It's been reported that director/comedian Shinagawa Hiroshi received the audience award for his latest movie, "Manzai Gang", at the 'Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival'.

Shinagawa continued his directing work after succeeding with his first film, "DROP". Since its release in March, "Manzai Gang" has drawn in an audience totaling 700,000 people.

Through his agency, he commented, "I'm surprised and happy. I want to study movies and the Korean language more, so I will be able to shoot movies in Korea someday."

Source: Oricon