Tora-san, His Tender Love

Tora-san, His Tender Love (男はつらいよ フーテンの寅, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Fūten no Tora) is a 1970 Japanese comedy film directed by Azuma Morisaki. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Kuruma Torajirō (Tora-san), and Michiyo Aratama as his love interest or "Madonna".[1] Tora-san, His Tender Love is the third entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series, and the first of only two in the series not directed by Yoji Yamada.[2]

Tora-san, His Tender Love
Theatrical poster
Directed byAzuma Morisaki
Written byYoji Yamada
Shun'ichi Kobayashi
Akira Miyazaki
StarringKiyoshi Atsumi
Michiyo Aratama
Music byNaozumi Yamamoto
CinematographyTetsuo Takaba
Edited byYoshi Sugihara
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • January 15, 1970 (1970-01-15)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Synopsis

Tora-san discovers that his family is arranging a marriage for him. He leaves to the countryside where he falls in love with the manager of an inn. Unaware that she is involved with another man, Tora-san confesses his love on a New Year's television program.[2][3][4]

Cast

Critical appraisal

The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san, His Tender Love three and a half out of five stars.[6]

Availability

Tora-san, His Tender Love was released theatrically on January 15, 1970.[7] In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1989 and 1995, and in DVD format in 2000, 2005 and 2008.[8] AnimEigo released the film on DVD in the US along with the other first four films in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series on November 24, 2009.[2]

References
  1. "男はつらいよ フーテンの寅 (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Retrieved 2010-01-18. External link in |publisher= (help) (official site)
  2. Rich, Jamie S. (2009-12-21). "Tora-San: Collector's Set 1". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  3. 男はつらいよ フーテンの寅 (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  4. "OTOKO WA TSURAI YU FUTEN NO TORA (1969)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  5. 男はつらいよ フーテンの寅 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  6. "Tora-San, His Tender Love" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-18. External link in |publisher= (help)
  7. "男はつらいよ フーテンの寅". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  8. 男はつらいよ　フーテンの寅(1970) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

Bibliography

English

German

Japanese
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