30/49
Synopsis
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 unbeknownst to her, he sets out to find Haru a match. While the plot could (and has) filled in with a bit of family drama, here, with the magnetic presence of veteran Tatsuya Fuji (Empire of the Senses),…
Director/writer Mitsuhiro Mihara’s 2023 lamentable father-daughter drama is too far-fetched to compare favorably to Yasujiro Ozu’s family drama classic
Read more. In a story that centers on Tatsuo, an elderly tofu master in Onomichi, and his devoted daughter Haru, Mihara clearly channels Ozu’s “Late Spring”; and “Early Summer”; capturing the specifics of their close relationship.
The clownish moments felt like a different film than the one it was intended to be
The plot moves forward as everyone eventually finds potential mates, but only when the requisite number of comedic scenes with the characters are played out broadly enough. Regardless, screen veteran Tatsuya Fuji plays Tatsuo with a monotone élan, while Kumiko Aso provides attentive assistance as Haru.
For a film with similar sentiments about the artistry of uniquely Japanese food, I recommend Naomi Kawase’s 2015 film “An (Sweet Bean)”
Fuji’s scenes with Kumi Nakamura as a sick, elderly woman were touching, though the connections to A-bomb seemed contrived to create more pathos in the film.
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