Talk of the Town Tora-san explained
Talk of the Town Tora-san |
Director: | Yoji Yamada |
Starring: | Kiyoshi Atsumi Reiko Ōhara |
Music: | Naozumi Yamamoto |
Cinematography: | Tetsuo Takaba |
Editing: | Iwao Ishii |
Distributor: | Shochiku |
Runtime: | 104 minutes |
Country: | Japan |
Language: | Japanese |
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.
Synopsis
Mistakenly believing that his brother-in-law's boss is planning to commit suicide, Tora-san attempts to prevent him.[3] [4]
Cast
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 was released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 1998, 2002 and 2008.[9]
References
- Notes
- Bibliography
English
- German
- Japanese
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -UWASA NO TORAJIRO. 2010-01-20. Complete Index to World Film.
- Web site: 男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎 (Madonna). 2010-01-20. www.tora-san.jp. Japanese. (official site)
- Web site: http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18910. ja:男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎. 2010-01-20. Japanese. Kinema Junpo. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120309142242/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18910. 2012-03-09.
- Web site: OTOKO WA TSURAI YO UWASA NO TORAJIRO (1978). https://web.archive.org/web/20121017232013/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305847. dead. 2012-10-17. 2010-01-20. British Film Institute.
- Web site: http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1978/db003610.htm. ja:男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎. 2010-01-20. Japanese. Japanese Movie Database.
- Web site: Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Uwasa no torajiro (1978). 2010-01-20. Internet Movie Database.
- Web site: Tora-San's Talk of the Town. 2010-01-20. www.molodezhnaja.ch. German.
- Web site: 男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎. 2010-01-20. Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140202102748/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/13055. 2014-02-02.
- Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=146535. ja:男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎 (1978). 2010-01-20. allcinema.net. Japanese.