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Director
  
Yoji Yamada

Film series
  
Otoko wa Tsurai yo

Duration
  

Language
  
Japanese

7.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy

Music director
  
Naozumi Yamamoto

Country
  
Japan

Tora sans Rise and Fall movie poster

Release date
  
August 2, 1975 (1975-08-02)

Writer
  
Yoshitaka Asama, Yoji Yamada

Cast
  
Kiyoshi Atsumi
,
Chieko Baishô
,
Ruriko Asaoka

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Tora-san's Rise and Fall (男はつらいよ 寅次郎相合い傘, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Aiaigasa) aka Tora-san Finds a Sweetheart, Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again and Torasan: Love Under the Umbrella is a 1975 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 Rise and Fall is the fifteenth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

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Synopsis

Tora-san meets an old girlfriend on his travels. When she returns home with him, his family attempts to arrange a marriage between the two. After a misunderstanding occurs, the woman leaves, and the family is left regretting that they interfered.

Cast

  • Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō
  • Chieko Baisho as Sakura
  • Ruriko Asaoka as Lily
  • Masami Shimojō as Kuruma Tatsuzō
  • Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
  • Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
  • Hisao Dazai as Manager
  • Gajirō Satō as Genkō
  • Hayato Nakamura as Mitsuo Suwa
  • Yoshio Yoshida as Slave trader
  • Tsunehiko Kamijō as Pirate
  • Masakane Yonekura as Pirate

    • Critical appraisal

    At the Blue Ribbon Awards, Ruriko Asaoka was given the Best Actress prize and Chieko Baisho the Best Supporting Actress prize for their roles in Tora-san's Rise and Fall. Asaoka was also named Best Actress at the Kinema Junpo Awards and the Mainichi Film Awards. Mainichi also awarded Kiminobu Satō for Best Art Direction on this film and on Harakara. The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Rise and Fall three and a half out of five stars.

    Availability

    Tora-san's Rise and Fall was released theatrically on August 2, 1975. In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1995, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.

    References

    Tora-san's Rise and Fall Wikipedia
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    Tora-sans Rise and Fall IMDb Tora-sans Rise and Fall themoviedb.org


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