Tora-san's Cherished Mother
| Tora-san's Cherished Mother | |
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| Directed by | Yoji Yamada |
| Written by | Yoji Yamada Shun'ichi Kobayashi Akira Miyazaki |
| Starring | Kiyoshi Atsumi Orie Satō |
| Cinematography | Tetsuo Takaba |
| Edited by | Iwao Ishii |
| Music by | Naozumi Yamamoto |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
Release date |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Tora-san's Cherished Mother (続・男はつらいよ, Zoku Otoko wa Tsurai yo), aka Tora-san's Homeward Journey, Am I Trying? Part II, and Torasan Pt. 2,[1] is a 1969 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Kuruma Torajirō (Tora-san), and Orie Satō as his love interest or "Madonna".[2] Tora-san's Cherished Mother is the second entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
Synopsis
[edit]Tora-san hears that his mother is still alive and returns to Tokyo to track her down. He discovers that she is a geisha who had had only a brief affair with his father. While visiting the family, he falls in love with Natsuko, the daughter of an old teacher.[3][4][5]
Cast
[edit]- Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajiro[6]
- Chieko Baisho as Sakura
- Chōchō Miyako as Okiku
- Orie Satō as Natsuko Tsubouchi
- Tsutomu Yamazaki as Kaoru Fujimura
- Chieko Misaki as Torajiro's aunt
- Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
- Masaaki Tsusaka as Noboru Kawamata
- Akiko Kazami as Osumi
- Hisao Dazai as Umetarō Katsura (Print Shop)
Critical appraisal
[edit]Kiyoshi Atsumi was given the Best Actor award at the Mainichi Film Awards for his performance in this film and the previous entry in the series, It's Tough Being a Man (also 1969). Yoji Yamada was also awarded Best Director at the ceremony for the same two films.[citation needed]
The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Cherished Mother three and a half out of five stars.[7]
Releases
[edit]Tora-san's Cherished Mother was released theatrically on November 15, 1969.[8]
Home media
[edit]In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1983 and 1995, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.[9] 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.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "ZOKU OTOKOWA TSURAIYO". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- ^ "続・男はつらいよ (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Retrieved 2010-01-18. (official site)
- ^ 続・男はつらいよ (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- ^ a b Rich, Jamie S. (2009-12-21). "Tora-San: Collector's Set 1". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- ^ "ZOKU OTOKO WA TSURAI YO (1969)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- ^ 続・男はつらいよ (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- ^ "Tora-San's Cherished Mother" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- ^ "続・男はつらいよ". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- ^ 続・男はつらいよ(1969) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
Bibliography
[edit]English
[edit]- Rich, Jamie S. (2009-12-21). "Tora-San: Collector's Set 1". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- "ZOKU OTOKO WA TSURAI YO (1969)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- "ZOKU OTOKOWA TSURAIYO". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- Zoku otoko wa tsurai yo (1969) at IMDb
German
[edit]- "Tora-San's Cherished Mother" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
Japanese
[edit]- 続・男はつらいよ(1969) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- "続・男はつらいよ". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- 続・男はつらいよ (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- 続・男はつらいよ (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
External links
[edit]- Tora-san's Cherished Mother Archived 2011-03-01 at the Wayback Machine at www.tora-san.jp (official site)