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1997(1st) ~ 2024(28th)
Special Screening
Yoji Yamada
Japan1993 128min 35mm Color
In this film I have tried to show what a great joy studying can be, and what a responsive and wonderful occupation teaching can be, one worthy of devotiong a person's life to.(Yoji Yamada)
Regarded by many as one of Japan's greatest directors, Yoji Yamada is known mainly as the creator of the popular Tora-san series of feature films, which has enjoyed widespread screening around the world and has become an institution in Japan. In 1969 he made the first of the Tora-san series, and since then he has maintained his position as a super hit maker whose high quality of direction never fails By1993 his Tora-san series numbered forty-six feature films. While keeping Tora-san alive and jolly as ever, Yamada continues to make other films.