Also Known As: Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende, Batsu Game
Genre: Comedy
Format: Variety Show
Duration: 1 Hour 45 Mins
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: Japanese Hardsubs / English *.ass (softsubs)
Cast:
* Hitoshi Matsumoto
* Masatoshi Hamada
* Hōsei Yamasaki
* Naoki Tanaka
* Shōzō Endō
File Format: AVI
Codec: XVID
Bit Rate: 1 971 Kbps
Resolution: 624x464 (4:3)
Frame rate: 29.970 fps
Audio: AC-3 (Audio Coding 3)
Bitrate: 384 Kbps (2 Channels)
Production
Executive producer(s): Kenji Suga
Broadcasting TV station: Nippon TV, Sapporo TV, Aomori Broadcasting Corp., Miyagi TV, Yamagata Broadcasting Co., Fukushima Central TV, Yamanashi Broadcasting System, TV Niigata, Kitanihon Broadcasting Co., TV Kanazawa, TV Shinshu, Shizuoka Daiichi TV, Nihonkai TV, Yamaguchi Broadcasting Co., Nishinippon Broadcasting Co., Nankai Broadcasting Co., Kochi Broadcasting Co., Nagasaki International TV, Kumamoto Kemmin TV, Kagoshima Yomiuri TV - from 10:56 p.m. until 11:26 p.m. every Sunday (JST)
Batsu Games
Perhaps the best known Gaki no Tsukai episodes are those dealing with batsu games, or punishment games, in which one or more of the cast members are subjected to after losing bets, major competition, or physical challenges.
The "No Laughing" Batsu Game itself (broadcast annually during the New Year's Holiday) was first introduced in 2003. The premise of each "No Laughing"-punishment game is, the losing members of the cast have to endure many compromising, absurd, generally ridiculous situations for a long period of time (up to 24-hours, thus far) but must refrain from laughing at any of them. Whenever someone does laugh, and he is caught by A Watcher, the announcer of the game will declare that person as having just become "out" (アウト or a-u-to in Katakana); immediately afterwards, the appropriate number of "hang-men" will come out to mete the rule breaker's punishment. (To date, this has been executed via single strikes on the buttocks {or somewhere in that area} with a weapon — one which does not change mid-game.)
Synopsis:
After Matsumoto loses a swimming match (match aired on Feb. 11, 2001) against the other four cast members, a batsu game is set at a "haunted ryokan", where Matsumoto must remain overnight. He endures ghost apparitions, a seemingly empty samurai suit that comes alive, and random knocks on walls, among other things. The other four cast members attend to support him in controlling his fear, but end up scaring him as well.
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