Tora-san's Rise and Fall

{{Infobox film

| name = Tora-san's Rise and Fall

| image = Tora-san's Rise and Fall.jpg

| caption = Theatrical poster

| director = Yoji Yamada

| producer =

| writer = Yoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama

| starring = Kiyoshi Atsumi
Ruriko Asaoka

| music = Naozumi Yamamoto

| cinematography = Tetsuo Takaba

| editing = Iwao Ishii

| distributor = Shochiku

| released = {{Film date|1975|8|2}}

| runtime = 90 minutes

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

| budget =

| gross =

}}

{{nihongo|Tora-san's Rise and Fall|男はつらいよ寅次郎相合い傘|Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Aiaigasa}} aka Tora-san Finds a Sweetheart, Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again and Torasan: Love Under the Umbrella{{cite web |url=http://www.citwf.com/film257075.htm|title=OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO AIGASA|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Complete Index to World Film}} is a 1975 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/movie15/madonna.html|title=男はつらいよ寅次郎相合い傘 (Madonna)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=www.tora-san.jp|language=Japanese}} (official site) Tora-san's Rise and Fall is the fifteenth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Synopsis

Tora-san meets an old girlfriend on his travels. When she returns home with him, his family attempts to arrange a marriage between the two. After a misunderstanding occurs, the woman leaves, and the family is left regretting that they interfered.{{cite web|url=http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18386|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ寅次郎相合い傘|access-date=2010-01-18|language=Japanese|publisher=Kinema Junpo|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309141939/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18386|archive-date=2012-03-09}}{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305830|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017231907/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305830|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-17|title=OTOKO WA TSURAI YO TORAJIRO AIAIGASA (1975)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=British Film Institute}}

Cast

Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō{{cite web |url= http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1975/cy002410.htm|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ寅次郎相合い傘|access-date=2010-01-18|language=Japanese|publisher=Japanese Movie Database}}
Chieko Baisho as Sakura
Ruriko Asaoka as Lily
Masami Shimojō as Kuruma Tatsuzō
Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
Hisao Dazai as Manager
Gajirō Satō as Genkō
Hayato Nakamura as Mitsuo Suwa
Yoshio Yoshida as Slave trader
Tsunehiko Kamijō as Pirate
Masakane Yonekura as Pirate

Critical appraisal

At the Blue Ribbon Awards, Ruriko Asaoka was given the Best Actress prize and Chieko Baisho the Best Supporting Actress prize for their roles in Tora-san's Rise and Fall. Asaoka was also named Best Actress at the Kinema Junpo Awards and the Mainichi Film Awards. Mainichi also awarded Kiminobu Satō for Best Art Direction on this film and on Harakara.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073498/awards|title=Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro aiaigasa (1975)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Internet Movie Database}} The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Rise and Fall three and a half out of five stars.{{cite web |url=http://www.molodezhnaja.ch/torasan15.htm|title=Tora-San Meets the Songstress Again|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=www.molodezhnaja.ch|language=German}}

Availability

Tora-san's Rise and Fall was released theatrically on August 2, 1975.{{cite web|url=http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/12419|title=男はつらいよ寅次郎相合い傘|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226053200/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/12419|archive-date=2012-02-26}} In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1995, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=145167|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ寅次郎相合い傘 (1975)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=allcinema.net|language=Japanese}}

References

Bibliography

=English=

{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305830|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017231907/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305830|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-17|title=OTOKO WA TSURAI YO TORAJIRO AIAIGASA (1975)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=British Film Institute}}
{{cite web |url=http://www.citwf.com/film257075.htm|title=OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO AIGASA|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Complete Index to World Film}}
{{IMDb title|0073498|Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro aiaigasa (1975)}}

=German=

{{cite web |url=http://www.molodezhnaja.ch/torasan15.htm|title=Tora-San Meets the Songstress Again|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=145167|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ寅次郎相合い傘 (1975)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=allcinema.net|language=Japanese}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/12419|title=男はつらいよ寅次郎相合い傘|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226053200/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/12419|archive-date=2012-02-26}}
{{cite web |url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1975/cy002410.htm|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ寅次郎相合い傘|access-date=2010-01-18|language=Japanese|publisher=Japanese Movie Database}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18386|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ寅次郎相合い傘|access-date=2010-01-18|language=Japanese|publisher=Kinema Junpo|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309141939/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18386|archive-date=2012-03-09}}

External links

[http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie15/ Tora-san's Rise and Fall] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617091617/http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie15/ |date=2013-06-17 }} at www.tora-san.jp (official site)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6qgBk5luOQ Trailer] with English subtitles

Category:1975 films

Category:Films directed by Yoji Yamada

Category:1975 comedy films

Category:1970s Japanese-language films

Category:Otoko wa Tsurai yo films

Category:Japanese sequel films

Category:Shochiku films

Category:Films with screenplays by Yôji Yamada

Category:Films set in Aomori Prefecture

Category:Films set in Hakodate

Category:Films set in Otaru

Category:1970s Japanese films