Tora-san Plays Daddy explained

Tora-san Plays Daddy
Director:	Yoji Yamada
Producer:	Kiyoshi Shimizu
Starring:	Kiyoshi Atsumi Kumiko Akiyoshi
Music:	Naozumi Yamamoto
Cinematography:	Tetsuo Takaba
Editing:	Iwao Ishii
Distributor:	Shochiku
Runtime:	101 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

aka Torasan's Tale^[1] is a 1987 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Akiyoshi as his love interest or "Madonna".^[2] Tora-san Plays Daddy is the 39th entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Cast

• Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō^[3]
• Chieko Baisho as Sakura
• Kumiko Akiyoshi as Takako
• Midori Satsuki as Fude
• 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)
• Jun Miho as Akemi
• Gajirō Satō as Genkō
• Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama
• Yūichirō Itō as Hideyoshi
• Tatsuo Matsumura as Kikuda

Critical appraisal

Kiyoshi Atsumi won the Best Actor title at the Nikkan Sports Film Award ceremony for his role in Tora-san Plays Daddy. Nominations for the film at the Japan Academy Prize were for Best Director and Best Screenplay (Yoji Yamada), Best Supporting Actress (Kumiko Akiyoshi), and Best Sound (Isao Suzuki and Takashi Matsumoto).^[4] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Plays Daddy three and a half out of five stars.^[5]

Availability

Tora-san Plays Daddy was released theatrically on December 26, 1987.^[6] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1989 and 1996, and in DVD format in 2002, 2005, and 2008.^[7]

Bibliography

English

• Web site: OTOKO WA TSURAI YO TORAJIRO MONOGATARI (1987). https://web.archive.org/web/20121018020639/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/535531. dead. 2012-10-18. 2010-02-01. British Film Institute.
• Web site: OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO MONOGATARI. 2010-02-01. Complete Index to World Film.

German

• Web site: Tora-San Plays Daddy. 2010-02-01. www.molodezhnaja.ch. German.

Japanese

• Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=150331. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎物語 (1987). 2010-02-01. allcinema.net. Japanese.
• Web site: 男はつらいよ 寅次郎物語. 2010-02-01. Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120311091030/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/14709. 2012-03-11.
• Web site: http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1987/dk003230.htm. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎物語. 2010-02-01. Japanese. Japanese Movie Database.
• Web site: http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/17902. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎物語. 2010-02-01. Japanese. Kinema Junpo. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120324083604/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/17902. 2012-03-24.

External links

• Tora-san Plays Daddy at www.tora-san.jp (official site)

Notes and References

1. Web site: OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO MONOGATARI. 2010-02-01. Complete Index to World Film.
2. Web site: 男はつらいよ 寅次郎物語 (Madonna). 2010-02-01. www.tora-san.jp. Japanese. 2015-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20150721003514/http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie39/madonna.html. dead. (official site)
3. Web site: http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1987/dk003230.htm. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎物語. 2010-02-01. Japanese. Japanese Movie Database.
4. Web site: Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro monogatari (1987). 2010-02-01. Internet Movie Database.
5. Web site: Tora-San Plays Daddy. 2010-02-01. www.molodezhnaja.ch. German.
6. Web site: 男はつらいよ 寅次郎物語. 2010-02-01. Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120311091030/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/14709. 2012-03-11.
7. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=150331. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎物語 (1987). 2010-02-01. allcinema.net. Japanese.