Absurd Japanese Commercial Reel From An American Actor Is Just... Wonderful (VIDEO) | HuffPost

Is This Reel For Real?

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This Japanese commercial reel by New York actor George Kareman seems like it could not possibly be a real reel, but given the absurdity of some ads coming out of Japan, it's kind of hard to say. Real or not, it's much much harder to decide which of these commercials is the best.

Is it the one where he's in the bath surrounded by little men vogueing? Or the one about sexual diseases? The dancing ramen commercial? Or how about the Japanese rap video?

We leave this impossible decision to you.

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