Tora san, My Uncle
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Film series Otoko wa Tsurai yo Duration Language Japanese | 7.8/10 IMDb Genre Comedy Music director Naozumi Yamamoto Country Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date December 27, 1989 (1989-12-27) Cast (Tora-san), Chieko Baishô (Sakura), (Hisako), (Mitsuo), Chishû Ryû (Gozen-sama), (Hiroshi)Similar movies Otoko wa Tsurai yo movies, Comedies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tora-san, My Uncle (男はつらいよ ぼくの伯父さん, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Boku no Ojisan) is a 1989 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Goto as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san, My Uncle is the forty-second entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
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Cast
Critical appraisal
Hidetaka Yoshioka was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Japan Academy Prize for his role in Tora-san, My Uncle. He won this title at the Nikkan Sports Film Award ceremony. Kumiko Goto was nominated for Best Actress at the Japan Academy Prize. Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote that "This Tora-san, like all the others, in its depiction of warm family life and natural beauty, exudes a strong nostalgic pull for a Japan that was more spacious, beautiful and personal than it is today." The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san, My Uncle three and a half out of five stars.
Availability
Tora-san, My Uncle was released theatrically on December 27, 1989. In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 1998, 2005, and 2008.
References
Tora-san, My Uncle WikipediaTora-san, My Uncle IMDb Tora-san, My Uncle themoviedb.org