The body is sharp!　Ucchan becomes a suspicious person at Shinjuku Square… and discovers Mitsuyoshi Uchimura on location for a comedy show.

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It was a Sunday in mid-February, a sunny day, as if spring was in full swing and the sun was shining strongly. A large plaza in front of a commercial building along Koshu Kaido in Shinjuku City was filled with young couples, families, and other people enjoying their holidays. A gentleman with blond curly perm, polka-dot bow tie, and blue tuxedo suddenly appeared there ……. He was Mitsuyoshi Uchimura (61), aka Ucchan of the comedy duo Ucchan Nanchan.

This is actually a scene from the new comedy program “Kind Gentleman” (Fuji TV), which will be broadcast on March 27.

Speaking of Uchimura’s conte program, NHK’s “LIFE! – Life Dedication Contest” is well known, but this is a conte drama produced by Fuji Television. I’m told that Uchimura was involved from the planning stage, working with the staff of “Uchimura and Partners,” which aired from April 2011, and “Saturday RISE! ‘Chan House,'” which is currently airing. “ It seems to be a challenging drama project that can only be done in the late-night slot,” says a TV magazine writer.

Uchimura will play the role of “a gentleman who is too kind” who is always meddlesome when someone is in trouble, and will be involved in a variety of comedy situations.

Let’s go back to the beginning. When the staff with handheld cameras and reflectors were ready and called for the start, Uchimura, walking with a walking stick in one hand, started to run as if he was dancing with a light step. He finger-butted a young couple of extras walking nearby, spun around in front of a businessman, and acted suspiciously from the outside, but his movements were so sharp that it was hard to believe he was over 60 years old.

Speaking of Uchimura as a comedian, as can be seen from his work on “LIFE,” his main field of work is so-called “studio comedy. In an interview with Oricon News (August 31, 2012), Uchimura said, “I like doing comedy,

I like doing comedy. I think it’s probably my strongest area, so I should continue doing it. There are various genres of “comedy,” such as “comedy,” “manzai,” “free talk,” etc., but I think I am a studio contortionist. I think I like studio comedy the best.

I think I like studio comedy the best. This time, however, it will be an outdoor comedy show. The co-stars include Satoshi Iizuka (52) of the comedy trio “Tokyo 03” and actor Toru Nomakuchi (52), with whom he had almost no previous experience. In an interview article published in the April ’18 issue of “CUT,

[Joon] I came into the world by being recognized as a contortionist, so I consider it to be the core of who I am. And I want to leave behind many works while I am physically able to move. Contrabass is proof that I am alive (laughs).

(laughs). His new challenge is sure to bring a breath of fresh air to the world of comedy.

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