Tora-san Makes Excuses

Tora-san Makes Excuses (男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō no Seishun) is a 1992 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Goto as his nephew Mitsuo's Hidetaka Yoshioka love interest or "Madonna", Izumi.[2] It also co-stars Masatoshi Nagase, who plays Mitsuo's rival for Izumi's affection and Mari Natsuki as Izumi's mother. Tora-San Makes Excuses is the forty-fifth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Tora-san Makes Excuses
Theatrical poster
Directed byYoji Yamada
Produced byKiyoshi Shimizu
Hiro Fukazawa
Written byYoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
StarringKiyoshi Atsumi
Kumiko Goto
Music byNaozumi Yamamoto
CinematographyTetsuo Takaba
Mitsumi Hanada
Edited byIwao Ishii
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • December 26, 1992 (1992-12-26)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$26 million[1]

Cast


Critical appraisal

The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Makes Excuses three and a half out of five stars.[4]

Availability

Tora-san Makes Excuses was released theatrically on December 26, 1992.[5] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1993 and 1996, and in DVD format in 2002 and 2008.[6]

References
  1. Klady, Leonard (January 3, 1994). "Warner Bros. tops hot box office 100". Variety. p. 42.
  2. "男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春 (Madonna)". www.tora-san.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-02-01. (official site)
  3. 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  4. "Tora-San Makes Excuses". www.molodezhnaja.ch (in German). Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  5. "男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  6. 男はつらいよ　寅次郎の青春 (1992). www.allcinema.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-02-01.

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