University of Laughs (2004)
Original title: 笑の大学
University of Laughs is a 2004 Japanese-language comedy movie directed by Mamoru Hoshi, with a running time of 2h 1m. It stars Koji Yakusho, Goro Inagaki and Masaya Takahashi.
In pre-war Japan, a government censor tries to make the writer for a theater troupe alter his comedic script. As they work with and against each other, the script ends up developing in unexpected ways.