Plot
Tatsuo and his daughter Haru run the Takano Tofu shop in Onomichi
When Tatsuo discovers he is ill, he worries that his daughter will be left alone, and unknowingly sets out to find Haru, who would be a good match for him. While the plot could have (and has) filled many a family drama, here, with the magnetic presence of veteran Tatsuya Fuji (Empire of the Senses),…
Director/writer Mitsuhiro Mihara’s 2023 sad father-daughter drama is too tense to be compared to Yasujiro Ozu’s classic family dramas
Read all. In a story centered on Tatsuo, an aging tofu master in Onomichi, and his extremely devoted daughter Haru, Mihara clearly channels Ozu’s «Late Spring»; and «Early Summer»; in capturing the specificity of their close relationship.
The clownish moments felt like they were from a different movie than the one it was intended for
The plot drags as each of them eventually finds potential friends, but only after the requisite number of comedic scenes with regular characters have been played out broadly enough. Regardless, screen veteran Tatsuya Fuji plays Tatsu with clumsy verve, while Kumiko Aso provides attentive assistance as Haru.
Fuji’s scenes with Kumi Nakamura as the ailing elderly woman were touching, though the A-bomb ties seemed contrived to inject more pathos into the film
For a film with a similar feel about the art behind a uniquely Japanese dish, I suggest checking out Naomi Kawase’s 2015 film “An (Sweet Bean).”
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