Il December 19th the melodrama will arrive in Italian cinemas Tofu in Japan (Takano Tofu), the director’s new film Mitsuhiro Mihara which tells the story of Tatsuo Takano played by Tatsuya Fujiand daughter Haru (Kumiko Aso), who run the Takano Tofu Shop in Onomichi.
Tatsuo worries about his daughter’s future after her death, and he wants to continue making tofu following his recipe while his daughter pushes for innovation…
The film won the Audience Award Far East film Festival.
Synopsis
Mitsuhiro tells the relationship between different generations – a favorite theme of the master of Japanese cinema Yasujiro Ozu – through the story of the bond between a father and a daughter who manage a small tofu shop near Hiroshima. In the role of father Takano Tatsuo, creator of the incomparable tofu, there is Tatsuya Fuji, the protagonist actor of Behold the Empire of the Senses by Nagisa Ôshima. Takano Tatsuo is a passionate craftsman and the tofu he prepares is considered the best in his hometown of Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, and all the provinces around. In addition to supplying his tofu to a local supermarket, Takano runs a shop with his daughter Haru (Aso Kumiko) who lives with her father after separating from her husband. Takano and his friends decide that the time has come to find her a new boyfriend and begin to sift through the best bachelors in the area in search of the perfect husband for Haru. But Takano will also have an unexpected meeting, he will meet Fumie, a woman who will turn out to be truly special.
He cast
They are part of the cast: Tatsuya Fuji, Kumiko Aso, Kumi Nakamura, Yu Tokui, Daikichi Sugawara, Masato Yamada, Jyo Hyuga, Miyako Takeuchi, Yamato Katsura, Riku Kurokouchi, Katsuya Kobayashi, Mariko Akama e Hiroshi Miyasaka.
Written and directed by Mitsuhiro Miharathe film is produced by Shoji Masui, Takao Tsuchimoto e Masahiko Yamakawa.
How did your experiences and backgrounds influence your character development in “Takano Tofu,” and in what ways do you believe these elements contributed to the film’s overall cultural narrative?
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