Tora-san Plays Cupid

{{Infobox film

| name = Tora-san Plays Cupid

| image = Tora-san Plays Cupid.jpg

| caption = Theatrical poster

| director = Yoji Yamada

| producer =

| writer = Yoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama

| starring = Kiyoshi Atsumi
Shiho Fujimura

| music = Naozumi Yamamoto

| cinematography = Tetsuo Takaba

| editing = Iwao Ishii

| distributor = Shochiku

| released = {{Film date|1977|12|29}}

| runtime = 95 minutes

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

| budget =

| gross =

}}

{{nihongo|Tora-san Plays Cupid|男はつらいよ寅次郎頑張れ!|Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Gambare!}} aka Tora-san, Hold Out!{{cite web |url=http://www.citwf.com/film257077.htm|title=OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO GANBARE|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Complete Index to World Film}} is a 1977 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Shiho Fujimura as his love interest or "Madonna".{{cite web |url=http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie20/madonna.html|title=男はつらいよ寅次郎頑張れ! (Madonna)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher= www.tora-san.jp|language=Japanese}} (official site) Tora-san Plays Cupid is the twentieth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Synopsis

Tora-san plays at matchmaker, trying to arrange a romance between Ryōsuke and Sachiko. His advice proves disastrous and Tora-san instead falls in love with Ryōsuke's sister.{{cite web|url=http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18782|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ寅次郎頑張れ!|access-date=2010-01-18|language=Japanese|publisher=Kinema Junpo|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309142155/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18782|archive-date=2012-03-09}}{{cite web |first=Stuart |last=Galbraith IV |authorlink= Stuart Galbraith IV|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/20532/tora-san-20-tora-san-plays-cupid/|title=Tora-san 20: Tora-san Plays Cupid (Region 3) |date=2006-03-08|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=DVD Talk}}{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305832|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017231944/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305832|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-17|title=OTOKO WA TSURAI YO TORAJIRO GANBARE (1977)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=British Film Institute}}

Cast

Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō{{cite web |url= http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1977/da003870.htm|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ寅次郎頑張れ!|access-date=2010-01-18|language=Japanese|publisher=Japanese Movie Database}}
Chieko Baisho as Sakura
Shiho Fujimura as Fujiko Shimada
Masatoshi Nakamura as Ryōsuke Shimada
Shinobu Otake as Sachiko Fukumura
Masami Shimojō as Kuruma Tatsuzō
Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
Hayato Nakamura as Mitsuo Suwa
Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
Gajirō Satō as Genkō

Critical appraisal

Kiyoshi Atsumi was nominated for Best Actor at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony for his performances in Tora-san Plays Cupid, Tora-san Meets His Lordship and Yatsuhaka-mura (all 1977). Chieko Baisho was also nominated for Best Actress and Shinobu Otake for Best Supporting Actress at the same ceremony.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076509/awards|title=Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro gambare! (1977)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Internet Movie Database}}

Stuart Galbraith IV judges the film to be another good entry in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series, funny and with a strong supporting cast. The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Plays Cupid three and a half out of five stars.{{cite web |url=http://www.molodezhnaja.ch/torasan20.htm|title=Tora-San Plays Cupid|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher= www.molodezhnaja.ch|language=German}}

Availability

Tora-san Plays Cupid was released theatrically on December 29, 1977.{{cite web|url=http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/12887|title=男はつらいよ寅次郎頑張れ!|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311073758/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/12887|archive-date=2012-03-11}} In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 1998, 2002, and 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=146150|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ寅次郎頑張れ！(1977)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=allcinema.net|language=Japanese}}

References

Bibliography

=English=

{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305832|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017231944/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305832|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-17|title=OTOKO WA TSURAI YO TORAJIRO GANBARE (1977)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=British Film Institute}}
{{cite web |url=http://www.citwf.com/film257077.htm|title=OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO GANBARE|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Complete Index to World Film}}
{{IMDb title|0076509|Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro gambare! (1977)}}
{{cite web |first=Stuart |last=Galbraith IV |authorlink= Stuart Galbraith IV|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/20532/tora-san-20-tora-san-plays-cupid/|title=Tora-san 20: Tora-san Plays Cupid (Region 3) |date=2006-03-08|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=DVD Talk}}

=German=

{{cite web |url=http://www.molodezhnaja.ch/torasan20.htm|title=Tora-San Plays Cupid|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=146150|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ寅次郎頑張れ！(1977)|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=allcinema.net|language=Japanese}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/12887|title=男はつらいよ寅次郎頑張れ!|access-date=2010-01-18|publisher=Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311073758/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/12887|archive-date=2012-03-11}}
{{cite web |url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1977/da003870.htm|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ寅次郎頑張れ!|access-date=2010-01-18|language=Japanese|publisher=Japanese Movie Database}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18782|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ寅次郎頑張れ!|access-date=2010-01-18|language=Japanese|publisher=Kinema Junpo|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309142155/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18782|archive-date=2012-03-09}}

External links

[http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie20/ Tora-san Plays Cupid] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209204748/http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie20/ |date=2013-02-09 }} at www.tora-san.jp (official site)

Category:1977 films

Category:Films directed by Yoji Yamada

Category:1977 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:1970s Japanese films