Tora-san Goes to Vienna explained

Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Director:	Yoji Yamada
Producer:	Kiyoshi Shimizu Kiyoaki Kurosu
Starring:	Kiyoshi Atsumi Keiko Takeshita
Music:	Naozumi Yamamoto
Cinematography:	Tetsuo Takaba
Editing:	Iwao Ishii
Distributor:	Shochiku
Runtime:	109 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 1989 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Keiko Takeshita as his love interest or "Madonna".^[1] Tora-san Goes to Vienna is the forty-first entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Synopsis

During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man. He travels with the man to Vienna, but winds up homesick for Japan.^{[2] [3]}

Cast

• Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō^[4]
• Chieko Baisho as Sakura
• Keiko Takeshita as Kumiko Egami
• Akira Emoto as Hyoma Sakaguchi
• Keiko Awaji as Madam
• Shimojo Masami as Kuruma Tatsuzō
• Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
• Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
• Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
• Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)

Critical reception

The Swiss site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Goes to Vienna three and a half out of five stars.^[5]

Availability

Tora-san Goes to Vienna was released theatrically on August 5, 1989.^[6] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 1998, 2005, and 2008.^[7]

Bibliography

English

• Web site: OTOKO WA TSURAI YO TORAJIRO KOKORO NO TABIJI (1989). https://web.archive.org/web/20121018020654/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/433138. dead. 2012-10-18. 2010-02-01. British Film Institute.
• Web site: OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO KOKORO NO TABIJI. 2010-02-01. Complete Index to World Film.

German

• Web site: Tora-San Goes to Vienna. 2010-02-01. www.molodezhnaja.ch. German.

Japanese

• Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=150856. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎心の旅路 (1989). 2010-02-01. allcinema.net. Japanese.
• Web site: 男はつらいよ 寅次郎心の旅路. 2010-02-01. Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120311083948/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/1381. 2012-03-11.
• Web site: http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1989/dm001850.htm. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎心の旅路. 2010-02-01. Japanese. Japanese Movie Database.
• Web site: http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18113. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎心の旅路. 2010-02-01. Japanese. Kinema Junpo. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120324083632/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18113. 2012-03-24.

External links

• Tora-san Goes to Vienna at www.tora-san.jp (official site)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 男はつらいよ 寅次郎心の旅路 (Madonna). 2010-02-01. www.tora-san.jp. Japanese. 2015-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20150721003525/http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie41/madonna.html. dead. (official site)
2. Web site: http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18113. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎心の旅路. 2010-02-01. Japanese. Kinema Junpo. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120324083632/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18113. 2012-03-24.
3. Web site: OTOKO WA TSURAI YO TORAJIRO KOKORO NO TABIJI (1989). https://web.archive.org/web/20121018020654/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/433138. dead. 2012-10-18. 2010-02-01. British Film Institute.
4. Web site: http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1989/dm001850.htm. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎心の旅路. 2010-02-01. Japanese. Japanese Movie Database.
5. Web site: Tora-San Goes to Vienna. 2010-02-01. www.molodezhnaja.ch. German.
6. Web site: 男はつらいよ 寅次郎心の旅路. 2010-02-01. Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120311083948/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/1381. 2012-03-11.
7. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=150856. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎心の旅路 (1989). 2010-02-01. allcinema.net. Japanese.