Underplayed Gems

Tora's Pure Love (1976)

Tora's Pure Love poster
Original title
男はつらいよ 寅次郎純情詩集
Directed by
Yōji Yamada
Genre
comedy film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 43m
Rating
9.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Torajiro Kuruma, a wandering peddler with a kind heart, returns to his family home in Tokyo. He reconnects with old school friends and falls for a woman he meets along the way.

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What happens

Tora's Pure Love (男はつらいよ 寅次郎純情詩集, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Junjō Shishū) a.k.a. Torasan Meets his School-Mates, and Tora-san's Heart of Gold is a 1976 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Machiko Kyō as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora's Pure Love is the eighteenth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series, and was Machiko Kyō's penultimate film appearance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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