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Tora-san's Love Call

1971 · 114 min

A gentle, bittersweet wander through ordinary lives, mixing quiet comedy with a soft ache of unspoken longing.

Overview
Taking a message from Hiroshi's father to heart, Torajiro attempts to give up his wandering ways.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • family
  • isolation
  • identity
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance4
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Yoji Yamada
Written by
Yoji Yamada, Yoshitaka Asama
Starring
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Cinematography
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Languages
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