Tora-san Takes a Vacation
{{Infobox film
| name = Tora-san Takes a Vacation
| image = Tora-san Takes a Vacation.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = Yoji Yamada
| producer = Kiyoshi Shimizu
| writer = Yoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
| starring = Kiyoshi Atsumi
Kumiko Goto
| music = Naozumi Yamamoto
| cinematography = Tetsuo Takaba
| editing = Iwao Ishii
| distributor = Shochiku
| released = {{Film date|1990|12|22}}
| runtime = 106 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| budget =
| gross =
}}
{{nihongo|Tora-san Takes a Vacation|男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日|Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō no Kyūjitsu}} is a 1990 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Goto as his nephew's love interest or "Madonna".{{cite web|url=http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie43/madonna.html|title=男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日 (Madonna)|access-date=2010-02-01|publisher=www.tora-san.jp|language=Japanese|archive-date=2015-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721003847/http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie43/madonna.html|url-status=dead}} (official site) Tora-san Takes a Vacation is the forty-third entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
Cast
- Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō{{cite web |url= http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1990/dn003100.htm|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日|access-date=2010-02-01|language=Japanese|publisher=Japanese Movie Database}}
- Chieko Baisho as Sakura
- Kumiko Goto as Izumi Oikawa
- Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
- Mari Natsuki as Ayako Oikawa
- Shimojo Masami as Kuruma Tatsuzō
- Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
- Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
- Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
- Gajirō Satō as Genkō
- Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama
Critical appraisal
Hidetaka Yoshioka was nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Kumiko Goto for Best Supporting Actress at the Japan Academy Prize for their roles in Tora-san Takes a Vacation, and the previous entry in the series, Tora-san, My Uncle (1989).{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100312/awards|title=Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no kyuujitsu (1990)|access-date=2010-02-01|publisher=Internet Movie Database}} The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Takes a Vacation two and a half out of five stars.{{cite web |url=http://www.molodezhnaja.ch/torasan43.htm|title=Tora-San Takes a Vacation|access-date=2010-02-01|publisher=www.molodezhnaja.ch|language=German}}
Availability
Tora-san Takes a Vacation was released theatrically on December 22, 1990.{{cite web|url=http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/1564|title=男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日|access-date=2010-02-01|publisher=Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311094423/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/1564|archive-date=2012-03-11}} In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=151281|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日 (1990)|access-date=2010-02-01|publisher=allcinema.net|language=Japanese}}
Bibliography
=English=
- {{cite web |url=http://www.citwf.com/film257088.htm|title=OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO NO KYUJITSU|access-date=2010-02-01|publisher=Complete Index to World Film}}
- {{IMDb title|0100312|Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no kyuujitsu (1990)}}
=German=
- {{cite web |url=http://www.molodezhnaja.ch/torasan43.htm|title=Tora-San Takes a Vacation|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=151281|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日 (1990)|access-date=2010-02-01|publisher=allcinema.net|language=Japanese}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/1564|title=男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日|access-date=2010-02-01|publisher=Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311094423/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/1564|archive-date=2012-03-11}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1990/dn003100.htm|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日|access-date=2010-02-01|language=Japanese|publisher=Japanese Movie Database}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/26664|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日|access-date=2010-02-01|language=Japanese|publisher=Kinema Junpo|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324083656/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/26664|archive-date=2012-03-24}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie43/ Tora-san Takes a Vacation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723030846/http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie43/ |date=2015-07-23 }} 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:Films with screenplays by Yôji Yamada
Category:Japanese sequel films
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