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Tora-san's Cherished Mother

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Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Theatrical poster
Directed byYoji Yamada
Written byYoji Yamada
Shun'ichi Kobayashi
Akira Miyazaki
StarringKiyoshi Atsumi
Orie Satō
CinematographyTetsuo Takaba
Edited byIwao Ishii
Music byNaozumi Yamamoto
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • November 15, 1969 (1969-11-15)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Tora-san's Cherished Mother (続・男はつらいよ, Zoku Otoko wa Tsurai yo), aka Tora-san's Homeward Journey, Am I Trying? Part II, and Torasan Pt. 2,[1] is a 1969 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Kuruma Torajirō (Tora-san), and Orie Satō as his love interest or "Madonna".[2] Tora-san's Cherished Mother is the second entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Synopsis

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Tora-san hears that his mother is still alive and returns to Tokyo to track her down. He discovers that she is a geisha who had had only a brief affair with his father. While visiting the family, he falls in love with Natsuko, the daughter of an old teacher.[3][4][5]

Cast

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Critical appraisal

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Kiyoshi Atsumi was given the Best Actor award at the Mainichi Film Awards for his performance in this film and the previous entry in the series, It's Tough Being a Man (also 1969). Yoji Yamada was also awarded Best Director at the ceremony for the same two films.[citation needed]

The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Cherished Mother three and a half out of five stars.[7]

Releases

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Tora-san's Cherished Mother was released theatrically on November 15, 1969.[8]

Home media

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In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1983 and 1995, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.[9] 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.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "ZOKU OTOKOWA TSURAIYO". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  2. ^ "続・男はつらいよ (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Retrieved 2010-01-18. (official site)
  3. ^ 続・男はつらいよ (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  4. ^ a b Rich, Jamie S. (2009-12-21). "Tora-San: Collector's Set 1". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  5. ^ "ZOKU OTOKO WA TSURAI YO (1969)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  6. ^ 続・男はつらいよ (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  7. ^ "Tora-San's Cherished Mother" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  8. ^ "続・男はつらいよ". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  9. ^ 続・男はつらいよ(1969) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

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