Tora-san Confesses

Tora-san Confesses (男はつらいよ 寅次郎の告白, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō no Kokuhaku) is a 1991 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Hideko Yoshida as his love interest or "Madonna".^[1] Tora-san Confesses is the forty-fourth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Tora-san Confesses
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Yoji Yamada
Written by	Yoji Yamada Yoshitaka Asama
Produced by	Hiroshi Fukazawa
Starring	Kiyoshi Atsumi Kumiko Goto
Cinematography	Tetsuo Takaba Mitsumi Hanada
Edited by	Iwao Ishii
Music by	Naozumi Yamamoto
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	December 23, 1991 (1991-12-23)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Cast

• Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō^[2]
• Chieko Baisho as Sakura
• Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo (Sakura's son)
• Kumiko Goto as Izumi Oikawa (Mitsuo's girlfriend)
• Hideko Yoshida as Seikō
• Shimojo Masami as Kuruma Tatsuzō
• Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajirō's aunt)
• Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
• Gajirō Satō as Genkō
• Keiroku Seki as Ponshū

Critical appraisal

Series Director Yoji Yamada and Yoshitaka Asama were nominated for Best Screenplay at the Japan Academy Prize for their work on Tora-san Confesses. Other nominations for the film at the ceremony were Mitsuo Degawa for Best Art Direction and Isao Suzuki and Takashi Matsumoto for Best Sound.^[3] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote that this entry "is a charmer, full of the sentiment, humor and compassion that made the Tora-san movies always the most popular attraction" at Japanese language cinemas in Los Angeles.^[4] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Confesses three out of five stars.^[5]

Availability

Tora-san Confesses was released theatrically on December 23, 1991.^[6] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1992 and 1996, and in DVD format in 2000 and 2005.^[7]

References

1. "男はつらいよ 寅次郎の告白 (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Retrieved 2010-02-01. (official site)
2. 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の告白 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
3. "Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no kokuhaku (1991)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
4. Thomas, Kevin (March 6, 1992). "Movie Reviews : 'Tora-san' No. 44 Offers Reprieve for Theater". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
5. "Tora-San Confesses" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
6. . Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
7. 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の告白 (1991) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

Bibliography

English

• "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO NO KOKUHAKU". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
• Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no kokuhaku (1991) at IMDb

German

• "Tora-San Confesses" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

Japanese

• 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の告白 (1991) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
• . Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
• 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の告白 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
• (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

External links

• Tora-san Confesses at www.tora-san.jp (official site)
• Tora-san Confesses at IMDb