Tora-san's Easy Advice explained

Tora-san's Easy Advice
Director:	Yoji Yamada
Producer:	Yoshiki Nomura
Starring:	Kiyoshi Atsumi Rino Katase
Music:	Naozumi Yamamoto Jun'nosuke Yamamoto
Cinematography:	Tetsuo Takaba
Editing:	Iwao Ishii
Distributor:	Shochiku
Runtime:	101 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 1994 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Rino Katase as his love interest or "Madonna".^[1] Tora-san's Easy Advice is the forty-seventh 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 Suwa
• Riho Makise as Nao Kawai
• Rino Katase as Noriko
• Shimojo Masami as Kuruma Tatsuzō
• Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajirō's aunt)
• Masato Yamada as Shinobu Kawai
• Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
• Gajirō Satō as Genkō

Critical appraisal

The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Easy Advice three out of five stars.^[3]

Availability

Tora-san's Easy Advice was released theatrically on December 23, 1994.^[4] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 2002 and 2008.^[5]

Bibliography

German

• Web site: Tora-San's Easy Advice. 2010-02-01. www.molodezhnaja.ch. German.

Japanese

• Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=152405. ja:男はつらいよ 拝啓 車寅次郎様 (1994). 2010-02-01. allcinema.net. Japanese.
• Web site: 男はつらいよ 拝啓 車寅次郎様. 2010-02-01. Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326033812/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/2140. 2012-03-26.
• Web site: http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1994/dr002770.htm. ja:男はつらいよ 拝啓 車寅次郎様. 2010-02-01. Japanese. Japanese Movie Database.
• Web site: http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/28221. ja:男はつらいよ 拝啓 車寅次郎様. 2010-02-01. Japanese. Kinema Junpo. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120324083731/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/28221. 2012-03-24.

External links

• Tora-san's Easy Advice at www.tora-san.jp (official site)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 男はつらいよ 拝啓 車寅次郎様 (Madonna). 2010-02-01. www.tora-san.jp. Japanese. 2015-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20150721003910/http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie47/madonna.html. dead. (official site)
2. Web site: http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1994/dr002770.htm. ja:男はつらいよ 拝啓 車寅次郎様. 2010-02-01. Japanese. Japanese Movie Database.
3. Web site: Tora-San's Easy Advice. 2010-02-01. www.molodezhnaja.ch. German.
4. Web site: 男はつらいよ 拝啓 車寅次郎様. 2010-02-01. Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326033812/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/2140. 2012-03-26.
5. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=152405. ja:男はつらいよ 拝啓 車寅次郎様 (1994). 2010-02-01. allcinema.net. Japanese.