Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset

Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (男はつらいよ 寅次郎夕焼け小焼け, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Yūyake Koyake) a.k.a. Torasan and the Painter and Tora-san's Sunset Glow[1] is a 1976 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kiwako Taichi as his love interest or "Madonna".[2] Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset is the seventeenth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Theatrical poster
Directed byYoji Yamada
Written byYoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
StarringKiyoshi Atsumi
Kiwako Taichi
Music byNaozumi Yamamoto
CinematographyTetsuo Takaba
Edited byIwao Ishii
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • July 24, 1976 (1976-07-24)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Synopsis

During his travels, Tora-san meets Ikenouchi, a drunken old man whom he assumes is poor and homeless. Tora-san takes the old man home. When he wakes up, Ikenouchi begins ordering Tora-san's family around in such an authoritarian manner that no one can muster the courage to suggest he leave. On the road again, Tora-san meets Botan, a geisha who has lost her life savings to a dishonest customer. He and his family's neighbor are determined to help her out. It later turns out that Ikenouchi is a famous artist and a drawing he has made for Tora-san is worth ¥70,000.[3][4][5]

Cast
  • Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō[6]
  • Chieko Baisho as Sakura
  • Jūkichi Uno as Ikenouchi
  • Kiwako Taichi as Botan (Geisha)
  • Masami Shimojō as Kuruma Tatsuzō
  • Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
  • Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
  • Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
  • Gajirō Satō as Genkō
  • Asao Sano
  • Hayato Nakamura as Mitsuo Suwa
  • Senri Sakurai as Tourist agency manager
  • Yoshiko Okada as Shino
  • Akira Terao as Tourist agency employee

Critical appraisal

Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset was the third top Japanese box-office winner of 1976.[4] The Japanese academic film journal Kinema Junpo named it the second best Japanese release of the year.[4] For her role in the film Kiwako Taichi was named Best Supporting Actress at both the Hochi Film Awards and the Kinema Junpo Awards ceremonies.[4][7]

Stuart Galbraith IV judges Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset to be one of the best of the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series, singling out the performances of guest stars Kiwako Taichi and Jūkichi Uno.[4] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset three and a half out of five stars.[8]

Availability

Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset was released theatrically on July 24, 1976.[9] In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 1997 and 2008.[10]

References
  1. "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO YUYAKE KOYAKE". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  2. "男はつらいよ 寅次郎夕焼け小焼け (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 寅次郎夕焼け小焼け (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  4. Galbraith IV, Stuart (2005-12-12). "Tora-san 17: Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (Region 3)". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  5. "OTOKO WA TSURAI YO TORAJIRO YUYAKE KOYAKE (1976)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2011-09-02. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  6. 男はつらいよ 寅次郎夕焼け小焼け (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  7. "Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro yuuyake koyake (1976)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  8. "Tora-San's Sunrise and Sunset" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-18. External link in |publisher= (help)
  9. "男はつらいよ 寅次郎夕焼け小焼け". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  10. 男はつらいよ　寅次郎夕焼け小焼け (1976) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

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