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Director
  
Yoji Yamada

Film series
  
Otoko wa Tsurai yo

Duration
  

Language
  
Japanese

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy

Music director
  
Naozumi Yamamoto

Country
  
Japan

Tora san, the Good Samaritan movie poster

Release date
  
April 28, 1971 (1971-04-28)

Writer
  
Yoshitaka Asama, Yoji Yamada

Cast
  
Kiyoshi Atsumi
(Torajirō Kuruma),
Chieko Baishô
(Sakura),
Rumi Sakakibara
(Hanako),
Shin Morikawa
(Tatsuzō),
Gin Maeda
(Hiroshi),
Chôchô Miyako
(Okiku)

Otoko wa Tsurai yo movies
  
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Tora-san, the Good Samaritan (男はつらいよ 奮闘篇, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Funtō hen) is a 1971 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Rumi Sakakibara as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san, the Good Samaritan is the seventh entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

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Cast

  • Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō
  • Chieko Baisho as Sakura
  • Rumi Sakakibara as Hanako Ōta
  • Sachiko Mitsumoto as Fuyuko
  • Chōchō Miyako as Kiku
  • Kunie Tanaka as Prof. Fukui
  • Hiroshi Ōtsuka as Policeman
  • Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
  • Chieko Misaki as Torajiro's aunt
  • Hisao Dazai as Tarō Ume
  • Critical appraisal

    For his work on Tora-san, the Good Samaritan, the previous entry in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series, Tora-san's Shattered Romance, and the following entry, Tora-san's Love Call (all 1971), Yoji Yamada tied for Best Director at the Mainichi Film Awards with Masahiro Shinoda. The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san, the Good Samaritan three and a half out of five stars.

    Availability

    Tora-san, the Good Samaritan was released theatrically on April 28, 1971. In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1983 and 1995, and in DVD format in 1998 and 2008.

    References

    Tora-san, the Good Samaritan Wikipedia
    Tora-san, the Good Samaritan IMDb Tora-san, the Good Samaritan themoviedb.org