Aitsu ga Kamite de Shimote ga Boku de Stage Play Blu-ray

Following its television drama, the ensemble coming-of-age story of struggling comedy duos, Aitsu ga Kamite de Shimote ga Boku de, comes to the stage. A new theatre manager arrives and the comedy partners are shuffled, throwing Shonan Theatre into turmoil.

Sanpachi Fantasista is the dream competition that can change a comedian's life overnight. With the contest approaching, Exodus performs its usual manzai routine at Shonan Theatre. A chance incident, however, draws the other duos into a completely chaotic uproar. Amid the commotion, a new manager named Sakata appears, forcibly lowers the curtain and takes charge.

Determined to rebuild the theatre, Sakata declares that the current pairs have terrible chemistry and that social media is the way to go viral. He forcibly shuffles their partners. The performers must form improvised duos and achieve a breakthrough on a video-sharing social network. Torn apart and facing one unexpected development after another, the pairs risk breaking up as the competition draws near. What fate awaits these comedians?

The two-disc release contains the 141-minute stage production and 134 minutes of extras. Backstage footage covers stage rehearsals, comedy-routine rehearsals, dance rehearsals, rehearsals in the theatre, and scenes behind the opening and closing performances. Duo interviews feature Exodus, Rough Tube, Amagen and Long Lead. The extras also include the curtain calls from Tokyo's opening performance and Osaka's closing performance, plus manzai footage from the final Osaka show. A special photo book is enclosed. The original first pressing included one 2L-size group photograph of the eight Shonan Theatre members; this first-press item depends on the copy supplied.

The cast includes Yoshihiko Aramaki, Masanari Wada, Yuki Torigoe, Sho Jinnai, Mizuki Umetsu, Shohei Hashimoto, Ryosei Tanaka, Sho Tomita, Ken Ogasawara, Takahiro Miyashita, Shinji Rokkaku and Tsubasa Sakiyama. Product specifications may change.