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Tora-san's Matchmaker
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Wikipedia article
is a 1993 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajir Kuruma (Tora-san), and Keiko Matsuzaka as his love interest or "Madonna". (official site) 'Tora-san's Matchmaker' is the forty-sixth entry in the popular, long-running 'Otoko wa Tsurai yo' series.
Cast
* Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajir
* Chieko Baisho as Sakura
* Keiko Matsuzaka as Yoko Sakaide
* Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
* 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
For their work in 'Tora-san's Matchmaker', the Japan Academy Prize awarded Yoji Yamada for Best Director and Screenplay, Yoshitaka Asama for Best Screenplay, and Isao Suzuki for Best Sound. Also nominated at the Japan Academy Prize were Yutaka Yokoyama and Mitsuo Degawa for Best Sound and Iwao Ishii for Best Editing. The German-language site molodezhnaja gives 'Tora-san's Matchmaker' three and a half out of five stars.
Availability
'Tora-san's Matchmaker' was released theatrically on December 25, 1993. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1994 and 1996, and in DVD format in 2000 and 2008.
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