Tora-san to the Rescue explained

Tora-san to the Rescue
Director:	Yoji Yamada
Producer:	Hiroshi Fukazawa
Starring:	Kiyoshi Atsumi Ruriko Asaoka
Music:	Naozumi Yamamoto Jun'nosuke Yamamoto
Cinematography:	Mutsuo Nakanuma
Editing:	Iwao Ishii
Distributor:	Shochiku
Runtime:	107 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 1995 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Ruriko Asaoka as his love interest or "Madonna".^[1] Tora-san to the Rescue is the forty-eighth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Cast

• Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō^[2]
• Chieko Baisho as Sakura Suwa
• Ruriko Asaoka as Lily
• Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
• Kumiko Goto as Izumi Oikawa
• Masami Shimojō as Kuruma Tatsuzō
• Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajirō's aunt)
• Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
• Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
• Gajirō Satō as Genkō
• Hiroshi Inuzuka as Taxi driver
• Keiroku Seki as Ponshū
• Mari Natsuki as Ayako Oikawa
• Kunie Tanaka as Ship captain

Critical appraisal

The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san to the Rescue three and a half out of five stars.^[3]

Availability

Tora-san to the Rescue was released theatrically on December 23, 1995.^[4] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996 and 1997, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.^[5]

Bibliography

German

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

Japanese

• Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=152740. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花 (1995). 2010-02-01. allcinema.net. Japanese.
• Web site: 男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花. 2010-02-01. Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326034019/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/2241. 2012-03-26.
• Web site: http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1995/ds003300.htm. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花. 2010-02-01. Japanese. Japanese Movie Database.
• Web site: http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie48/. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花. 2010-02-01. Japanese. Kinema Junpo. 2015-07-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20150707163635/http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie48/. dead.

External links

• Tora-san to the Rescue at www.tora-san.jp (official site)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花 (Madonna). 2010-02-01. www.tora-san.jp. Japanese. 2015-07-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20150720224212/http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie48/madonna.html. dead. (official site)
2. Web site: http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1995/ds003300.htm. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花. 2010-02-01. Japanese. Japanese Movie Database.
3. Web site: Tora-San to the Rescue. 2010-02-01. www.molodezhnaja.ch. German.
4. Web site: 男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花. 2010-02-01. Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326034019/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/2241. 2012-03-26.
5. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=152740. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花 (1995). 2010-02-01. allcinema.net. Japanese.