Tora-san's Shattered Romance

1971 Japanese film
  • January 15, 1971 (1971-01-15)
Running time
90 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese

Tora-san's Shattered Romance (男はつらいよ 純情篇, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Junjō hen) aka Tora-san in Love[1] is a 1971 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Ayako Wakao as his love interest or "Madonna".[2] Tora-san's Shattered Romance is the sixth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Synopsis

A girl who has escaped from an institution falls in love with Tora-san. He decides to marry her, but his family and the girl's teacher break up the romance.[3][4]

Cast

  • Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajiro[5]
  • Chieko Baisho as Sakura
  • Ayako Wakao as Yūko Akashi
  • Shin Morikawa as Kuruma Tatsuzō
  • Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
  • Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
  • Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama
  • Hisao Dazai as Tarō Ume
  • Gajirō Satō as Genkō
  • Hisaya Morishige as Senzō
  • Nobuko Miyamoto as Kinuyo
  • Tatsuo Matsumura as Doctor Yamashita
  • Gorō Tarumi as Yūko's husband

Critical appraisal

For his work on Tora-san's Shattered Romance as well as the next two entries in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series, Tora-san, the Good Samaritan and Tora-san's Love Call (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 Shattered Romance three and a half out of five stars.[7]

Availability

Tora-san's Shattered Romance was released theatrically on January 15, 1971.[8] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1983 and 1995, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.[9]

References

  1. ^ "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -JUNJO HEN". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  2. ^ "男はつらいよ 純情篇 (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Retrieved 2010-01-18. (official site)
  3. ^ 男はつらいよ 純情篇 (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  4. ^ "OTOKO WA TSURAI YO JUNJO-HEN (1971)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  5. ^ 男はつらいよ 純情篇 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  6. ^ "Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Funto hen (1971)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  7. ^ "Tora-San's Shattered Romance" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  8. ^ "男はつらいよ 純情篇". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  9. ^ 男はつらいよ 純情篇(1971) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

Bibliography

English

  • "OTOKO WA TSURAI YO JUNJO-HEN (1971)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  • "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -JUNJO HEN". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  • Otoko wa tsurai yo: Junjô hen (1971) at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata

German

  • "Tora-San's Shattered Romance" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

Japanese

  • 男はつらいよ 純情篇(1971) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  • "男はつらいよ 純情篇". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  • 男はつらいよ 純情篇 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  • 男はつらいよ 純情篇 (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

External links

  • Tora-san's Shattered Romance Archived 2011-03-01 at the Wayback Machine at www.tora-san.jp (official site)
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