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Tora-San Film Analysis

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The film starts off with Tora-san winning it big in horse betting and then going back home planning to use that money to bring his family on a vacation to Hawaii. As with many other Tora-san films, the rest of the story is very predictable; Tora-san meets a beautiful girl, experiences heartbreak and subsequently goes on a trip again leaving his family fretting for him. One may then ask how and why does such a predictable film still appeal to audiences? "It 's like when customers go to a traditional shop well-known for its wagashi (Japanese sweets)--they want to get the same flavor. We have to respond to the same kind of desire in our viewers," explains director Yoji Yamada in an interview. So what is this flavor that audiences are constantly …show more content…

As said by director Yoji Yamada, “Tora-san is a man who lives freely. He has dropped out of the managed, controlled society”. From what can be seen in the film, Tora-san is constantly able to travel whenever he feels like it, simply picking up his classic suitcase and off he goes. This free way of living is something that was very relatable and idealic to people living during that period of Japan’s rapid industrialization more so than the young people of modern Japan. This is because economic conditions for Japanese have dramatically increased over the course of Japan’s postwar industrialization and travelling to the younger generations today is no longer a dream but something that they are able to indulge in much more easily than before. Thus for the older generations, Tora-san is someone that represents the dreams they all had when they were younger.

In conclusion, throughout the entire film, we are presented with many moments where Japanese viewers are able to experience things that they have perceived to be long gone and are irretrievable. All these are made possible through the main character Tora-san. From his dressing, outlook on life and also personification of traditional Japanese values, Japanese viewers are able to relive a time in Japan’s history that have disappeared along with the modernizing of Japan which is why Tora-san would continue to be an important character in portraying the theme of nostalgia for Japanese

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