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Tora-san's Song of Love
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Wikipedia article
'aka' 'Torasan's Journey with a Lady' is a 1983 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajir Kuruma (Tora-san), and Harumi Miyako as his love interest or "Madonna". (official site) '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.
Cast
* Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajir
* Chieko Baisho as Sakura
* Harumi Miyako as Harumi Kyo
* Shimojo Masami as Kuruma Tatsuz
* Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
* Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
* Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetar Katsura)
* Gajir Sat as Genk
* Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
* Chish Ry as Gozen-sama
* Takuya Fujioka as Kitamura
* Senri Sakurai as Mita
* Bengal as Yoshioka
* Noko Konoha as Tomiko
* Chieko Nakakita as Hisako Shji
Critical appraisal
Stuart Galbraith IV considers 'Tora-san's Song of Love' to be a minor entry in the 'Otoko wa Tsurai yo' series. The German-language site molodezhnaja gives 'Tora-san's Song of Love' three and a half out of five stars.
Availability
'Tora-san's Song of Love' was released theatrically on August 6, 1983. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 2002 and 2008.
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