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Director
  
Yoji Yamada

Film series
  
Otoko wa Tsurai yo

Duration
  

Language
  
Japanese

7.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy

Music director
  
Naozumi Yamamoto

Country
  
Japan

Hearts and Flowers for Tora san movie poster
Release date
  
August 7, 1982 (1982-08-07)

Writer
  
Yoshitaka Asama, Yoji Yamada

Cast
  
Kiyoshi Atsumi
(Torajiro Kuruma),
Ayumi Ishida
,
Chieko Baisho
(Sakura Suwa),
Kataoka Nizaemon XIII
,
Hidetaka Yoshioka
(Mitsuo)

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Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san (男はつらいよ 寅次郎あじさいの恋, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Ajisai no Koi) is a 1982 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Ayumi Ishida as his love interest or "Madonna". Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san is the twenty-ninth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

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Synopsis

During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully comprehends his importance, the old man is a Living National Treasure ceramist. At his home, Tora-san makes a good impression on the old man's maid, who apparently falls in love with Tora-san.

Cast

  • Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō
  • Chieko Baisho as Sakura
  • Ayumi Ishida as Kagari
  • Nizaemon Kataoka as Kanō
  • 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)
  • Gajirō Satō as Genkō
  • Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama
  • Akira Emoto as Kondō

    • Critical appraisal

    Ayumi Ishida was nominated for Best Actress, and Akira Emoto for Best Supporting Actor at the Japan Academy Prize for their roles in Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san. Long-time composer for the series, Naozumi Yamamoto, was nominated for Best Music Score. Enomoto won the award for Best Supporting Actor at the Blue Ribbon Awards. Stuart Galbraith IV writes that the film "is no better than average for this series, but then again this series' average is awfully high." He notes that this is the first episode in the series in which Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo plays a significant role in the plot. The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san three and a half out of five stars.

    Availability

    Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san was released theatrically on August 7, 1982. In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1986 and 1996, and in DVD format in 2002 and 2008.

    References

    Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san Wikipedia
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    Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san IMDb