Japanese industry ramps up production

By 2005-09-27T00:00:00

A sign of flagging creativity' Perhaps, but the Japanesemovie industry has long ridden winning formulas to the point of exhaustion andbeyond. The Tora-san series, scripted and mostly directed by Yoji Yamadafrom 1969 to 1996, is basically 48 tellings and retellings of the same story:Folksy-but-feckless peddler falls in love, but loses ...

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