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Monday, April 16, 2007

Owarai (Japanese Humor)

Hello. My name is aomidori. Today, I introduce "Owarai", which is the most popular entertainment in Japan . Recently, Owarai is getting more and more popular in Japan . We can say , Owarai is like a comedy. Almost all of the Japanese comedians do "Manzai". Manzai is a comic dialogue by two comedians. One person is “Boke” and the other is “Tukkomi”. Boke should speak funny things and Tukkomi should reply to them. They are called “Manzaishi” This form is very unique. I am always attracted to this talk without notice. Manzaishi talk about recent news, everyday conversation, etc. Of course they must talk about these things humorously. So it is very interesting. There are many comedy's agencies in Japan .For example, there are "Yoshimoto", "Shochiku Geino", "Jinrikisha" and so on. Above all, Yoshimoto is a leading agency and it was born in Osaka. Now, Osaka is the most famous town of Owarai and many comedians are from Osaka . It is difficult for comedians to get a job from Yoshimoto because this agency requests them to do hard things. But thanks to it, Yoshioto's comedians succeed in the world of entertainment. Anyway If you come to Japan , you must notice comedy's impact.

1 comment:

Jaguar said...

hi, aomidori, i'm jaguar. now it's a boom of awarai, but do u know this boom comes when the economic condition is not good, that is, FUKYO.

after the economy recovered, many comedians may be vanished...

anyway, owarai is one of the greatest japanese culture, isn't it?