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Tora-san Goes Religious?
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Wikipedia article
'aka' 'Torasan Whistling' is a 1983 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajir Kuruma (Tora-san), and Keiko Takeshita as his love interest or "Madonna". (official site) 'Tora-san Goes Religious?' is the thirty-second entry in the popular, long-running 'Otoko wa Tsurai yo' series.
Synopsis
When his travels bring him to Western Japan, Tora-san decides to pay his respects to the late Hyoichiro Suwa, his sister's father-in-law. He gets drunk with the priest at the temple, falling in love with the priest's daughter in the process. When the priest is too hung-over to deliver a eulogy the next morning, Tora-san takes his place, with great success. Tora-san's sister and his brother-in-law's family show up for Hyoichiro Suwa's memorial service, and an argument breaks out over his estate.
Cast
* Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajir
* Chieko Baisho as Sakura
* Keiko Takeshita as Tomoko
* Kiichi Nakai as Kazumichi
* Kaoru Sugita as Hiromi
* Shimojo Masami as Kuruma Tatsuz
* Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
* Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
* Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
* Yoko Nada as Eriko
* Isamu Nagato as Osakaya
* Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetar Katsura)
* Gajir Sat as Genk
* Chish Ry as Gozen-sama
* Tatsuo Matsumura as Osh
Critical appraisal
'Tora-san Goes Religious?' was the fifth highest earning film at Japanese box-offices in 1984. Stuart Galbraith IV ranks the film as one of the best in the series, noting that the "performances are excellent all-around". Galbraith observes that the film's storyline was probably inspired by the recent death of the great film actor Takashi Shimura who had played the role of the deceased Hyoichiro Suwa in three previous 'Otoko wa Tsurai yo' films. The German-language site molodezhnaja gives 'Tora-san Goes Religious?' four out of five stars.
Availability
'Tora-san Goes Religious?' had was released in theaters on December 28, 1983.
In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1987 and 1986, and in DVD format in 1998 and 2008.
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