If you loved Tora-san's Cherished Mother, try What a Wonderful Family! 2
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Yoji Yamada, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Tora-san's Cherished Mother, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What What a Wonderful Family! 2 is
A franchise rides shotgun with its patriarch at the wheel. Decades into scripting domestic disaster, Shuzo once more veers the Hirata family off-course, this time tailgated by mortality. One wonders if Yamada forgot the brakes.
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