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Tatsuo and his daughter Haru run the Takano Tofu Shop in Onomichi
When Tatsuo discovers she’s sick, he fears his daughter will be alone and, unbeknownst to her, sets out to find a suitable partner for Haru. The plot could (and has) filled many family dramas, but here, with the magnetic presence of veteran Tatsuya Fuji (Empire of the Senses),…
Writer-director Mitsuhiro Mihara’s 2023 woeful father-daughter drama is a bit too obvious to be compared to Yasujiro Ozu’s family drama classics
Read more. In a story that centers on Tatsuo, an aging tofu master in Onomichi, and his exceptionally devoted daughter Haru, Mihara clearly draws on Ozu’s “late spring” and “early summer” to capture the specificity of their close relationship.
The slapstick moments felt like a different film than intended
The plot drags along as everyone eventually finds a potential partner, but not before a requisite number of comedic scenes with stock characters are set to play out quite broadly. Still, screen veteran Tatsuya Fuji plays Tatsuo with brooding elan, while Kumiko Aso provides thoughtful assistance as Haru.
For a film with a similar sensibility about the artistry behind unique Japanese food, I recommend Naomi Kawase’s 2015 film An (Sweet Bean)
Fuji’s scenes with Kumi Nakamura as an ailing elderly woman were touching, though the atomic bomb connections seemed contrived to inject more emotion into the film.
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