Tora-san's Song of Love

Tora-san's Song of Love
Theatrical poster
Directed by Yoji Yamada
Written by Yoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
Starring Kiyoshi Atsumi
Harumi Miyako
Music by Naozumi Yamamoto
Cinematography Tetsuo Takaba
Edited by Iwao Ishii
Distributed by Shochiku
Release date
  • August 6, 1983 (1983-08-06)
Running time
 101 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Tora-san's Song of Love (男はつらいよ 旅と女と寅次郎, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Tabi to Onna to Torajirō) aka Torasan's Journey with a Lady[1] is a 1983 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Harumi Miyako as his love interest or "Madonna".[2] Tora-san's Song of Love is the thirty-first entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Synopsis

Tora-san returns to his family home to learn that his brother-in-law cannot go to Mitsuo's (Tora-san's nephew) athletic event. Tora-san volunteers to take his place, but gets into an argument with his brother-in-law's boss and returns to the road. He meets a young woman in Niigata who, unbeknownst to him, is a popular enka singer.[3][4][5]

Cast

  • Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō[6]
  • Chieko Baisho as Sakura
  • Harumi Miyako as Harumi Kyo
  • Shimojo Masami as Kuruma Tatsuzō
  • Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
  • Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
  • Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
  • Gajirō Satō as Genkō
  • Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
  • Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama
  • Takura Fujioka as Kitamura
  • Senri Sakurai as Mita
  • Bengal as Yoshioka
  • Noko Konoha as Tomiko
  • Chieko Nakakita as Hisako Shōji

Critical appraisal

Stuart Galbraith IV considers Tora-san's Song of Love to be a minor entry in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.[4] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Song of Love three and a half out of five stars.[7]

Availability

Tora-san's Song of Love was released theatrically on August 6, 1983.[8] In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 2002 and 2008.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TABI TO ONNA TO TORAJIRO". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  2. ↑ "男はつらいよ 旅と女と寅次郎 (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Retrieved 2010-01-21. External link in |publisher= (help) (official site)
  3. ↑ 男はつらいよ 旅と女と寅次郎 (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  4. 1 2 Galbraith IV, Stuart (2007-01-24). "Tora-san 31: Tora-san's Song of Love (Region 3)". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  5. ↑ "OTOKO WA TSURAI YO KUCHIBUE O FUKU TORAJIRO (1983)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  6. ↑ 男はつらいよ 旅と女と寅次郎 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  7. ↑ "Tora-San's Song of Love" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-21. External link in |publisher= (help)
  8. ↑ "男はつらいよ 旅と女と寅次郎". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  9. ↑ 男はつらいよ　旅と女と寅次郎 (1983) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-01-21.

Bibliography

English

  • "OTOKO WA TSURAI YO KUCHIBUE O FUKU TORAJIRO (1983)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  • "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TABI TO ONNA TO TORAJIRO". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  • Otoko wa tsurai yo: Tabi to onna to Torajirô (1983) on IMDb
  • Galbraith IV, Stuart (2007-01-24). "Tora-san 31: Tora-san's Song of Love (Region 3)". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2010-01-21.

German

  • "Tora-San's Song of Love" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-21. External link in |publisher= (help)

Japanese

  • 男はつらいよ　旅と女と寅次郎 (1983) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  • "男はつらいよ 旅と女と寅次郎". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  • 男はつらいよ 旅と女と寅次郎 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  • 男はつらいよ 旅と女と寅次郎 (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
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