Tora-san to the Rescue

Tora-san to the Rescue
Tora-san to the Rescue
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Yoji Yamada
Written by	Yoji Yamada
Produced by	Hiroshi Fukazawa
Starring	Kiyoshi Atsumi; Ruriko Asaoka
Cinematography	Mutsuo Nakanuma
Edited by	Iwao Ishii
Music by	Naozumi Yamamoto; Jun'nosuke Yamamoto
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	December 23, 1995;
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Tora-san to the Rescue (男はつらいよ　寅次郎紅の花, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Kurenai no Hana) 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]

References

^ "男はつらいよ寅次郎紅の花 (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Archived from the original on 2015-07-20. Retrieved 2010-02-01. (official site)
^ 男はつらいよ寅次郎紅の花 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
^ "Tora-San to the Rescue" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
^ "男はつらいよ寅次郎紅の花". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
^ 男はつらいよ寅次郎紅の花 (1995) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

Bibliography

English

Tora-san to the Rescue at IMDb

German

"Tora-San to the Rescue" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

Japanese

男はつらいよ寅次郎紅の花 (1995) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
"男はつらいよ寅次郎紅の花". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
男はつらいよ寅次郎紅の花 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
男はつらいよ寅次郎紅の花 (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

External links

Tora-san to the Rescue Archived 2015-07-07 at the Wayback Machine at www.tora-san.jp (official site)

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[1] "男はつらいよ寅次郎紅の花 (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Archived from the original on 2015-07-20. Retrieved 2010-02-01. (official site)

[2] 男はつらいよ寅次郎紅の花 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

[molodezhnaja-3] "Tora-San to the Rescue" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

[4] "男はつらいよ寅次郎紅の花". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

[5] 男はつらいよ寅次郎紅の花 (1995) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

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