Tora-san Makes Excuses

1992 Japanese film
  • December 26, 1992 (1992-12-26)
Running time
101 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapaneseBox office$26 million[1]

Tora-san Makes Excuses (男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō no Seishun) is a 1992 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Goto as his nephew Mitsuo's Hidetaka Yoshioka love interest or "Madonna", Izumi.[2] It also co-stars Masatoshi Nagase, who plays Mitsuo's rival for Izumi's affection and Mari Natsuki as Izumi's mother. Tora-San Makes Excuses is the forty-fifth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Cast

  • Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō[3]
  • Chieko Baisho as Sakura
  • Jun Fubuki as Choko
  • Masatoshi Nagase as Ryusuke
  • Masami Shimojō as Kuruma Tatsuzō (Torajirō's uncle )
  • Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajirō's aunt)
  • Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
  • Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
  • Kumiko Goto as Izumi Oikawa
  • Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
  • Mari Natsuki as Ayako Oikawa
  • Gajirō Satō as Genkō
  • Keiroku Seki as Ponshu
  • Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama

Critical appraisal

The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Makes Excuses three and a half out of five stars.[4]

Availability

Tora-san Makes Excuses was released theatrically on December 26, 1992.[5] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1993 and 1996, and in DVD format in 2002 and 2008.[6]

References

  1. ^ Klady, Leonard (January 3, 1994). "Warner Bros. tops hot box office 100". Variety. p. 42.
  2. ^ "男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春 (Madonna)". www.tora-san.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2010-02-01. (official site)
  3. ^ 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  4. ^ "Tora-San Makes Excuses". www.molodezhnaja.ch (in German). Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  5. ^ "男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  6. ^ 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春 (1992). www.allcinema.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-02-01.

Bibliography

English

  • "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO NO SEISHUN". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  • Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no seishun (1992) at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata

Japanese

  • 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春 (1992). www.allcinema.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  • "男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  • 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  • 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春 (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

External links

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