tortoise, try University of Laughs

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Achilles and the Tortoise

2008 · dir. Takeshi Kitano

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University of Laughs

2004 · dir. Mamoru Hoshi

What they share

Theysit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Achilles and the Tortoise, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What University of Laughs is

The censors in pre-war Japan thought comedy could be standardized. A playwright resisted, then compromised, then outmaneuvered. The system got a script it didn’t know how to censor.

If you loved Achilles and the Tortoise, try University of Laughs

Achilles and the Tortoise

University of Laughs

What they share

What University of Laughs is

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