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Tora-san, My Uncle (1989)
Directed by Yôji Yamada
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Tora-san’s nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former classmate whose parents divorced and took her out of Tokyo.
Length 109 minutes
Actors
Kiyoshi Atsumi | Chieko Baishô | Fumi Dan | Hidetaka Yoshioka | Masami Shimojô | Chieko Misaki | Gin Maeda | Hisao Dazai | Gajiro Satoh | Chishū Ryū | Kin Ishii | Issei Ogata | Takashi Sasano | Keiroku Seki | Jun Togawa | Setsuko Tanaka | Isao Takeno | Mansaku Fuwa | Hiroshi Jin | Kazuhiko Kasai | Sayoko Makino | Masayasu Kitayama | Yasuo Shinohara | Rika Tanaka | Midori Kawai | Tetsu Sakuma | Shinnosuke Furumoto | Masao Imafuku | Isao Bito | Mari Natsuki | Kumiko Goto
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/30/2020 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 8 stars |
| (Average) 8 stars |
Viewing Notes
Third and final Tora-san film in the Classics Bundle that was added to the JAPAN CUTS festival to celebrate the screening of Tora-san, Wish You Were Here, which is the final installment in the longest running movie franchise in Japan.
What I love about this movie is that it focuses on Mitsuo, the nephew of Tora-san. And instead of being the bumbling fool, Tora-san is the wise and seasoned uncle to provide guidance and advice to his nephew. Mitsuo runs away from home to see his high school sweetheart now living in another city and I totally get it. This is a great movie!
Since this is supposedly a new 2K scan with updated subtitles (really wish they had replaced “faggot” with “homosexual” since that’s really what Mitsuo says still in a derogatory manner but there’s no need to use that term since we get the his emotional intent in the scene), I really hope we get a domestic release of all these films. I’m a broken record on this but these really deserve to be seen and I still have 40 more to watch!
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