Review: TORA SAN, MY UNCLE – Mitsuo’s desperate quest for love
When the series was entering into its final stage, Mitsuo, Tora´s nephew (Hidetaka Yoshioka) was becoming Tora´s sidekick on his trips around japan, having his own love affairs, with more luck than his uncle, and in some ocassions relegating his uncle to a supporting role, becoming himself the centre of the plots and his love stories the main plot of the story. This 42th entry of the series was really fresh and original, and it was completely centered in Mitsuo´s romance with his most beloved madonna, Izumi (Kumiko Goto), in a story of desperate romances of youth, in which Mitsuo after failing his college entrance exam, escapes from home riding his motorbike with the intention of going to Kyushu, where Izumi, his high school crush, has moved after the divorce of her parents, but on his troublesome trip, Mitsuo coincidentally finds his uncle, Tora, who will be his sidekick for the rest of a trip where love is the destination.
With this installment, Yoji Yamada wanted to bring the series to a new generation, shifting the attention from Tora to his nephew, focusing the script in a teenage love story bringing a really refreshing entry that keeps the high standards that the series had until the very end.
Don´t miss the chance of enjoying it in Japan Cuts festival