'Tora-San To The Rescue' a Film Screening at The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV > 6:30pm on 18th March & 2pm on 22nd March 2014

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Time : 
18th March : 6:30 pm
22nd March : 2:00 pm 

Duration : 110 min.

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)

Place : The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi - 110024

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Event Description : 'Tora-San To The Rescue' a Film Screening.
As he usually does, Kuruma Torajiro continues to wander around the country selling knick­knacks at fairs as his family in Tokyo's Shibamata worries about his whereabouts. Months have passed with no word from Tora when Sakura, his sister, just happens to watch a TV program on the recovery after the earthquake in Kobe. To her shock, there on screen is Tora leading volunteer activities and standing next to none other than Prime Minister Murayama. Soon thereafter a resident of Nagata Ward in Kobe comes calling on the Kuruma house to convey his thanks for all Tora's help and to tell Sakura that Tora has once more set out on the road due to yet another failed love affair.
In the meantime, Sakura's son Mitsuo has his own problems. Izumi, the girl whom he's secretly loved for years, comes visiting Tokyo to tell him that she might get married. Her confession seems to be a test of Mitsuo's feelings, but in true Tora fashion, all he can do is congratulate her. Hurt, Izumi returns to Nagoya to get ready for the wedding which will take place in Tsuyama, Okayama prefecture. But on the day of the very fancy wedding, the determined boy who blocks Izumi's car to the ceremony is none other than Mitsuo. The wedding is ruined and Mitsuo is run out of town.
He wanders down south as far as he can go until he arrives on the semi­tropical island of Amami Oshima. Penniless, he is saved by a beautiful bar madam named Lily who takes him back to her beach side home. There he finds none other than Uncle Tora, who is a longtime friend of Lily's. After Mitsuo explains his predicament, Tora scolds him for not giving up in a more gentlemanly fashion, but Lily urges him to tell Izumi what he really feels. He soon gets that chance when Izumi, who canceled the marriage and went out in search of Mitsuo, turns up on the Island. When she asks why he did such a thing, he finally blurts out, "Because I love you!"
With the young lovers reunited, what will happen to Tora and Lily? Tora has secretly loved Lily for ages, but never can seem to tell her his feelings. The two visit Shibamata to the thrill of all who think Tora finally may get married, but soon get into a fight that prompts Lily to decide to leave. When Sakura offers to take her to the station, Tora steps in and says he will do it himself. Asked by Lily in the cab how far he will take her, Tora Insists, "I always take a woman to her doorstep."
On New Year's Day, however, a card from Lily arrives at Sakura's house. It seems that after staying together for a few months, Tora and Lily again parted after a fight. Back in Kobe, Tora shows up once more to give his greetings to everyone he helped.
This, the 48th edition of the longest running film series in cinema history, turned out to be, for all 
intents and purposes, the last one when Atsumi Kiyoshi died in 1996. So much was this series a national phenomenon that Tora­san/Atsumi was mourned by the entire country. As if the death was foretold, the last edition does try to tie up some loose ends, bringing in Lily, who appeared in episodes 11, 15, and 25, and finally getting Mitsuo together with Izumi, whom he pined after in episodes 42 through 45. The series was definitely looking old at this point, with Yamada Yoji making Tora's anachronistic existence the butt of a many gags, but this is the way many Japanese want to think of themselves, even if such a world has long since ceased to exist in reality.

Year : 1995

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