One man, a cushion, a fan, and a hand towel. Rakugo (literally "fallen words") is a 400-year-old art form of storytelling where the performer plays multiple characters by turning his head left (the wife) or right (the drunkard). Rakugo is the root of modern Japanese Manzai comedy. Hit anime like Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju brought this art to millennials. The audience laughs at puns and the slow-building plot of Jugemu (a name so long the punchline takes ten minutes).