He Is Good and Bad Is Me
★ 4 · 2021 · 30m · Comedy · Drama
Shonan Theater, also known as...Distress Theater. One day, comedian Tokiura (Yoshihiko Aramaki) comes to this theater where comedians with no future or problems are banished to the island. On stage, the duo Amagen, consisting of Genta (Chin Naisho) and Amano (Mizuki Umetsu), is performing a skit. However, there were only two customers, and only the voice of the skit echoed hollowly. Meanwhile, in the dressing room on the second floor, entertainers such as Jatani (Hiroki Torigoe) and Shima (Masanari Wada) are gambling on card games even though the performance is in progress. Furthermore, when Tokiura comes to the dressing room, Jabani persistently tries to ask him the truth about the "certain incident" involving Tokiura that led to him being exiled to the island.
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