Tora-san's Forget Me Not (1973)

Name: Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1973-01-04
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 8.4
Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Gin Maeda, Chieko Misaki, Gajirō Satō

Tora-san's Forget Me Not (1973), directed by Yoji Yamada, starring Kiyoshi Atsumi and Chieko Baisho.

01/04/1973 BR Comedy 1h 39m

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On the road again, Torajiro meets a kindred spirit in Lily, a lounge singer.

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

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About the film

Tora-san's Forget Me Not (男はつらいよ寅次郎忘れな草, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Wasurenagusa) aka Torasan and his Forget-Me-Not is a 1973 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Ruriko Asaoka as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san's Forget Me Not is the eleventh entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

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Synopsis

When Tora-san takes a job at a dairy farm, he becomes infatuated with Lily, a singer. Tora becomes ill, and Lily plans to visit him to tell him his feelings are requited. She is fired from her job and must leave before she can visit Tora-san.

Cast

Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō

Chieko Baisho as Sakura

Ruriko Asaoka as Lily (Kiyoko Matsuoka)

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 Boss (Umetarō Katsura)

Junkichi Orimoto as Kurihara

Gajirō Satō as Genkō

Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama

Critical appraisal

Yuji Yamada was given the Best Director prize at the Mainichi Film Awards for his work on Tora-san's Forget Me Not. Yamada, Akira Miyazaki, and Yoshitaka Asama were also awarded for Best Screenplay at the ceremony. The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Forget Me Not three and a half out of five stars.

Availability

Tora-san's Forget Me Not was released theatrically on August 4, 1973. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1995, and in DVD format in 2002 and 2008.

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Bibliography

English

"OTOKO WA TSURAI YO TORAJIRO WASURENAGUSA (1973)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

"OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO WASURENA-GUSA". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro wasurenagusa (1973) at IMDb

German

"Tora-San's Forget Me Not" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

Japanese

男はつらいよ寅次郎忘れな草(1973) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

"男はつらいよ寅次郎忘れな草". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

男はつらいよ寅次郎忘れな草 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

男はつらいよ寅次郎忘れな草 (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

External links

Tora-san's Forget Me Not at www.tora-san.jp (official site)

Text from Tora-san's Forget Me Not on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tora-san's_Forget_Me_Not

Trivia

It premiered on January 4, 1973, a Thursday.
It runs 1h39 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "男はつらいよ寅次郎忘れな草".
It is film 11 of 50 in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo franchise.
This film's quiz has 11 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosShochiku
CountriesJapan
LanguagesJapanese
StatusReleased

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Preceded by

Tora-san's Dream-Come-True

Followed by

Tora-san Loves an Artist

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

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What is Tora-san's Forget Me Not about?

Tora-san's Forget Me Not: On the road again, Torajiro meets a kindred spirit in Lily, a lounge singer.

Who directed Tora-san's Forget Me Not?

Tora-san's Forget Me Not was directed by Yoji Yamada in 1973.

Who stars in Tora-san's Forget Me Not?

The cast of Tora-san's Forget Me Not includes Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Gin Maeda, Chieko Misaki and Gajirō Satō.

How long is Tora-san's Forget Me Not?

Tora-san's Forget Me Not runs for 99 minutes, or 1h39.

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.