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Director
  
Yoji Yamada

Film series
  
Otoko wa Tsurai yo

Duration
  

Language
  
Japanese

5.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy

Music director
  
Naozumi Yamamoto

Country
  
Japan


Release date
  
December 20, 1986 (1986-12-20)

Writer
  
Yoshitaka Asama, Yoji Yamada

Cast
  
Kiyoshi Atsumi
(Torajiro Kuruma),
Etsuko Shihomi
(Miho),
Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi
(Kengo Kurata),
Chieko Baisho
(Sakura Suwa),
Gin Maeda
(Hiroshi)

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Tora-sans Bluebird Fantasy (, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Shiawase no Aoi Tori) aka Tora-san, Bluebird of Happiness is a 1986 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajiro Kuruma (Tora-san), and Etsuko Shihomi as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-sans Bluebird Fantasy is the thirty-seventh entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

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Synopsis

During his travels, Tora-san comes across a traditional theater he used to visit, and discovers that one of his old friends has died. Tora-san and his family help the friends daughter, who becomes romantically involved with an aspiring artist.

Cast

  • Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajiro
  • Chieko Baisho as Sakura
  • Etsuko Shihomi as Miho Shimazaki
  • Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi as Kengo Kurata
  • Shimojo Masami as Kuruma Tatsuzo
  • Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiros aunt)
  • Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
  • Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
  • Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetaro Katsura)
  • Gajiro Sato as Genko
  • Chishu Ryu as Gozen-sama
  • Jun Miho as Akemi
  • Issei Ogata

    • Critical appraisal

    Stuart Galbraith IV judges this to be one of the weaker entries in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series, but still recommended. Perhaps the most notable aspect of the film is that the co-star, Etsuko Shihomi, was the star of the Sister Street Fighter series. It was on the set of Tora-sans Bluebird Fantasy that she met Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi, whom she married the following year. The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-sans Bluebird Fantasy three and a half out of five stars.

    Availability

    Tora-sans Bluebird Fantasy was released theatrically on December 20, 1986. In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1988 and 1996, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.

    English

  • Galbraith IV, Stuart (2007-02-16). "Tora-san 37: Tora-sans Bluebird Fantasy (Region 3)". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2010-01-31. 
  • "Tora-sans Bluebird Fantasy". The Hollywood Reporter 297 (May 1987): 3, 9. 1987-05-13. 
  • "OTOKO WA TSURAI YO SHIAWASE NO AOI TORI (1986)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 2010-01-31. 
  • "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -SHIAWASE NO AOITORI". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-31. 
  • Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shiawase no aoi tori (1986) at the Internet Movie Database
  • "Tora-san bringing in new year with 37th film". Pacific Stars and Stripes. 1987-01-11. 

    • German

  • "Tora-Sans Bluebird Fantasy" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-31. 

    • Japanese

  • (in Japanese). www.allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-01-31. 
  • "?????? ??????". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Retrieved 2010-01-31. 
  • (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-31. 
  • (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 2010-01-31. 

    • References

    Tora-sans Bluebird Fantasy Wikipedia
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    Tora-sans Bluebird Fantasy IMDb


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