Tora-san's Shattered Romance
{{Infobox film
| name = Tora-san's Shattered Romance
| image = Tora-san's Shattered Romance.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = Yoji Yamada
| producer =
| writer = Yoji Yamada
Akira Miyazaki
| starring = Kiyoshi Atsumi
Ayako Wakao
Chieko Baisho
Chishū Ryū
Hisaya Morishige
| music = Naozumi Yamamoto
| cinematography = Tetsuo Takaba
| editing = Iwao Ishii
| distributor = Shochiku
| released = {{Film date|1971|1|15}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| budget =
| gross =
}}
{{nihongo|Tora-san's Shattered Romance|男はつらいよ 純情篇|Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Junjō hen}} aka Tora-san in Love{{cite web |url=http://www.citwf.com/film257064.htm|title=OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -JUNJO HEN|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Complete Index to World Film}} is a 1971 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Ayako Wakao as his love interest or "Madonna".{{cite web |url=http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie06/madonna.html|title=男はつらいよ 純情篇 (Madonna)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=www.tora-san.jp|language=Japanese}} (official site) Tora-san's Shattered Romance is the sixth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
Synopsis
A girl who has escaped from an institution falls in love with Tora-san. He decides to marry her, but his family and the girl's teacher break up the romance.{{cite web|url=http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19438|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 純情篇|access-date=2010-01-18|language=Japanese|publisher=Kinema Junpo|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309141432/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19438|archive-date=2012-03-09}}{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305823|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017211900/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305823|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-17|title=OTOKO WA TSURAI YO JUNJO-HEN (1971)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=British Film Institute}}
Cast
- Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajiro{{cite web |url= http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1971/cu000100.htm|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 純情篇|access-date=2010-01-18|language=Japanese|publisher=Japanese Movie Database}}
- Chieko Baisho as Sakura
- Ayako Wakao as Yūko Akashi
- Shin Morikawa as Kuruma Tatsuzō
- Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
- Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
- Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama
- Hisao Dazai as Tarō Ume
- Gajirō Satō as Genkō
- Hisaya Morishige as Senzō
- Nobuko Miyamoto as Kinuyo
- Tatsuo Matsumura as Doctor Yamashita
- Gorō Tarumi as Yūko's husband
Critical appraisal
For his work on Tora-san's Shattered Romance as well as the next two entries in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series, Tora-san, the Good Samaritan and Tora-san's Love Call (all 1971), Yoji Yamada tied for Best Director at the Mainichi Film Awards with Masahiro Shinoda.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067539/awards|title=Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Funto hen (1971)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Internet Movie Database}} The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Shattered Romance three and a half out of five stars.{{cite web |url=http://www.molodezhnaja.ch/torasan6.htm|title=Tora-San's Shattered Romance|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=www.molodezhnaja.ch|language=German}}
Availability
Tora-san's Shattered Romance was released theatrically on January 15, 1971.{{cite web|url=http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/11502|title=男はつらいよ 純情篇|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008093751/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/11502|archive-date=2011-10-08}} In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1983 and 1995, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=143466|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 純情篇(1971)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=allcinema.net|language=Japanese}}
References
{{Reflist}}
Bibliography
=English=
- {{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305823|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017211900/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305823|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-17|title=OTOKO WA TSURAI YO JUNJO-HEN (1971)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=British Film Institute}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.citwf.com/film257064.htm|title=OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -JUNJO HEN|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Complete Index to World Film}}
- {{IMDb title|0071953|Otoko wa tsurai yo: Junjô hen (1971)}}
=German=
- {{cite web |url=http://www.molodezhnaja.ch/torasan6.htm|title=Tora-San's Shattered Romance|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=143466|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 純情篇(1971)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=allcinema.net|language=Japanese}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/11502|title=男はつらいよ 純情篇|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008093751/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/11502|archive-date=2011-10-08}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1971/cu000100.htm|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 純情篇|access-date=2010-01-18|language=Japanese|publisher=Japanese Movie Database}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19438|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 純情篇|access-date=2010-01-18|language=Japanese|publisher=Kinema Junpo|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309141432/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19438|archive-date=2012-03-09}}
External links
- [http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie06/ Tora-san's Shattered Romance] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301030820/http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie06/ |date=2011-03-01 }} at www.tora-san.jp (official site)
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Category:Films directed by Yoji Yamada
Category:1970s Japanese-language films
Category:Otoko wa Tsurai yo films
Category:Japanese sequel films