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Tora-san, the Expert

1982 · 106 min

A gentle, meandering wander through small encounters and mild mishaps, warm and quietly funny, like visiting old friends.

Overview
Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu he meets a young woman named Keiko and the shy zoologist Saburō, and attempts to play matchmaker between the two when they all return to Tokyo.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 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
  • family
  • love
  • friendship
  • identity
  • loneliness
Places
  • small town
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
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
Humour6
Realism7
Romance4
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
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Directed by
Yoji Yamada
Written by
Yoshitaka Asama, Yoji Yamada
Starring
Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Yuko Tanaka, Masami Shimojō, Chieko Misaki, Gin Maeda, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Hisao Dazai
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
106 min
Country
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Languages
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