Tora-san's Love Call
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| Directed by | Yoji Yamada |
| Written by | Yoji Yamada Yoshitaka Asama |
| Starring | Kiyoshi Atsumi Junko Ikeuchi |
| Music by | Naozumi Yamamoto |
| Cinematography | Tetsuo Takaba |
| Edited by | Iwao Ishii |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
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114 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Tora-san's Love Call (男はつらいよ 寅次郎恋歌 Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajiro Koiuta?) aka Tora-san's Love Song[1] is a 1971 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Junko Ikeuchi as his love interest or "Madonna".[2] Tora-san's Love Call is the eighth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
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Synopsis
Hoping to find rest from his wandering life, Tora-san returns home. He becomes infatuated with a widow and leaves to travel again, keeping his feelings secret.[3][4]
Cast
- Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō[5]
- Chieko Baisho as Sakura
- Shin Morikawa as Tatsuzō (Torajiro's uncle)
- Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama
- Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
- Yasukiyo Umeno as Atsushi Suwa
- Takanobu Hozumi as Osamu Suwa
- Yoshio Yoshida as 坂東鶴八（Chairman）
- Chieko Misaki as Torajiro's aunt
- Hisao Dazai as Tarō Ume
- Gajirō Satō as Genkō
Critical appraisal
For his work on Tora-san's Love Call, and the previous two entries in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series, Tora-san, the Good Samaritan, and Tora-san's Shattered Romance (all 1971), Yoji Yamada tied for Best Director at the Mainichi Film Awards with Masahiro Shinoda.[6] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Love Call three and a half out of five stars.[7]
Availability
Tora-san's Love Call was released theatrically on November 20, 1971.[8] In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1983 and 1995, and in DVD format in 1995 and 2008.[9]
References
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Bibliography
English
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German
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Japanese
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External links
- Tora-san's Love Call at www.tora-san.jp (Official site)
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