Android of master comic storyteller 'talks' to shoppers

Android of master comic storyteller 'talks' to shoppers

OSAKA, Japan - An android made to look like Katsura Beicho, a legendary Japanese "rakugo" comic storyteller, "talks" to customers at the Takashimaya department store in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 5, 2014.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001209739
  • Registered date
  • 2014/11/05 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2014 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 3968 × 2294 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 720.93(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

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