HITOSHI MATSUMOTO Presents Documental: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Produced by Hitoshi Matsumoto, Documental pits ten comedians against each other. The objective is to make each other laugh in a closed room. Each contestant brings a one million yen participation fee. The last person to stay in the room without laughing wins. The winner is awarded a 10 million yen prize and bragging rights as the funniest comedian.

Series details

• Title: HITOSHI MATSUMOTO Presents Documental
• Format: Game Show
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2016-11-30
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Prime Video
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 44064
• IMDb ID: tt6369836
• TVDB ID: 346564

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-11-30; final listed air date 2016-12-21; episode order: 4.
• Season 2: premiered 2017-04-26; final listed air date 2017-05-24; episode order: 5.
• Season 3: premiered 2017-08-02; final listed air date 2017-08-30; episode order: 5.
• Season 4: premiered 2017-12-01; final listed air date 2017-12-29; episode order: 5.
• Season 5: premiered 2018-04-20; final listed air date 2018-05-18; episode order: 5.
• Season 6: premiered 2018-11-30; final listed air date 2018-12-07.
• Season 7: premiered 2019-04-26; final listed air date 2019-04-26.
• Season 8: premiered 2020-08-21; final listed air date 2020-08-21.
• Season 9: premiered 2021-02-26; final listed air date 2021-02-26.
• Season 10: premiered 2021-12-02; final listed air date 2021-12-02.
• Season 11: premiered 2022-08-17; final listed air date 2022-08-17.
• Season 12: premiered 2023-05-26; final listed air date 2023-05-26.
• Season 13: premiered 2023-12-22; final listed air date 2023-12-22.

Source and licence

Adapted from HITOSHI MATSUMOTO Presents Documental on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.