Warai no Daigaku: (笑の大学) University of Laughs is a story by Japanese dramatist Mitani Koki which began as a play in 1997 starring actors Nishimura Masahiko as the Censor and Kondo Yoshimasa as the Playwright. Masahiko Nishimura won the Best Theatre Actor award for his performance in the play.
After success it was then made into a movie in 2004 starring actors Yakusho Koji and Goro Inagaki by Fuji Television and Toho Studios. The major theme of the piece is censorship vs. an artist's freedom of expression, but it is a comedy and was intended so, not a political commentary as it may seem.
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