Quick Info
Status: Returning Series
Network: Nippon TV
Type: Reality
Rating: 9.3/10
Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
Overview
After participating to a previous show where they have to bet or be challenged to any kind of competitions, the losing members of the Gaki no Tsukai are selected to spend 24 hours in a setting which they have no knowledge of the theme nor the course of the events. They are exposed to various absurd and crazy situations nonstop for 24 hours and must refrain from laughing. If they do so, hang-men appear and hit the rule breakers with a weapon (the weapon varies every year).
This production, originally released in 2003, has captivated audiences with its unique storytelling. As a Reality series, it brings a fresh perspective to the Comedy, Reality genre, maintaining a strong viewer rating of 9.3 across its 18 seasons.
- Storyline Highlights:
- • Explores themes within Comedy and Reality.
- • Produced in Japan.
- • Original Language: Japanese.
Starring Cast
Seasons
Specials
10 Episodes • Aired 2003-08-05
No season overview provided for this season.
No Laughing in a Hot Spring Inn
1 Episodes • Aired 2003-07-27
The first No-Laughing Batsu Game, shot in Yamanashi, it served as the punishment for Matsumoto, Yamasaki, Endō, and Tanaka, for losing to Hamada in a 4 vs. 1 bowling match (which aired on May 18, 2003). Getting caught laughing during this game resulted in having a dart from a blow-gun shot into the buttocks. Given the newness of the concept, this punishment game was carried out in a somewhat "primitive" way: the Watchers were more lenient with enforcing the rule, and the auto sound blared rough over the sound-system that was set up through the facility.
No Laughing in Yugawara Inn
1 Episodes • Aired 2004-12-31
In a Russian Roulette style game involving sushi, Yamasaki, Tanaka, and Hamada lost and were punished in the second spa-themed no-laughing batsu game, filmed at Yugawara, Kanagawa. A riding crop was the punishment device employed. Matsumoto and Endo joined the game half-way as "The Mad Brothers." This batsu game features Endō's luchador character Dynamite Shikoku.
No Laughing in a High School
1 Episodes • Aired 2005-12-31
Matsumoto, Yamasaki, Endō, and Tanaka are punished after losing another Russian Roulette style game where they shocked themselves. This time, they are sent to 'high school' for one day. The punishment weapon for this game is the shinai, and Hamada participated as one of the hang-men, frequently delivering a strong kick along with the regular punishment. It was revealed that this game was shot during Matsumoto's birthday.
No Laughing at a Police Station
1 Episodes • Aired 2006-12-31
This batsu game premiered as a three-hour special. The losing players were Yamasaki, Hamada, and Endō, who lost at a Russian Roulette style game using large tubs suspended from the studio ceiling, and cutting loose the one's that fell, thus earning them a spot in the Batsu Game. Matsumoto and Tanaka avoided the batsu, and later appeared in the game, visiting the three punished players. The hang-men were especially rough when giving discipline to offenders.
