wish you were here

In 1995, this long running series came to an end with the abrupt death of its star Kiyoshi Atsumi. His death meant the death of Tora San and the 48th film of the series, “Tora San, to the rescue” was the unexpected final of a series that was left without a proper farewell. 2019 marked the 50th anniversary of the release of the first movie and Yoji Yamada, the creator of this wonderful series,  didn’t want to miss the chance of returning to Shibamata to celebrate this 50 years journey delivering a new film that could be a perfect farewell to the fans of the franchise. “Wish You Were Here” follows the story twenty-four years after the last film, centering the plot around Tora´s nephew Mitsuo (Hidetaka Yoshioka), who´s now a middle aged succesful novelist, single father of a teenage girl, who has lost his wife six years ago. interspersing […]

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