NolanMVA
auditioning for
Present day Sato Shohei (Lead)
in The Final Sign (Live-Action Short Film)
A former professional rakugo (Japanese comic storytelling) performer who lost his voice after a surgery. He struggles with feelings of worthlessness because he can no longer make people laugh.
(Quietly, without turning around) "What if I can't make them laugh?"
(Strained, taking a deep, trembling breath before looking up) "I can't make you laugh anymore. ... My master told me, 'You are a machine for making people laugh. That’s what you were born for. The moment you stop, you vanish. You become air.' I believed him. ... So when the surgery took my voice, I thought I had vanished."