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is a 1991 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajir Kuruma (Tora-san), and Hideko Yoshida as his love interest or "Madonna". (official site) 'Tora-san Confesses' is the forty-fourth entry in the popular, long-running 'Otoko wa Tsurai yo' series.

Cast



* Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajir

* Chieko Baisho as Sakura

* Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo (Sakura's son)

* Kumiko Goto as Izumi Oikawa (Mitsuo's girlfriend)

* Hideko Yoshida as Seik

* Shimojo Masami as Kuruma Tatsuz

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

* Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetar Katsura)

* Gajir Sat as Genk

* Keiroku Seki as Ponsh

Critical appraisal



Series Director Yoji Yamada and Yoshitaka Asama were nominated for Best Screenplay at the Japan Academy Prize for their work on 'Tora-san Confesses'. Other nominations for the film at the ceremony were Mitsuo Degawa for Best Art Direction and Isao Suzuki and Takashi Matsumoto for Best Sound. Kevin Thomas of the 'Los Angeles Times' wrote that this entry "is a charmer, full of the sentiment, humor and compassion that made the Tora-san movies always the most popular attraction" at Japanese language cinemas in Los Angeles. The German-language site molodezhnaja gives 'Tora-san Confesses' three out of five stars.

Availability



'Tora-san Confesses' was released theatrically on December 23, 1991. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1992 and 1996, and in DVD format in 2000 and 2005.

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