Tora-san to the Rescue
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Directed by | Yoji Yamada |
Written by | Yoji Yamada |
Produced by | Hiroshi Fukazawa |
Starring | Kiyoshi Atsumi Ruriko Asaoka |
Cinematography | Mutsuo Nakanuma |
Edited by | Iwao Ishii |
Music by | Naozumi Yamamoto Jun'nosuke Yamamoto |
Distributed by | Shochiku |
Release date |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Tora-san to the Rescue (男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Kurenai no Hana) is a 1995 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Ruriko Asaoka as his love interest or "Madonna".[1] Tora-san to the Rescue is the forty-eighth, and last entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
Cast[]
- Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō[2]
- Chieko Baisho as Sakura Suwa
- Ruriko Asaoka as Lily
- Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
- Kumiko Goto as Izumi Oikawa
- Masami Shimojō as Kuruma Tatsuzō
- as Tsune Kuruma (Torajirō's aunt)
- Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
- as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
- as Genkō
- Keiroku Seki as Ponshū
- Mari Natsuki as Ayako Oikawa
- Kunie Tanaka as Ship captain
Critical appraisal[]
The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san to the Rescue three and a half out of five stars.[3]
Availability[]
Tora-san to the Rescue was released theatrically on December 23, 1995.[4] In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1996 and 1997, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.[5]
References[]
- ^ "男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花 (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Retrieved 2010-02-01. (official site)
- ^ 男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- ^ "Tora-San to the Rescue" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- ^ "男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- ^ 男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花 (1995) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
Bibliography[]
English[]
German[]
- "Tora-San to the Rescue" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
Japanese[]
- 男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花 (1995) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- "男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- 男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- 男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花 (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
External links[]
- Tora-san to the Rescue at www.tora-san.jp (official site)
Categories:
- 1995 films
- Japanese-language films
- Films directed by Yoji Yamada
- 1995 comedy films
- Japanese films
- Otoko wa Tsurai yo films
- Japanese sequel films
- Shochiku films
- Films set in Kobe
- Films with screenplays by Yôji Yamada
- 1990s Japanese film stubs