Tora-san Plays Daddy

Tora-san Plays Daddy (男はつらいよ 寅次郎物語, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Monogatari) aka Torasan's Tale[1] is a 1987 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Akiyoshi as his love interest or "Madonna".[2] Tora-san Plays Daddy is the 39th entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Tora-san Plays Daddy
Theatrical poster
Directed byYoji Yamada
Produced byKiyoshi Shimizu
Written byYoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
StarringKiyoshi Atsumi
Kumiko Akiyoshi
Music byNaozumi Yamamoto
CinematographyTetsuo Takaba
Edited byIwao Ishii
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • December 26, 1987 (1987-12-26)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Cast

Critical appraisal

Kiyoshi Atsumi won the Best Actor title at the Nikkan Sports Film Award ceremony for his role in Tora-san Plays Daddy. Nominations for the film at the Japan Academy Prize were for Best Director and Best Screenplay (Yoji Yamada), Best Supporting Actress (Kumiko Akiyoshi), and Best Sound (Isao Suzuki and Takashi Matsumoto).[4] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Plays Daddy three and a half out of five stars.[5]

Availability

Tora-san Plays Daddy was released theatrically on December 26, 1987.[6] In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1989 and 1996, and in DVD format in 2002, 2005, and 2008.[7]

References
  1. "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO MONOGATARI". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  2. "男はつらいよ 寅次郎物語 (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Retrieved 2010-02-01. (official site)
  3. 男はつらいよ 寅次郎物語 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  4. "Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro monogatari (1987)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  5. "Tora-San Plays Daddy" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  6. "男はつらいよ 寅次郎物語". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  7. 男はつらいよ　寅次郎物語 (1987) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

Bibliography

English

German

Japanese


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