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Wikipedia article




'aka' 'Torasan, From Shibamata with Love' is a 1985 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajir Kuruma (Tora-san), and Komaki Kurihara as his love interest or "Madonna". (official site) 'Tora-san's Island Encounter' is the thirty-sixth entry in the popular, long-running 'Otoko wa Tsurai yo' series.

Synopsis



Tora-san's family's neighbor, Akemi, who had been married in 'Marriage Counselor Tora-san' (1984), runs away from her husband, who is only interested in work. Tora-san follows her to Shikinejima, and attempts to bring her back to her home. In doing so he encounters a school-reunion group who are traveling to meet their elementary school teacher, which is a reference to the film 'Twenty-Four Eyes' by Keisuke Kinoshita. Tora-san joins them and falls in love with the teacher.

Cast



* Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajir

* Chieko Baisho as Sakura

* Komaki Kurihara as Machiko

* Jun Miho as Akemi

* Shimojo Masami as Kuruma Tatsuz

* Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)

* Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa

* Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa

* Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetar Katsura)

* Gajir Sat as Genk

Critical appraisal



Nominations for 'Tora-san's Island Encounter' at the Japan Academy Prize included Best Actor (Kiyoshi Atsumi), Best Director (Yoji Yamada), Best Music Score (Naozumi Yamamoto), Best Sound (Isao Suzuki and Takashi Matsumoto), Best Supporting Actress (Jun Miho), and Best Art Direction (Mitsuo Degawa). Stuart Galbraith IV judges the film an entertaining, but not outstanding entry in the 'Otoko wa Tsurai yo' series, especially if one understands the references to Kinoshita's 'Twenty-Four Eyes'. Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times called it "one of the best" stating in his 1986 review that "Yamada achieves in'Tora's Island Adventure' evocative moments the equal of those all-too-rare features he gets to make outside his 17-year-old series." The German-language site molodezhnaja gives 'Tora-san's Island Encounter' four out of five stars, naming it one of the highlights of the series.

Availability



'Tora-san's Island Encounter' was released theatrically on December 28, 1985. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1987 and 1996, and in DVD format in 1998, 2005 and 2008.

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