Tora-san Takes a Vacation

1990 Japanese film
  • December 22, 1990 (1990-12-22)
Running time
106 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese

Tora-san Takes a Vacation (男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō no Kyūjitsu) is a 1990 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Goto as his nephew's love interest or "Madonna".[1] Tora-san Takes a Vacation is the forty-third entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Cast

  • Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō[2]
  • Chieko Baisho as Sakura
  • Kumiko Goto as Izumi Oikawa
  • Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
  • Mari Natsuki as Ayako Oikawa
  • Shimojo Masami as Kuruma Tatsuzō
  • Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
  • Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
  • Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
  • Gajirō Satō as Genkō
  • Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama

Critical appraisal

Hidetaka Yoshioka was nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Kumiko Goto for Best Supporting Actress at the Japan Academy Prize for their roles in Tora-san Takes a Vacation, and the previous entry in the series, Tora-san, My Uncle (1989).[3] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Takes a Vacation two and a half out of five stars.[4]

Availability

Tora-san Takes a Vacation was released theatrically on December 22, 1990.[5] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.[6]

Bibliography

English

  • "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO NO KYUJITSU". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  • Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no kyuujitsu (1990) at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata

German

  • "Tora-San Takes a Vacation" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

Japanese

  • 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日 (1990) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  • "男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  • 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  • 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日 (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

References

  1. ^ "男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日 (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Archived from the original on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2010-02-01. (official site)
  2. ^ 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  3. ^ "Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no kyuujitsu (1990)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  4. ^ "Tora-San Takes a Vacation" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  5. ^ "男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  6. ^ 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日 (1990) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

External links

  • Tora-san Takes a Vacation Archived 2015-07-23 at the Wayback Machine at www.tora-san.jp (official site)
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