# University of Laughs (2004)

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**Original title**: *笑の大学*
**Runtime**: 121 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Drama
**Directed by**: Mamoru Hoshi
**Written by**: Koki Mitani
**Starring**: Koji Yakusho, Goro Inagaki, Masaya Takahashi, Masao Komatsu, Tae Kimura, Ai Kato

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

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.

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