Tora san, the Expert
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Film series Otoko wa Tsurai yo Duration Language Japanese | 6.8/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Romance Music director Naozumi Yamamoto Country Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date December 28, 1982 (1982-12-28) Cast (Torajiro Kuruma), Yuko Tanaka (Keiko), (Sakura Suwa), (Mitsuo), (Hiroshi)Similar movies Otoko wa Tsurai yo movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tora-san, the Expert (男はつらいよ 花も嵐も寅次郎, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Hana mo Arashi mo Torajirō) is a 1982 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Yuko Tanaka as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san, the Expert is the thirtieth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. This became the first Tora-san film to be released on DVD with English subtitles in 16:9 ratio when the Hong Kong label Panorama did so in 2006.
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Synopsis
Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu he meets a young woman named Keiko and the shy zoologist Saburō, and attempts to play matchmaker between the two when they all return to Tokyo.
Cast
Critical appraisal
Kiyoshi Atsumi, the star of the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series won the Best Actor prize at the Blue Ribbon Awards for his role in Tora-san, the Expert. Co-star Yuko Tanaka was nominated for Best Actress at the Japan Academy Prize. The casting of Kenji Sawada, then one of Japan's most flamboyant rock stars, as the painfully shy Saburo, also drew attention.
Stuart Galbraith IV judges this film to be one of the best in the series, helped by Tanaka's outstanding performance. The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san, the Expert three and a half out of five stars.
Availability
Tora-san, the Expert was released theatrically on December 28, 1982. In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1986 and 1996, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.
References
Tora-san, the Expert WikipediaTora-san, the Expert IMDb