Tora-san Plays Daddy

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Tora-san Plays Daddy
File:Tora-san Plays Daddy.jpg
Theatrical poster
Directed by Yoji Yamada
Produced by Kiyoshi Shimizu
Written by Yoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
Starring Kiyoshi Atsumi
Kumiko Akiyoshi
Music by Naozumi Yamamoto
Cinematography Tetsuo Takaba
Edited by Iwao Ishii
Distributed by Shochiku
Release dates
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  • December 26, 1987 (1987-12-26)
Running time
101 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Tora-san Plays Daddy (男はつらいよ 寅次郎物語 Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Monogatari?) aka Torasan's Tale[1] is a 1987 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Akiyoshi as his love interest or "Madonna".[2] Tora-san Plays Daddy is the thirty-ninth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Cast

Critical appraisal

Kiyoshi Atsumi won the Best Actor title at the Nikkan Sports Film Award ceremony for his role in Tora-san Plays Daddy. Nominations for the film at the Japan Academy Prize were for Best Director and Best Screenplay (Yoji Yamada), Best Supporting Actress (Kumiko Akiyoshi), and Best Sound (Isao Suzuki and Takashi Matsumoto).[4] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Plays Daddy three and a half out of five stars.[5]

Availability

Tora-san Plays Daddy was released theatrically on December 26, 1987.[6] In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1989 and 1996, and in DVD format in 2002, 2005, and 2008.[7]

References

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Bibliography

English

German

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Japanese

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External links

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