Toras Tropical Fever
8.1 /10 2 Votes
Director Yoji Yamada Film series Otoko wa Tsurai yo Duration Language Japanese | 7/10 Genre Comedy Music director Naozumi Yamamoto Country Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date August 2, 1980 (1980-08-02) Writer Yoshitaka Asama, Yoji Yamada Cast Ruriko Asaoka (Lily), Kiyoshi Atsumi (Tora-san), Gin Maeda (Hiroshi)Similar movies Otoko wa Tsurai yo movies |
Tora's Tropical Fever (男はつらいよ 寅次郎ハイビスカスの花, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Haibisukasu no Hana) aka Torasan Goes to Hisbiscus Land is a 1980 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's Tropical Fever is the twenty-fifth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
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Plot
Lily, the lounge singer with whom Tora-san fell in love in film 11 (Tora-san's Forget Me Not, 1973) and film 15 (Tora-san's Rise and Fall, 1975) sends Tora-san a letter informing him that she is terminally ill. Tora-san rushes to Okinawa—taking his first plane trip in the process—to be at her side and nurse her to health.
Cast
Critical appraisal
Writer-director Yoji Yamada reportedly considers Tora's Tropical Fever his own favorite of the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series films. The Japan Academy awarded Yamada and co-writer Yoshitaka Asama Best Screenplay for the film. Chieko Baisho was also given the Best Actress award, and Kiyoshi Atsumi was nominated for Best Actor at the ceremony. The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora's Tropical Fever four out of five stars, naming it one of the highlights of the series. Stuart Galbraith IV judges the film "one of the best of the series", and a "delight in every respect: it's funny, sad, and perceptive about human nature".
Availability
Tora's Tropical Fever was released theatrically on August 2, 1980. In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1996 and 1998, and in DVD format in 2008.
References
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