Goto no Torasan
Tora-san in Goto
(c) Television Nagasaki Co.,Ltd.
(c) Television Nagasaki Co.,Ltd.
(c) Television Nagasaki Co.,Ltd.
(c) Television Nagasaki Co.,Ltd.
(c) Television Nagasaki Co.,Ltd.
- Release Date
- August, 6th, 2016
- Running Time
- 114 min
- Genre
- Documentary
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- DCP,Blu-ray, DVD
- Subtitle
- ,
- Screening Format with Subtitles
- English (Blu-ray, DVD)
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
[ Staff ]
- INOUE Yasuhiro ── Cinematography
- SHIMADA Soichiro ── Cinematography
- MINESHITA Masamichi ── Cinematography
- KUROKI Makoto ── Cinematography
- OURA Masaru ── Cinematography
[ Production Company ]
Television Nagasaki
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
Television Nagasaki
[ Story ]
A documentary shot from 1993 and over 22 years chronicled a large family who make their living as udon noodle makers on the Goto Archipelago in Nagasaki Prefecture. It was awarded the Magnolia Award for Best Documentary at the 22nd Shanghai TV Festival.
Inuzuka Torao, known as "Tora of Goto" runs an udon noodle making business on the Goto Archipelago. Everyday, his seven children wake up at 5am, help with the business for an hour, then head for school. Over the 22 years the documentary follows them, the children all grow up.
[ Official Site ]
[ Overseas Results ]
2016 Shanghai TV Festival, Feature Documentary Magnolia Prize(grand prix)
[ Contact (International) ]
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