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Director
  
Yoji Yamada

Cinematography
  
Tetsuo Takaha

Duration
  

Language
  
Japanese

7.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Film series
  
Otoko wa Tsurai yo

Country
  
Japan

Tora sans Cherished Mother movie poster

Release date
  
November 15, 1969 (1969-11-15)

Writer
  
Yoji Yamada, Shunichi Kobayashi, Akira Miyazaki, Yoji Yamada (characters)

Cast
  
Kiyoshi Atsumi
(Torajiro Kuruma),
Chôchô Miyako
(Okiku),
Orie Satô
(Natsuko),
Chieko Baishô
(Sakura)

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Otoko wa Tsurai yo movies, Comedies

Tora-san's Cherished Mother (続・男はつらいよ, Zoku Otoko wa Tsurai yo) aka Tora-san's Homeward Journey, Am I Trying? Part II, and Torasan Pt. 2 is a 1969 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Kuruma Torajirō (Tora-san), and Orie Satō as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san's Cherished Mother is the second entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

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Synopsis

Tora-san hears that his mother is still alive and returns to Tokyo to track her down. He discovers that she is a geisha who had had only a brief affair with his father. While visiting the family, he falls in love with Natsuko, the daughter of an old teacher.

Cast

  • Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajiro
  • Chieko Baisho as Sakura
  • Chōchō Miyako as Okiku
  • Orie Satō as Natsuko Tsubouchi
  • Tsutomu Yamazaki as Kaoru Fujimura
  • Chieko Misaki as Torajiro's aunt
  • Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
  • Taisaku Akino as Noboru Kawamata
  • Akiko Kazami as Osumi
  • Hisao Dazai as Umetarō Katsura (Print Shop)

    • Critical appraisal

    Kiyoshi Atsumi was given the Best Actor award at the Mainichi Film Awards for his performance in this film and the previous entry in the series, It's Tough Being a Man (also 1969). Yoji Yamada was also awarded Best Director at the ceremony for the same two films.

    The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Cherished Mother three and a half out of five stars.

    Releases

    Tora-san's Cherished Mother was released theatrically on November 15, 1969.

    Home media

    In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1983 and 1995, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008. AnimEigo released the film on DVD in the US along with the other first four films in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series on November 24, 2009.

    References

    Tora-san's Cherished Mother Wikipedia
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    Tora-sans Cherished Mother IMDb Tora-sans Cherished Mother themoviedb.org