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The Karatsu Comedy Club

The Karatsu Comedy Club is hopping tonight with three Japanese-language comedy performers:
1. Taro the Space Alien (voiced by Dylan Schmidt)
2. Rika the Social Media Influencer (voiced by Rikako Miura)
3. Tojo the Sushi Nazi (voiced by Koshi Uehara)
Yoshi Nakamizo is our host (voiced by Yoshihisa Nakamizo
Written, Produced, and Directed by Randy Schmidt

  • Randy Schmidt
    Director
  • Randy Schmidt
    Writer
  • Randy Schmidt
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 20 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 13, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Japan
  • Country of Filming:
    Japan
  • Language:
    Japanese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Randy Schmidt

Raised in California, Randy Schmidt graduated from UCLA Film School and worked at the 20th Century Fox motion picture studio before moving to Tokyo. For the past 18 years he has been a staff cameraman-editor-producer for CBS News, covering breaking news stories and making mini-documentaries. Based in Tokyo, though covering all of Asia, Randy won an Emmy Award for his TV news work in 2022. He is also a filmmaker who has been making a series of award-winning stop-motion and computer-animated short movies along with his young son Dylan.

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