:Talk of the Town Tora-san
{{Infobox film
| name = Talk of the Town Tora-san
| image = Talk of the Town Tora-san.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = Yoji Yamada
| producer =
| writer = Yoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
| starring = Kiyoshi Atsumi
Reiko Ōhara
| music = Naozumi Yamamoto
| cinematography = Tetsuo Takaba
| editing = Iwao Ishii
| distributor = Shochiku
| released = {{film date|1978|12|27}}
| runtime = 104 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| budget =
| gross =
}}
{{nihongo|Talk of the Town Tora-san|男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎|Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Uwasa no Torajirō}} aka Torasan and a Lovely Maid{{cite web |url=http://www.citwf.com/film257098.htm|title=OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -UWASA NO TORAJIRO|access-date=2010-01-20|publisher=Complete Index to World Film}} is a 1978 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Reiko Ōhara as his love interest or "Madonna".{{cite web |url=http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie22/madonna.html|title=男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎 (Madonna)|access-date=2010-01-20|publisher= www.tora-san.jp|language=Japanese}} (official site) Talk of the Town Tora-san is the twenty-second entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
Synopsis
Mistakenly believing that his brother-in-law's boss is planning to commit suicide, Tora-san attempts to prevent him.{{cite web|url=http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18910|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎|access-date=2010-01-20|language=Japanese|publisher=Kinema Junpo|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309142242/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18910|archive-date=2012-03-09}}{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305847|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017232013/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305847|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-17|title=OTOKO WA TSURAI YO UWASA NO TORAJIRO (1978)|access-date=2010-01-20|publisher=British Film Institute}}
Cast
- Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō{{cite web |url= http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1978/db003610.htm|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎|access-date=2010-01-20|language=Japanese|publisher=Japanese Movie Database}}
- Chieko Baisho as Sakura
- Reiko Ōhara as Sanae Arakawa
- Shimojo Masami 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)
- Gajirō Satō as Genkō
- Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama
Critical appraisal
For his performance in Talk of the Town Tora-san and the previous entry in the series, Stage-Struck Tora-san (also 1978) Kiyoshi Atsumi was nominated for Best Actor at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. Yoji Yamada was also nominated for Best Director at the ceremony for these two film.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078046/awards|title=Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Uwasa no torajiro (1978)|access-date=2010-01-20|publisher=Internet Movie Database}} The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Talk of the Town Tora-san three and a half out of five stars.{{cite web |url=http://www.molodezhnaja.ch/torasan22.htm|title=Tora-San's Talk of the Town|access-date=2010-01-20|publisher=www.molodezhnaja.ch|language=German}}
Availability
Talk of the Town Tora-san was released theatrically on December 27, 1978.{{cite web|url=http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/13055|title=男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎|access-date=2010-01-20|publisher=Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202102748/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/13055|archive-date=2014-02-02}} In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 1998, 2002 and 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=146535|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎 (1978)|access-date=2010-01-20|publisher=allcinema.net|language=Japanese}}
References
;Notes
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;Bibliography
;English
- {{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305847|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017232013/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305847|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-17|title=OTOKO WA TSURAI YO UWASA NO TORAJIRO (1978)|access-date=2010-01-20|publisher=British Film Institute}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.citwf.com/film257098.htm|title=OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -UWASA NO TORAJIRO|access-date=2010-01-20|publisher=Complete Index to World Film}}
;German
- {{cite web |url=http://www.molodezhnaja.ch/torasan22.htm|title=Tora-San's Talk of the Town|access-date=2010-01-20|publisher= www.molodezhnaja.ch|language=German}}
;Japanese
- {{cite web |url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=146535|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎 (1978)|access-date=2010-01-20|publisher=allcinema.net|language=Japanese}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/13055|title=男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎|access-date=2010-01-20|publisher=Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202102748/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/13055|archive-date=2014-02-02}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1978/db003610.htm|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎|access-date=2010-01-20|language=Japanese|publisher=Japanese Movie Database}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18910|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎|access-date=2010-01-20|language=Japanese|publisher=Kinema Junpo|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309142242/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18910|archive-date=2012-03-09}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0078046}}
- [http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie22/ Talk of the Town Tora-san] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729055042/http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie22/ |date=2014-07-29 }} at www.tora-san.jp (official site)
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Category:Films directed by Yoji Yamada
Category:1970s Japanese-language films
Category:Otoko wa Tsurai yo films
Category:Japanese sequel films