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:Tora-san's Forget Me Not

{{Infobox film

| name = Tora-san's Forget Me Not

| image = Tora-san's Forget Me Not.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Yoji Yamada

| producer =

| writer = Yoji Yamada
Akira Miyazaki
Yoshitaka Asama

| starring = Kiyoshi Atsumi
Ruriko Asaoka

| music = Naozumi Yamamoto

| cinematography = Tetsuo Takaba

| editing = Iwao Ishii

| distributor = Shochiku

| released = {{Film date|1973|8|4}}

| runtime = 99 minutes

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

| budget =

| gross =

}}

{{nihongo|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{{cite web |url=http://www.citwf.com/film257095.htm|title=OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO WASURENA-GUSA|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Complete Index to World Film}} 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".{{cite web |url=http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie11/madonna.html|title=男はつらいよ 寅次郎忘れな草 (Madonna)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=www.tora-san.jp|language=Japanese}} (official site) Tora-san's Forget Me Not is the eleventh entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19958|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎忘れな草|access-date=2010-01-18|language=Japanese|publisher=Kinema Junpo|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309141552/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19958|archive-date=2012-03-09}}{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305844|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017231759/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305844|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-17|title=OTOKO WA TSURAI YO TORAJIRO WASURENAGUSA (1973)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=British Film Institute}}

Cast

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070495/awards|title=Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro wasurenagusa (1973)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Internet Movie Database}} The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Forget Me Not three and a half out of five stars.{{cite web |url=http://www.molodezhnaja.ch/torasan11.htm|title=Tora-San's Forget Me Not|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=www.molodezhnaja.ch|language=German}}

Availability

Tora-san's Forget Me Not was released theatrically on August 4, 1973.{{cite web|url=http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/12057|title=男はつらいよ 寅次郎忘れな草|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226045830/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/12057|archive-date=2012-02-26}} In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1995, and in DVD format in 2002 and 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=144461|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎忘れな草(1973)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=allcinema.net|language=Japanese}}

References

{{Reflist}}

Bibliography

=English=

  • {{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305844|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017231759/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305844|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-17|title=OTOKO WA TSURAI YO TORAJIRO WASURENAGUSA (1973)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=British Film Institute}}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.citwf.com/film257095.htm|title=OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO WASURENA-GUSA|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Complete Index to World Film}}
  • {{IMDb title|0070495|Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro wasurenagusa (1973)}}

=German=

  • {{cite web |url=http://www.molodezhnaja.ch/torasan11.htm|title=Tora-San's Forget Me Not|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=www.molodezhnaja.ch|language=German}}

=Japanese=

  • {{cite web |url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=144461|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎忘れな草(1973)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=allcinema.net|language=Japanese}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/12057|title=男はつらいよ 寅次郎忘れな草|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226045830/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/12057|archive-date=2012-02-26}}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1973/cw002490.htm|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎忘れな草|access-date=2010-01-18|language=Japanese|publisher=Japanese Movie Database}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19958|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎忘れな草|access-date=2010-01-18|language=Japanese|publisher=Kinema Junpo|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309141552/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19958|archive-date=2012-03-09}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20081012000035/http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie11/ Tora-san's Forget Me Not] at www.tora-san.jp (official site)

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Category:1973 comedy films

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Category:Films with screenplays by Yôji Yamada

Category:Japanese sequel films

Category:1970s Japanese films