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Tora-san's Dear Old Home

{{Infobox film

| name = Tora-san's Dear Old Home

| image = Tora-san's Dear Old Home.jpg

| caption = Theatrical poster

| director = Yoji Yamada

| producer =

| writer = Yoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama

| starring = Kiyoshi Atsumi
Sayuri Yoshinaga

| music = Naozumi Yamamoto

| cinematography = Tetsuo Takaba

| editing = Iwao Ishii

| distributor = Shochiku

| released = {{Film date|1972|8|5}}

| runtime = 108 minutes

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

| budget =

| gross =

}}

{{nihongo|Tora-san's Dear Old Home|男はつらいよ 柴又慕情|Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Shibamata Bojō}} aka Tora-san's New Romance{{cite web |url=http://www.citwf.com/film257070.htm|title=OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -SHIBAMATA BOJO|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Complete Index to World Film}} is a 1972 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Sayuri Yoshinaga as his love interest or "Madonna".{{cite web |url=http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie09/madonna.html|title=男はつらいよ 柴又慕情 (Madonna)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=www.tora-san.jp|language=Japanese}} (official site) Tora-san's Dear Old Home is the ninth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series, and the first to employ an opening dream-sequence, which became a standard feature of the series. It is also the first film in the series in which Tatsuo Matsumura plays Tora-san's uncle, a role he took over from Shin Morikawa who died after the eighth film.

Synopsis

Tora-san meets three women on vacation when he travels to Fukui. One of the women meets him at his home, and he believes she has fallen in love with him, unaware that she hopes to marry a potter in the countryside.{{cite web |first=Stuart |last=Galbraith IV |author-link= Stuart Galbraith IV|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/13948/tora-san-09-tora-sans-dear-old-home/|title=Tora-san 09: Tora-san's Dear Old Home (Region 3) |date=2005-01-09|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=DVD Talk}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19747|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 柴又慕情|access-date=2010-01-18|language=Japanese|publisher=Kinema Junpo|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309141510/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19747|archive-date=2012-03-09}}

Cast

Critical appraisal

Stuart Galbraith IV writes that Tora-san's Dear Old Home is a "typically fine early entry in the series' run", which shows Yamada and Atsumi still experimenting with the Tora-san character and stories. Galbraith singles out Yamada's portrayal of "fleeting friendships" in this film, pointing out, "Yamada's camera lingers on little details, especially the sadness of departing trains and the pain of saying goodbye." He points out that the film is also very funny, with Chishū Ryū performing an especially humorous scene as the Buddhist priest. The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Dear Old Home four out of five stars.{{cite web |url=http://www.molodezhnaja.ch/torasan9.htm|title=Tora-San's Dear Old Home|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=www.molodezhnaja.ch|language=German}}

Availability

Tora-san's Dear Old Home was released theatrically on August 5, 1972.{{cite web|url=http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/11811|title=男はつらいよ 柴又慕情|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226044349/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/11811|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=144071|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 柴又慕情(1972)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=allcinema.net|language=Japanese}}

References

{{Reflist}}

Bibliography

=English=

  • {{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305828|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809162007/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305828|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-08-09|title=OTOKO WA TSURAI YO SHIBAMATA BOJO (1972)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=British Film Institute}}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.citwf.com/film257070.htm|title=OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -SHIBAMATA BOJO|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Complete Index to World Film}}
  • {{IMDb title|0069051|Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shibamata bojo (1972)}}
  • {{cite web |first=Stuart |last=Galbraith IV |author-link= Stuart Galbraith IV|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/13948/tora-san-09-tora-sans-dear-old-home/|title=Tora-san 09: Tora-san's Dear Old Home (Region 3) |date=2005-01-09|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=DVD Talk}}

=German=

  • {{cite web |url=http://www.molodezhnaja.ch/torasan9.htm|title=Tora-San's Dear Old Home|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=144071|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 柴又慕情(1972)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=allcinema.net|language=Japanese}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/11811|title=男はつらいよ 柴又慕情|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226044349/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/11811|archive-date=2012-02-26}}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1972/cv002380.htm|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 柴又慕情|access-date=2010-01-18|language=Japanese|publisher=Japanese Movie Database}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19747|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 柴又慕情|access-date=2010-01-18|language=Japanese|publisher=Kinema Junpo|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309141510/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19747|archive-date=2012-03-09}}

External links

  • [http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie09/ Tora-san's Dear Old Home] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005131639/http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie09/ |date=2012-10-05 }} at www.tora-san.jp (official site)

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Category:1972 films

Category:Films directed by Yoji Yamada

Category:Films set in Fukui Prefecture

Category:1972 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