Tora sans Grand Scheme
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100% Rotten Tomatoes Genre Comedy Music director Naozumi Yamamoto Country Japan | 7/10 IMDb Director Shunichi Kobayashi Film series Otoko wa Tsurai yo Duration Language Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date February 27, 1970 (1970-02-27) Cast (Torajiro Kuruma), (Hiroshi), Gajirô Satô (Genkichi), (Haruko), Chishû Ryû (Priest), Chieko Misaki (Tsune)Similar movies Otoko wa Tsurai yo movies, Comedies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tora-san's Grand Scheme (新・男はつらいよ, Shin Otoko wa Tsurai yo) is a 1970 Japanese comedy film directed by Shun'ichi Kobayashi. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Kuruma Torajirō (Tora-san), and Komaki Kurihara as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san's Grand Scheme is the fourth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
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Synopsis
Hoping to repay his family for the trouble he has caused them in the past, Torasan gambles and wins at the horse races. He plans to give his uncle and aunt a vacation in Hawaii, but the travel agent turns out to be a con-artist, and makes off with his money. Torasan falls in love with Haruko, a young kindergarten teacher who is renting a room in his uncle's home.
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Critical appraisal
The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Grand Scheme three out of five stars.
Availability
Tora-san's Grand Scheme was released theatrically on February 27, 1970. In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1989 and 1995, and in DVD format in 2000, 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.
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