Comic Magazine

There was just one reason for me to watch this film, which was Takeshi Kitano's involvement in the project. Not that it looked like a terrible film, but there wasn't much here that stood out. I'll say Comic Magazine was a tad better than I expected, but it's far from a memorable film (save maybe one or two scenes).

Toshiaki Kinameri's big dream is to become a respected journalist, but for the time being he's stuck doing showbiz news. His colleagues make fun of Toshiaki until he stumbles upon a big story by accident. Nobody believes him, but Toshiaki powers through. He has no clue what he is getting himself involved in though.

Kitano's part is rather small and he only appears near the end of the film, but he does have the best scenes. Uchida has a strong presence too and his adventures are pretty funny to follow, but the presentation of the film is rather basic and two hours was a bit too long for the material at hand. Decent entertainment, but nothing more.