Tora-san's Love Call

Tora-san's Love Call
Theatrical poster
Directed by Yoji Yamada
Written by Yoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
Starring Kiyoshi Atsumi
Junko Ikeuchi
Music by Naozumi Yamamoto
Cinematography Tetsuo Takaba
Edited by Iwao Ishii
Distributed by Shochiku
Release date
  • November 20, 1971 (1971-11-20)
Running time
 114 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Tora-san's Love Call (男はつらいよ 寅次郎恋歌, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajiro Koiuta) aka Tora-san's Love Song[1] is a 1971 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Junko Ikeuchi as his love interest or "Madonna".[2] Tora-san's Love Call is the eighth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Synopsis

Hoping to find rest from his wandering life, Tora-san returns home. He becomes infatuated with a widow and leaves to travel again, keeping his feelings secret.[3][4]

Cast

  • Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō[5]
  • Chieko Baisho as Sakura
  • Shin Morikawa as Tatsuzō (Torajiro's uncle)
  • Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama
  • Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
  • Yasukiyo Umeno as Atsushi Suwa
  • Takanobu Hozumi as Osamu Suwa
  • Yoshio Yoshida as 坂東鶴八（Chairman）
  • Chieko Misaki as Torajiro's aunt
  • Hisao Dazai as Tarō Ume
  • Gajirō Satō as Genkō

Critical appraisal

For his work on Tora-san's Love Call, and the previous two entries in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series, Tora-san, the Good Samaritan, and Tora-san's Shattered Romance (all 1971), Yoji Yamada tied for Best Director at the Mainichi Film Awards with Masahiro Shinoda.[6] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Love Call three and a half out of five stars.[7]

Availability

Tora-san's Love Call was released theatrically on November 20, 1971.[8] In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1983 and 1995, and in DVD format in 1995 and 2008.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO KOIUTA". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  2. ↑ "男はつらいよ 寅次郎恋歌 (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Retrieved 2010-01-18. External link in |publisher= (help) (official site)
  3. ↑ 男はつらいよ 寅次郎恋歌 (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  4. ↑ "OTOKO WA TSURAI YO TORAJIRO KOIUTA (1971)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  5. ↑ 男はつらいよ 寅次郎恋歌 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  6. ↑ "Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro koiuta (1971)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  7. ↑ "Tora-San's Love Call" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-18. External link in |publisher= (help)
  8. ↑ "男はつらいよ 寅次郎恋歌". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  9. ↑ 男はつらいよ　寅次郎恋歌(1971) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

Bibliography

English

  • "OTOKO WA TSURAI YO TORAJIRO KOIUTA (1971)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  • "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO KOIUTA". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  • Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro koiuta (1971) on IMDb

German

  • "Tora-San's Love Call" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-18. External link in |publisher= (help)

Japanese

  • 男はつらいよ　寅次郎恋歌(1971) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  • "男はつらいよ 寅次郎恋歌". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  • 男はつらいよ 寅次郎恋歌 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  • 男はつらいよ 寅次郎恋歌 (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
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