Tora-san's Love Call

Tora-san's Love Call (男はつらいよ 寅次郎恋歌, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajiro Koiuta) aka Tora-san's Love Song[1] is a 1971 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Junko Ikeuchi as his love interest or "Madonna".[2] Tora-san's Love Call is the eighth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Tora-san's Love Call
Theatrical poster
Directed byYoji Yamada
Written byYoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
StarringKiyoshi Atsumi
Junko Ikeuchi
Music byNaozumi Yamamoto
CinematographyTetsuo Takaba
Edited byIwao Ishii
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • November 20, 1971 (1971-11-20)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Synopsis

Hoping to find rest from his wandering life, Tora-san returns home. He becomes infatuated with a widow and leaves to travel again, keeping his feelings secret.[3][4]

Cast

Critical appraisal

For his work on Tora-san's Love Call, and the previous two entries in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series, Tora-san, the Good Samaritan, and Tora-san's Shattered Romance (all 1971), Yoji Yamada tied for Best Director at the Mainichi Film Awards with Masahiro Shinoda.[6] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Love Call three and a half out of five stars.[7]

Availability

Tora-san's Love Call was released theatrically on November 20, 1971.[8] In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1983 and 1995, and in DVD format in 1995 and 2008.[9]

References
  1. "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO KOIUTA". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  2. "男はつらいよ 寅次郎恋歌 (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Retrieved 2010-01-18. External link in |publisher= (help) (official site)
  3. 男はつらいよ 寅次郎恋歌 (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  4. "OTOKO WA TSURAI YO TORAJIRO KOIUTA (1971)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  5. 男はつらいよ 寅次郎恋歌 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  6. "Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro koiuta (1971)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  7. "Tora-San's Love Call" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-18. External link in |publisher= (help)
  8. "男はつらいよ 寅次郎恋歌". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  9. 男はつらいよ　寅次郎恋歌(1971) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

Bibliography

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