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Machine-translated from a 3-part interview with Yoji Yamada.
This snippet discusses what would happen to Tora-san had Kiyoshi Atsumi lived longer. Apparently, he'd be taken in by Gozen-sama, which I find really beautiful because he said "Buddha loves the foolish too. Sometimes I think maybe Buddha loves Tora more than an imperfect priest like me.", which is so Catholic, by the way, that Yamada's faith becomes evident even though these are words pronounced by a character who's a Buddhist priest.
"When the late writer Shusaku Endo was still in good health, I once talked about Tora's later years.
According to Mr. Endo, Tora's body gradually weakened and he no longer had the energy to travel. Gozen-sama took pity on him and said, "You're a foolish man, but you haven't committed any crimes. On the contrary, you've saved many people spiritually. Don't let your later years cause trouble for people." I feel sorry for you, so please live at my temple." So I thought Tora was a temple man, and that he might have been cleaning and making a living.
hildren in the neighborhood will come to play at the temple. Tora is also looking forward to it, and they always play hide-and-seek together.
One day, Tora, who turned into a demon, called out to him, "Is it okay?" The children repeatedly say, "It's enough," "It's enough," but Tora doesn't come looking for him. "Tora-san, what are you doing?" when the children went to see him, he was crouching under the porch and passed away.
Gozen-sama took pity on him and decided to carve a Jizo statue called "Torajiro" and build it in the precincts. The jizo has a lot of benefits, and many young people, especially those who are worried about love, come to worship. "Is this the punchline? Hahaha," Endo-san laughed."
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This snippet discusses what would happen to Tora-san had Kiyoshi Atsumi lived longer. Apparently, he'd be taken in by Gozen-sama, which I find really beautiful because he said "Buddha loves the foolish too. Sometimes I think maybe Buddha loves Tora more than an imperfect priest like me.", which is so Catholic, by the way, that Yamada's faith becomes evident even though these are words pronounced by a character who's a Buddhist priest.
"When the late writer Shusaku Endo was still in good health, I once talked about Tora's later years.
According to Mr. Endo, Tora's body gradually weakened and he no longer had the energy to travel. Gozen-sama took pity on him and said, "You're a foolish man, but you haven't committed any crimes. On the contrary, you've saved many people spiritually. Don't let your later years cause trouble for people." I feel sorry for you, so please live at my temple." So I thought Tora was a temple man, and that he might have been cleaning and making a living.
hildren in the neighborhood will come to play at the temple. Tora is also looking forward to it, and they always play hide-and-seek together.
One day, Tora, who turned into a demon, called out to him, "Is it okay?" The children repeatedly say, "It's enough," "It's enough," but Tora doesn't come looking for him. "Tora-san, what are you doing?" when the children went to see him, he was crouching under the porch and passed away.
Gozen-sama took pity on him and decided to carve a Jizo statue called "Torajiro" and build it in the precincts. The jizo has a lot of benefits, and many young people, especially those who are worried about love, come to worship. "Is this the punchline? Hahaha," Endo-san laughed."
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Look, I'm not judging you - after all, I'm posting here myself, but maybe, just maybe, if you spent less time here and more time watching films, maybe, and I stress, maybe your taste would be of some value. Just a thought, ya know.
Look, I'm not judging you - after all, I'm posting here myself, but maybe, just maybe, if you spent less time here and more time watching films, maybe, and I stress, maybe your taste would be of some value. Just a thought, ya know.
