Talk of the Town Tora-san

Talk of the Town Tora-san (男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Uwasa no Torajirō) aka Torasan and a Lovely Maid[1] is a 1978 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Reiko Ōhara as his love interest or "Madonna".[2] Talk of the Town Tora-san is the twenty-second entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Talk of the Town Tora-san
Theatrical poster
Directed byYoji Yamada
Written byYoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
StarringKiyoshi Atsumi
Reiko Ōhara
Music byNaozumi Yamamoto
CinematographyTetsuo Takaba
Edited byIwao Ishii
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • December 27, 1978 (1978-12-27)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Synopsis

Mistakenly believing that his brother-in-law's boss is planning to commit suicide, Tora-san attempts to prevent him.[3][4]

Cast
  • Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō[5]
  • Chieko Baisho as Sakura
  • Reiko Ōhara as Sanae Arakawa
  • Shimojo Masami as Kuruma Tatsuzō
  • Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
  • Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
  • Hayato Nakamura as Mitsuo Suwa
  • Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
  • Gajirō Satō as Genkō
  • Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama

Critical appraisal

For his performance in Talk of the Town Tora-san and the previous entry in the series, Stage-Struck Tora-san (also 1978) Kiyoshi Atsumi was nominated for Best Actor at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. Yoji Yamada was also nominated for Best Director at the ceremony for these two film.[6] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Talk of the Town Tora-san three and a half out of five stars.[7]

Availability

Talk of the Town Tora-san was released theatrically on December 27, 1978.[8] In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 1998, 2002 and 2008.[9]

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References
Notes
  1. "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -UWASA NO TORAJIRO". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
  2. "男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎 (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Retrieved 2010-01-20. External link in |publisher= (help) (official site)
  3. 男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎 (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
  4. "OTOKO WA TSURAI YO UWASA NO TORAJIRO (1978)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
  5. 男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
  6. "Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Uwasa no torajiro (1978)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
  7. "Tora-San's Talk of the Town" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-20. External link in |publisher= (help)
  8. "男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
  9. 男はつらいよ　噂の寅次郎 (1978) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
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