Tora-san, His Tender Love explained

Tora-san, His Tender Love
Director:	Azuma Morisaki
Starring:	Kiyoshi Atsumi Michiyo Aratama
Music:	Naozumi Yamamoto
Cinematography:	Tetsuo Takaba
Editing:	Yoshi Sugihara
Distributor:	Shochiku
Runtime:	90 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 1970 Japanese comedy film directed by Azuma Morisaki. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Kuruma Torajirō (Tora-san), and Michiyo Aratama as his love interest or "Madonna".^[1] Tora-san, His Tender Love is the third entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series, and the first of only two in the series not directed by Yoji Yamada.

Synopsis

Tora-san discovers that his family is arranging a marriage for him. He leaves to the countryside where he falls in love with the manager of an inn. Unaware that she is involved with another man, Tora-san confesses his love on a New Year's television program.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Cast

• Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajiro^[5]
• Michiyo Aratama as Oshizu
• Shin Morikawa as Ryūzō Azuma
• Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
• Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
• Chieko Baisho as Sakura Suwa

Critical appraisal

The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san, His Tender Love three and a half out of five stars.^[6]

Availability

Tora-san, His Tender Love was released theatrically on January 15, 1970.^[7] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1989 and 1995, and in DVD format in 2000, 2005 and 2008.^[8] AnimEigo released the film on DVD in the US along with the other first four films in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series on November 24, 2009.^[2]

Bibliography

English

• Web site: OTOKO WA TSURAI YU FUTEN NO TORA (1969). https://web.archive.org/web/20121017211812/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305821. dead. 2012-10-17. 2010-01-18. British Film Institute.
• Web site: OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -FUTEN NO TORA. 2010-01-18. Complete Index to World Film.
  • Web site: Jamie S. . Rich . Tora-San: Collector's Set 1 . 2009-12-21. 2010-01-18. DVD Talk.

German

• Web site: Tora-San, His Tender Love. 2010-01-18. www.molodezhnaja.ch. German.

Japanese

• Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=143130. ja:男はつらいよ フーテンの寅(1970). 2010-01-18. allcinema.net. Japanese.
• Web site: 男はつらいよ フーテンの寅. 2010-01-18. Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111008093025/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/11254. 2011-10-08.
• Web site: http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1970/ct000110.htm. ja:男はつらいよ フーテンの寅. 2010-01-18. Japanese. Japanese Movie Database.
• Web site: http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19192. ja:男はつらいよ フーテンの寅. 2010-01-18. Japanese. Kinema Junpo. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120309141349/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19192. 2012-03-09.

External links

• Tora-san, His Tender Love at www.tora-san.jp (official site)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 男はつらいよ フーテンの寅 (Madonna). 2010-01-18. www.tora-san.jp. Japanese. (official site)
2. Web site: Jamie S. . Rich . Tora-San: Collector's Set 1 . 2009-12-21. 2010-01-18. DVD Talk.
3. Web site: http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19192. ja:男はつらいよ フーテンの寅. 2010-01-18. Japanese. Kinema Junpo. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120309141349/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19192. 2012-03-09.
4. Web site: OTOKO WA TSURAI YU FUTEN NO TORA (1969). https://web.archive.org/web/20121017211812/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305821. dead. 2012-10-17. 2010-01-18. British Film Institute.
5. Web site: http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1970/ct000110.htm. ja:男はつらいよ フーテンの寅. 2010-01-18. Japanese. Japanese Movie Database.
6. Web site: Tora-San, His Tender Love. 2010-01-18. www.molodezhnaja.ch. German.
7. Web site: 男はつらいよ フーテンの寅. 2010-01-18. Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111008093025/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/11254. 2011-10-08.
8. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=143130. ja:男はつらいよ フーテンの寅(1970). 2010-01-18. allcinema.net. Japanese.