Tora-san Confesses

1991 Japanese film
  • December 23, 1991 (1991-12-23)
Running time
104 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese

Tora-san Confesses (男はつらいよ 寅次郎の告白, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō no Kokuhaku) is a 1991 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Hideko Yoshida as his love interest or "Madonna".[1] Tora-san Confesses is the forty-fourth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Cast

  • Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō[2]
  • Chieko Baisho as Sakura
  • Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo (Sakura's son)
  • Kumiko Goto as Izumi Oikawa (Mitsuo's girlfriend)
  • Hideko Yoshida as Seikō
  • Shimojo Masami as Kuruma Tatsuzō
  • Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajirō's aunt)
  • Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
  • Gajirō Satō as Genkō
  • Keiroku Seki as Ponshū

Critical appraisal

Series Director Yoji Yamada and Yoshitaka Asama were nominated for Best Screenplay at the Japan Academy Prize for their work on Tora-san Confesses. Other nominations for the film at the ceremony were Mitsuo Degawa for Best Art Direction and Isao Suzuki and Takashi Matsumoto for Best Sound.[3] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote that this entry "is a charmer, full of the sentiment, humor and compassion that made the Tora-san movies always the most popular attraction" at Japanese language cinemas in Los Angeles.[4] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Confesses three out of five stars.[5]

Availability

Tora-san Confesses was released theatrically on December 23, 1991.[6] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1992 and 1996, and in DVD format in 2000 and 2005.[7]

References

  1. ^ "男はつらいよ 寅次郎の告白 (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Archived from the original on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2010-02-01. (official site)
  2. ^ 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の告白 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  3. ^ "Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no kokuhaku (1991)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  4. ^ Thomas, Kevin (March 6, 1992). "Movie Reviews : 'Tora-san' No. 44 Offers Reprieve for Theater". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  5. ^ "Tora-San Confesses" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  6. ^ "男はつらいよ 寅次郎の告白". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  7. ^ 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の告白 (1991) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

Bibliography

English

  • "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO NO KOKUHAKU". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  • Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no kokuhaku (1991) at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata

German

  • "Tora-San Confesses" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

Japanese

  • 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の告白 (1991) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  • "男はつらいよ 寅次郎の告白". 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 寅次郎の告白 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  • 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の告白 (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

External links

  • Tora-san Confesses Archived 2015-07-23 at the Wayback Machine at www.tora-san.jp (official site)
  • Tora-san Confesses at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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