Oh man. An amazing, surreal throwback to old school comedy, even for its day. A lot of Kitano's influences are on display here: loads of slapstick and manzai, yakuza, Zatoichi, filmmaking, gallows humor (e.g. suicide jokes), bad sci-fi, and more. The runtime could be trimmed, but I'm giving that up to Takeshi's enthusiasm over making the film. I think comedians will enjoy it most. If you liked this at all, check out his newer Kantoku Banzai (Glory to the Filmmaker).

Starts really great, but loses it's focus somewhere in the middle and begins feeling too random and less funny.

Kitano? Really?

It doesn't make much sense but it's hilariously funny.