Tora-san's Dear Old Home (1972)

Name: Tora-san's Dear Old Home
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1972-08-05
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Tatsuo Matsumura, Chieko Misaki, Gin Maeda

Tora-san's Dear Old Home (1972), directed by Yoji Yamada, starring Kiyoshi Atsumi and Chieko Baisho.

08/05/1972 BR Comedy 1h 48m

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While Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house, Torajiro befriends three young women on vacation during his travels.

高羽哲夫Cinematography
Yoji YamadaDirector, Screenplay
石井巌Editing
Naozumi YamamotoOriginal music

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Tora-san's Dear Old Home (男はつらいよ柴又慕情, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Shibamata Bojō) aka Tora-san's New Romance is a 1972 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Sayuri Yoshinaga as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san's Dear Old Home is the ninth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series, and the first to employ an opening dream-sequence, which became a standard feature of the series. It is also the first film in the series in which Tatsuo Matsumura plays Tora-san's uncle, a role he took over from Shin Morikawa who died after the eighth film.

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Synopsis

Tora-san meets three women on vacation when he travels to Fukui. One of the women meets him at his home, and he believes she has fallen in love with him, unaware that she hopes to marry a potter in the countryside.

Cast

Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajiro

Chieko Baisho as Sakura

Sayuri Yoshinaga as Utako

Tatsuo Matsumura as Kuruma Tatsuzō

Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)

Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa

Hayato Nakamura as Mitsuo Suwa

Hisao Dazai as Tarō Ume

Gajirō Satō as Genkō

Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama

Masaaki Tsusaka as Noboru

Critical appraisal

Stuart Galbraith IV writes that Tora-san's Dear Old Home is a "typically fine early entry in the series' run", which shows Yamada and Atsumi still experimenting with the Tora-san character and stories. Galbraith singles out Yamada's portrayal of "fleeting friendships" in this film, pointing out, "Yamada's camera lingers on little details, especially the sadness of departing trains and the pain of saying goodbye." He points out that the film is also very funny, with Chishū Ryū performing an especially humorous scene as the Buddhist priest. The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Dear Old Home four out of five stars.

Availability

Tora-san's Dear Old Home was released theatrically on August 5, 1972. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1995, and in DVD format in 2008.

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English

"OTOKO WA TSURAI YO SHIBAMATA BOJO (1972)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

"OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -SHIBAMATA BOJO". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shibamata bojo (1972) at IMDb

Galbraith IV, Stuart (2005-01-09). "Tora-san 09: Tora-san's Dear Old Home (Region 3)". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

German

"Tora-San's Dear Old Home" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

Japanese

男はつらいよ柴又慕情(1972) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

"男はつらいよ柴又慕情". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

男はつらいよ柴又慕情 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

男はつらいよ柴又慕情 (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

External links

Tora-san's Dear Old Home Archived 2012-10-05 at the Wayback Machine at www.tora-san.jp (official site)

Text from Tora-san's Dear Old Home on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tora-san's_Dear_Old_Home

Trivia

It premiered on August 5, 1972, a Saturday.
It runs 1h48 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "男はつらいよ柴又慕情".
It is film 9 of 50 in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo franchise.
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosShochiku
CountriesJapan
LanguagesJapanese
StatusReleased

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Preceded by

Tora-san's Love Call

Followed by

Tora-san's Dream-Come-True

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高羽哲夫 Cinematography
Yoji Yamada Director
石井巌 Editing
Naozumi Yamamoto Original music
Yoji Yamada Screenplay
朝間義隆 Screenplay

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What is Tora-san's Dear Old Home about?

Tora-san's Dear Old Home: While Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house, Torajiro befriends three young women on vacation during his travels.

Who directed Tora-san's Dear Old Home?

Tora-san's Dear Old Home was directed by Yoji Yamada in 1972.

Who stars in Tora-san's Dear Old Home?

The cast of Tora-san's Dear Old Home includes Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Tatsuo Matsumura, Chieko Misaki and Gin Maeda.

How long is Tora-san's Dear Old Home?

Tora-san's Dear Old Home runs for 108 minutes, or 1h48.

What is the correct order of the Otoko wa Tsurai yo Collection films?

The Otoko wa Tsurai yo Collection franchise has 50 films in the catalogue. In release order: 男はつらいよ; 続・男はつらいよ; 男はつらいよフーテンの寅; 新・男はつらいよ; 男はつらいよ望郷篇; 男はつらいよ純情篇; 男はつらいよ奮闘篇; 男はつらいよ寅次郎恋歌.