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Director
  
Yoji Yamada

Film series
  
Otoko wa Tsurai yo

Duration
  

Language
  
Japanese

7.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy

Music director
  
Naozumi Yamamoto

Country
  
Japan

Tora san Meets His Lordship movie poster

Release date
  
August 6, 1977 (1977-08-06)

Writer
  
Yoji Yamada, Yoshitaka Asama

Cast
  
Kiyoshi Atsumi
(Tora-san),
Chieko Baishô
(Sakura),
Gin Maeda
(Hiroshi),
Kanjûrô Arashi
(Tonosama),
Kyôko Maya
(Mariko),
Chieko Misaki
(Tsune)

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Tora-san Meets His Lordship (男はつらいよ 寅次郎と殿様, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō to Tonosama) a.k.a. Tora-san and a Lord is a 1977 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kyōko Maya as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san Meets His Lordship is the nineteenth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

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Synopsis

Tora-san returns to his family home in Shibamata, Tokyo, but soon leaves again due to squabbles involving a dog they have named Tora-san. During his travels in Shikoku, Tora-san makes the acquaintance of a descendant of a local daimyō. The old man asks Tora-san to find his son's widow in Tokyo, whom he had previously alienated.

Cast

  • Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō
  • Chieko Baisho as Sakura
  • Kyōko Maya as Mariko Tsutsumi
  • Masami Shimojō as Kuruma Tatsuzō
  • Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
  • Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
  • Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
  • Gajirō Satō as Genkō
  • Hayato Nakamura as Mitsuo Suwa
  • Yoshio Yoshida as Leader
  • Akira Terao as Officer

    • Critical appraisal

    Tora-san Meets His Lordship was the ninth top money-maker at the Japanese box-office in 1977. Kiyoshi Atsumi and Chieko Baisho were nominated for Best Actor and Best Actress respectively at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony for their roles in Tora-san Meets His Lordship and other films in which they had appeared in 1977. Stuart Galbraith IV writes that the film, though not as popular as its predecessor Tora's Pure Love, is a strong entry in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series, funny and with an exceptionally good supporting cast. The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Meets His Lordship three and a half out of five stars.

    Availability

    Tora-san Meets His Lordship was released theatrically on August 6, 1977. In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.

    References

    Tora-san Meets His Lordship Wikipedia
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