:Tora-san to the Rescue
{{Infobox film
| name = Tora-san to the Rescue
| image = Tora-san to the Rescue.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = Yoji Yamada
| producer = Hiroshi Fukazawa
| writer = Yoji Yamada
| starring = Kiyoshi Atsumi
Ruriko Asaoka
| music = Naozumi Yamamoto
Jun'nosuke Yamamoto
| cinematography = Mutsuo Nakanuma
| editing = Iwao Ishii
| distributor = Shochiku
| released = {{Film date|1995|12|23}}
| runtime = 107 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| budget =
| gross =
}}
{{nihongo|Tora-san to the Rescue|男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花|Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Kurenai no Hana}} is a 1995 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/movie48/madonna.html|title=男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花 (Madonna)|access-date=2010-02-01|publisher=www.tora-san.jp|language=Japanese|archive-date=2015-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720224212/http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie48/madonna.html|url-status=dead}} (official site) Tora-san to the Rescue is the forty-eighth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
Cast
- Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō{{cite web |url= http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1995/ds003300.htm|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花|access-date=2010-02-01|language=Japanese|publisher=Japanese Movie Database}}
- Chieko Baisho as Sakura Suwa
- Ruriko Asaoka as Lily
- Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
- Kumiko Goto as Izumi Oikawa
- Masami Shimojō as Kuruma Tatsuzō
- Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajirō's aunt)
- Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
- Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
- Gajirō Satō as Genkō
- Hiroshi Inuzuka as Taxi driver
- Keiroku Seki as Ponshū
- Mari Natsuki as Ayako Oikawa
- Kunie Tanaka as Ship captain
Critical appraisal
The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san to the Rescue three and a half out of five stars.{{cite web |url=http://www.molodezhnaja.ch/torasan48.htm|title=Tora-San to the Rescue|access-date=2010-02-01|publisher= www.molodezhnaja.ch|language=German}}
Availability
Tora-san to the Rescue was released theatrically on December 23, 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/2241|title=男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花|access-date=2010-02-01|publisher=Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326034019/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/2241|archive-date=2012-03-26}} In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996 and 1997, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=152740|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花 (1995)|access-date=2010-02-01|publisher=allcinema.net|language=Japanese}}
References
{{Reflist}}
Bibliography
=English=
- {{IMDb title|0114060}}
=German=
- {{cite web |url=http://www.molodezhnaja.ch/torasan48.htm|title=Tora-San to the Rescue|access-date=2010-02-01|publisher= www.molodezhnaja.ch|language=German}}
=Japanese=
- {{cite web |url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=152740|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花 (1995)|access-date=2010-02-01|publisher=allcinema.net|language=Japanese}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/2241|title=男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花|access-date=2010-02-01|publisher=Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326034019/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/2241|archive-date=2012-03-26}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1995/ds003300.htm|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花|access-date=2010-02-01|language=Japanese|publisher=Japanese Movie Database}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie48/|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花|access-date=2010-02-01|language=Japanese|publisher=Kinema Junpo|archive-date=2015-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707163635/http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie48/|url-status=dead}}
External links
- [http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie48/ Tora-san to the Rescue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707163635/http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie48/ |date=2015-07-07 }} at www.tora-san.jp (official site)
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Category:Films directed by Yoji Yamada
Category:1990s Japanese-language films
Category:Otoko wa Tsurai yo films
Category:Japanese sequel films
Category:Films with screenplays by Yôji Yamada
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