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:Tora-san Loves an Artist

{{Infobox film

| name = Tora-san Loves an Artist

| image = Tora-san Loves an Artist.jpg

| caption = Theatrical poster

| director = Yoji Yamada

| producer =

| writer = Yoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama

| starring = Kiyoshi Atsumi
Keiko Kishi

| music = Naozumi Yamamoto

| cinematography = Tetsuo Takaba

| editing = Iwao Ishii

| distributor = Shochiku

| released = {{Film date|1973|12|16}}

| runtime = 107 minutes

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

| budget =

| gross =

}}

{{nihongo|Tora-san Loves an Artist|男はつらいよ 私の寅さん|Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Watashi no Tora-san}} aka Tora-san Goes French{{cite web |url=http://www.citwf.com/film257099.htm|title=OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -WATASHI NO TORAJIRO|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 Keiko Kishi as his love interest or "Madonna".{{cite web |url=http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie12/madonna.html|title=男はつらいよ 私の寅さん (Madonna)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=www.tora-san.jp|language=Japanese}} (official site) Tora-san Loves an Artist is the twelfth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Synopsis

Tora-san watches the family shop while the rest of his family takes a vacation to Kyushu.

An old friend introduces Tora-san to his sister Ritsuko, and he promptly falls in love with her. She is an artist and has no time for Tora-san.{{cite web|url=http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18159|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 私の寅さん|access-date=2010-01-18|language=Japanese|publisher=Kinema Junpo|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309141609/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18159|archive-date=2012-03-09}}{{cite web |first=Stuart |last=Galbraith IV |authorlink= Stuart Galbraith IV|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/20019/tora-san-12-tora-san-loves-an-artist/|title=Tora-san 12: Tora-san Loves an Artist (Region 3) |date=2006-02-05|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=DVD Talk}}{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305848|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017231810/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305848|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-17|title=OTOKO WA TSURAI YO WATASHI NO TORA-SAN (1973)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=British Film Institute}}

Cast

Critical appraisal

Stuart Galbraith IV calls Tora-san Loves an Artist a "solid" entry in the series, which is "alternately sweet and touching, funny and biting." The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Loves an Artist three and a half out of five stars.{{cite web |url=http://www.molodezhnaja.ch/torasan12.htm|title=Tora-San Loves an Artist|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=www.molodezhnaja.ch|language=German}}

Availability

Tora-san Loves an Artist was released theatrically on December 16, 1973.{{cite web|url=http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/11918|title=男はつらいよ 私の寅さん|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226045407/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/11918|archive-date=2012-02-26}} In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1995, and in DVD format in 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=144583|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 私の寅さん(1973)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=allcinema.net|language=Japanese}}

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Bibliography

=English=

  • {{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305848|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017231810/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305848|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-17|title=OTOKO WA TSURAI YO WATASHI NO TORA-SAN (1973)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=British Film Institute}}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.citwf.com/film257099.htm|title=OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -WATASHI NO TORAJIRO|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Complete Index to World Film}}
  • {{IMDb title|0070496|Otoko wa tsurai yo: Watashi no tora-san (1973)}}
  • {{cite web |first=Stuart |last=Galbraith IV |authorlink= Stuart Galbraith IV|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/20019/tora-san-12-tora-san-loves-an-artist/|title=Tora-san 12: Tora-san Loves an Artist (Region 3) |date=2006-02-05|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=DVD Talk}}

=German=

  • {{cite web |url=http://www.molodezhnaja.ch/torasan12.htm|title=Tora-San Loves an Artist|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=144583|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 私の寅さん(1973)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=allcinema.net|language=Japanese}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/11918|title=男はつらいよ 私の寅さん|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226045407/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/11918|archive-date=2012-02-26}}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1973/cw003760.htm|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 私の寅さん|access-date=2010-01-18|language=Japanese|publisher=Japanese Movie Database}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18159|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 私の寅さん|access-date=2010-01-18|language=Japanese|publisher=Kinema Junpo|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309141609/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18159|archive-date=2012-03-09}}

External links

  • [http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie12/ Tora-san Loves an Artist] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609144345/http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie12/ |date=2013-06-09 }} at www.tora-san.jp (official site)

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Category:1973 films

Category:Films directed by Yoji Yamada

Category:1973 comedy films

Category:1970s Japanese-language films

Category:Otoko wa Tsurai yo films

Category:Shochiku films

Category:Films with screenplays by Yôji Yamada

Category:Japanese sequel films

Category:1970s Japanese films