Tora sans Forget Me Not
7.2 /10 1 Votes
Director Yoji Yamada Initial DVD release 2002 Duration Language Japanese | 7/10 IMDb Genre Comedy Film series Otoko wa Tsurai yo Country Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date August 4, 1973 (1973-08-04) Writer Yoshitaka Asama, Akira Miyazaki, Yoji Yamada Cast Kiyoshi Atsumi (Torajiro), Ruriko Asaoka (Lily), Chieko Baishô (Sakura)Similar movies Otoko wa Tsurai yo movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tora-san's Forget Me Not (男はつらいよ 寅次郎忘れな草, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Wasurenagusa) aka Torasan and his Forget-Me-Not is a 1973 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Ruriko Asaoka as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san's Forget Me Not is the eleventh entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
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Synopsis
When Tora-san takes a job at a dairy farm, he becomes infatuated with Lily, a singer. Tora becomes ill, and Lily plans to visit him to tell him his feelings are requited. She is fired from her job and must leave before she can visit Tora-san.
Cast
Critical appraisal
Yuji Yamada was given the Best Director prize at the Mainichi Film Awards for his work on Tora-san's Forget Me Not. Yamada, Akira Miyazaki, and Yoshitaka Asama were also awarded for Best Screenplay at the ceremony. The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Forget Me Not three and a half out of five stars.
Availability
Tora-san's Forget Me Not was released theatrically on August 4, 1973. In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1995, and in DVD format in 2002 and 2008.
References
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