Tora san Loves an Artist
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Film series Otoko wa Tsurai yo Duration Language Japanese | 6.6/10 IMDb Genre Comedy Music director Naozumi Yamamoto Country Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date December 16, 1973 (1973-12-16) Cast Similar movies Otoko wa Tsurai yo movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tora-san Loves an Artist (男はつらいよ 私の寅さん, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Watashi no Tora-san) aka Tora-san Goes French is a 1973 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Keiko Kishi as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san Loves an Artist is the twelfth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
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Synopsis
Tora-san watches the family shop while the rest of his family takes a vacation to Kyushu. An old friend introduces Tora-san to his sister Ritsuko, and he promptly falls in love with her. She is an artist and has no time for Tora-san.
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Critical appraisal
Stuart Galbraith IV calls Tora-san Loves an Artist a "solid" entry in the series, which is "alternately sweet and touching, funny and biting." The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Loves an Artist three and a half out of five stars.
Availability
Tora-san Loves an Artist was released theatrically on December 16, 1973. In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1995, and in DVD format in 2008.
References
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