A monkey could direct this — and someone almost did.
A comedy drama that depicts the behind-the-scenes situation of television production.
Direction
Kawasaki's self-aware cameo as the desperate producer.
Writing
Razor-sharp industry in-jokes that still land 30 years later.
Director
Minoru Kawasaki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kawasaki allegedly shot portions guerrilla-style in actual TV studios without permits, blurring fiction and reality.
The title references a notorious 1980s Japanese TV scandal where a director literally tried to train a chimpanzee as cameraman; the film's critique of treating crew as disposable resonated during Japan's bubble economy collapse.
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