Tora sans Salad Day Memorial
7.8 /10 1 Votes
Director Yoji Yamada Film series Otoko wa Tsurai yo Duration Language Japanese | 7.6/10 IMDb Genre Comedy Music director Naozumi Yamamoto Country Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date December 24, 1988 (1988-12-24) Writer Yoshitaka Asama, Yoji Yamada Cast Kiyoshi Atsumi (Torajiro Kuruma), Yoshiko Mita (Machiko), Chieko Baisho (Sakura Suwa), Hiroko Mita (Yuki), Hidetaka Yoshioka (Mitsuo)Similar movies Otoko wa Tsurai yo movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial (男はつらいよ 寅次郎サラダ記念日, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Sarada Kinenbi) is a 1988 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Yoshiko Mita as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial is the fortieth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. The title comes from Machi Tawara poetry collection Salad Anniversary, on which this movie was based.
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Synopsis
In his travels through Japan, Tora-san meets and falls in love with a female doctor, however he is afraid of committing to a relationship.
Cast
Critical appraisal
Yoshiko Mita was nominated for Best Actress at the Japan Academy Prize for her role in Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial. Kevin Thomas at the Los Angeles Times wrote in his positive review that The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial four out of five stars, labeling it one of the highlights of the series.
Availability
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial was released theatrically on December 24, 1988. In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1989 and 1996, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.
References
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial WikipediaTora-sans Salad-Day Memorial IMDb