Rakugo – Japanese Storytelling

Let yourself be enthralled by Rakugo, a traditional storytelling method that has been pulling audiences into its spell long before TV and films appeared. The storyteller kneels on a Zabuton cushion and tells his stories mostly in dialogues, during which he slips into the roles of several characters. At Nippon Connection, this entertaining “sit-down comedy” will be presented by Till Weingärtner from Berlin. In Japan he was active as a comedian and a part of the comedy duo “Altbayern”, who won the Comedy Price of the city of Amagasaki in 2007.

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