Tora-san, His Tender Love | |
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Directed by | Azuma Morisaki |
Written by | Yoji Yamada Shun'ichi Kobayashi Akira Miyazaki |
Starring | Kiyoshi Atsumi Michiyo Aratama |
Cinematography | Tetsuo Takaba |
Edited by | Yoshi Sugihara |
Music by | Naozumi Yamamoto |
Distributed by | Shochiku |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Tora-san, His Tender Love (男はつらいよ フーテンの寅, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Fūten no Tora) is a 1970 Japanese comedy film directed by Azuma Morisaki. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Kuruma Torajirō (Tora-san), and Michiyo Aratama as his love interest or "Madonna".[1] Tora-san, His Tender Love is the third entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series, and the first of only two in the series not directed by Yoji Yamada.[2]
Tora-san discovers that his family is arranging a marriage for him. He leaves to the countryside where he falls in love with the manager of an inn. Unaware that she is involved with another man, Tora-san confesses his love on a New Year's television program.[2][3][4]
The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san, His Tender Love three and a half out of five stars.[6]
Tora-san, His Tender Love was released theatrically on January 15, 1970.[7] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1989 and 1995, and in DVD format in 2000, 2005 and 2008.[8] AnimEigo released the film on DVD in the US along with the other first four films in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series on November 24, 2009.[2]