Tora-san's Song of Love

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.

Tora-san's Song of Love
Theatrical poster
Directed byYoji Yamada
Written byYoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
StarringKiyoshi Atsumi
Harumi Miyako
Music byNaozumi Yamamoto
CinematographyTetsuo Takaba
Edited byIwao Ishii
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • August 6, 1983 (1983-08-06)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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. 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. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. 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.

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