Tora-san Makes Excuses explained

Tora-san Makes Excuses
Director:	Yoji Yamada
Producer:	Kiyoshi Shimizu Hiro Fukazawa
Starring:	Kiyoshi Atsumi Kumiko Goto
Music:	Naozumi Yamamoto
Cinematography:	Tetsuo Takaba Mitsumi Hanada
Editing:	Iwao Ishii
Distributor:	Shochiku
Runtime:	101 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese
Gross:	$26 million^[1]

is a 1992 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Goto as his nephew Mitsuo's Hidetaka Yoshioka love interest or "Madonna", Izumi.^[2] It also co-stars Masatoshi Nagase, who plays Mitsuo's rival for Izumi's affection and Mari Natsuki as Izumi's mother. Tora-San Makes Excuses is the forty-fifth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Cast

• Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō^[3]
• Chieko Baisho as Sakura
• Jun Fubuki as Choko
• Masatoshi Nagase as Ryusuke
• Masami Shimojō as Kuruma Tatsuzō (Torajirō's uncle)
• Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajirō's aunt)
• Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
• Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
• Kumiko Goto as Izumi Oikawa
• Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
• Mari Natsuki as Ayako Oikawa
• Gajirō Satō as Genkō
• Keiroku Seki as Ponshu
• Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama

Critical appraisal

The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Makes Excuses three and a half out of five stars.^[4]

Availability

Tora-san Makes Excuses was released theatrically on December 26, 1992.^[5] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1993 and 1996, and in DVD format in 2002 and 2008.^[6]

Bibliography

English

• Web site: OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO NO SEISHUN. 2010-02-01. Complete Index to World Film.

Japanese

• Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=151854. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春 (1992). 2010-02-01. www.allcinema.net. Japanese.
• Web site: 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春. 2010-02-01. Agency for Cultural Affairs. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326031813/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/1810. 2012-03-26.
• Web site: http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1992/dp002640.htm. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春. 2010-02-01. Japanese. Japanese Movie Database.
• Web site: http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/27555 . ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春 . 2010-02-01 . Japanese . Kinema Junpo . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324083716/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/27555 . 2012-03-24 .

External links

• Tora-san Makes Excuses at www.tora-san.jp (official site)

Notes and References

1. Variety. Warner Bros. tops hot box office 100. Klady. Leonard. January 3, 1994. 42.
2. Web site: 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春 (Madonna). 2010-02-01. www.tora-san.jp. Japanese. 2015-07-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20150717072430/http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie45/madonna.html. dead. (official site)
3. Web site: http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1992/dp002640.htm. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春. 2010-02-01. Japanese. Japanese Movie Database.
4. Web site: Tora-San Makes Excuses. 2010-02-01. www.molodezhnaja.ch. German.
5. Web site: 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春. 2010-02-01. Agency for Cultural Affairs. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326031813/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/1810. 2012-03-26.
6. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=151854. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春 (1992). 2010-02-01. www.allcinema.net. Japanese.