Tora-san to the Rescue

Tora-san to the Rescue
Theatrical poster
Directed byYoji Yamada
Written byYoji Yamada
Produced byHiroshi Fukazawa
StarringKiyoshi Atsumi
Ruriko Asaoka
CinematographyMutsuo Nakanuma
Edited byIwao Ishii
Music byNaozumi Yamamoto
Jun'nosuke Yamamoto
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • December 23, 1995 (1995-12-23)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Tora-san to the Rescue (男はつらいよ　寅次郎紅の花, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Kurenai no Hana) is a 1995 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".[1] Tora-san to the Rescue is the forty-eighth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Cast

Critical appraisal

The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san to the Rescue three and a half out of five stars.[3]

Availability

Tora-san to the Rescue was released theatrically on December 23, 1995.[4] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996 and 1997, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.[5]

References

  1. ^ "男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花 (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Archived from the original on 2015-07-20. Retrieved 2010-02-01. (official site)
  2. ^ 男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  3. ^ "Tora-San to the Rescue" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  4. ^ "男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  5. ^ 男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花 (1995) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

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