Tora sans Dream of Spring
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Director Yoji Yamada Film series Otoko wa Tsurai yo Duration Language Japanese | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Romance Music director Naozumi Yamamoto Country Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date December 28, 1979 (1979-12-28) Writer Yoji Yamada (screenplay), Yoshitaka Asama (screenplay), Tomio Kuriyama (screenplay), Leonard Schrader (screenplay), Yoji Yamada (story), Leonard Schrader (story), Yoji Yamada (characters) Cast Kiyoshi Atsumi (Kuruma Torajiro), Herb Edelman (Michael Jordan), Chieko Baishô (Sakura), Kyôko Kagawa (Keiko Takai), Kyôko Kagawa (Megumi Takai), Hiroko Hayashi (Megumi Takai)Similar movies Otoko wa Tsurai yo movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tora-san's Dream of Spring (男はつらいよ 寅次郎春の夢, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Haru no Yume) aka Torasan Dreams Springtime is a 1979 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kyōko Kagawa as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san's Dream of Spring is the twenty-fourth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
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Synopsis
Tora-san returns to his family's home in Shibamata, Tokyo, to find a large American peddler living in his room, leading to various conflicts. As Tora-san struggles through his love with the local Madonna (references?) the American admits to falling for Sakura. Ultimately the two men find they have more in common than they thought.
Cast
Critical appraisal
Kiyoshi Atsumi was nominated for Best Actor at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony for his performances in Tora-san's Dream of Spring and the previous entry in the series, Tora-san, the Matchmaker (also 1979). Chieko Baisho was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for the same two films. Stuart Galbraith IV notes that the American influence on this film, in the writing and in the acting, and the amusing conflicts between US and Japanese culture portrayed in the film makes it a particularly good entry point in the series for non-Japanese audiences. The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Dream of Spring three and a half out of five stars.
Availability
Tora-san's Dream of Spring was released theatrically on December 28, 1979. In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.
References
Tora-san's Dream of Spring WikipediaTora-sans Dream of Spring IMDb Tora-sans Dream of Spring themoviedb.org