Tora-san's Love in Osaka (1981)

Name: Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1981-08-08
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 9
Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Keiko Matsuzaka, Masami Shimojō, Chieko Misaki

Tora-san's Love in Osaka (1981), directed by Yoji Yamada, starring Kiyoshi Atsumi and Chieko Baisho.

08/08/1981 BR Comedy 1h 44m

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When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora-san falls in love with a local geisha. He helps her to track down her estranged brother, and informs his family that he plans to marry her. His plans are foiled when the geisha informs Tora-san that she is engaged.

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

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Tora-san's Love in Osaka (男はつらいよ浪花の恋の寅次郎, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Naniwa no Koi no Torajirō) aka Tora's Many-Splintered Love is a 1981 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Keiko Matsuzaka as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san's Love in Osaka is the twenty-seventh entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. It was the first film in the series in which Hidetaka Yoshioka played the role of Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo Suwa.

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Cast

Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō

Chieko Baisho as Sakura

Keiko Matsuzaka as Fumi Hamada

Shimojo Masami as Kuruma Tatsuzō

Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)

Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa

Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)

Gajirō Satō as Genkō

Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama

Kannosuke Ashiya as Kikai

Critical appraisal

Tora-san's Love in Osaka was the fifth top box-office money-maker in Japan for 1981. For her role in the film Keiko Matsuzaka was named Best Actress at the Japan Academy Prize and Blue Ribbon Awards. Kiyoshi Atsumi was nominated for Best Actor by the Japanese Academy.

Stuart Galbraith IV writes that Tora-san's Love in Osaka is an "above-average entry in this consistently excellent series". He points out that some of the film's humor may be lost on western viewers since it stems from the contrast between Tokyo and Osaka culture.

Director Yamada, according to Galbraith, "obviously favors rural, remote Japan to sprawling urban landscapes like Osaka," but nevertheless, "the film plays as a heartfelt valentine to the city and its people." The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Love in Osaka three and a half out of five stars.

Availability

Tora-san's Love in Osaka was released theatrically on August 8, 1981. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1986 and 1996, and in DVD format in 1998, 2002 and 2008.

References

Bibliography

English

"OTOKO WA TSURAI YO NANIWA NO KOI NO TORAJIRO (1981)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-01-21.

"OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -NANIWA NO KOI NO TORAJIRO". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-21.

Otoko wa tsurai yo: Naniwa no koi no Torajirô (1981) at IMDb

Galbraith IV, Stuart (2006-08-11). "Tora-san 27: Tora-san's Many-splintered Love (Region 3)". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2010-01-21.

German

"Tora-San's Many-Splintered Love" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-21.

Japanese

男はつらいよ浪花の恋の寅次郎 (1981) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-01-21.

"男はつらいよ浪花の恋の寅次郎". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2010-01-21.

男はつらいよ浪花の恋の寅次郎 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-21.

男はつらいよ浪花の恋の寅次郎 (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2010-01-21.

External links

Tora-san's Love in Osaka Archived 2014-07-29 at the Wayback Machine at www.tora-san.jp (official site)

Text from Tora-san's Love in Osaka on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tora-san's_Love_in_Osaka

Trivia

It premiered on August 8, 1981, a Saturday.
It runs 1h44 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "男はつらいよ　浪花の恋の寅次郎".
It is film 27 of 50 in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo franchise.
This film's quiz has 11 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

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StudiosShochiku
CountriesJapan
LanguagesJapanese
StatusReleased

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高羽哲夫 Cinematography
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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 Love in Osaka about?

Tora-san's Love in Osaka: When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora-san falls in love with a local geisha. He helps her to track down her estranged brother, and informs his family that he plans to marry her. His plans are foiled when the geisha informs Tora-san that she is engaged.

Who directed Tora-san's Love in Osaka?

Tora-san's Love in Osaka was directed by Yoji Yamada in 1981.

Who stars in Tora-san's Love in Osaka?

The cast of Tora-san's Love in Osaka includes Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Keiko Matsuzaka, Masami Shimojō and Chieko Misaki.

How long is Tora-san's Love in Osaka?

Tora-san's Love in Osaka runs for 104 minutes, or 1h44.

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.