Tora-san Plays Daddy | |
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Directed by | Yoji Yamada |
Written by | Yoji Yamada Yoshitaka Asama |
Produced by | Kiyoshi Shimizu |
Starring |
Kiyoshi Atsumi Kumiko Akiyoshi |
Cinematography | Tetsuo Takaba |
Edited by | Iwao Ishii |
Music by | Naozumi Yamamoto |
Distributed by | Shochiku |
Release date |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Tora-san Plays Daddy (男はつらいよ 寅次郎物語, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Monogatari) aka Torasan's Tale [1] is a 1987 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Akiyoshi as his love interest or "Madonna". [2] Tora-san Plays Daddy is the 39th entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
Kiyoshi Atsumi won the Best Actor title at the Nikkan Sports Film Award ceremony for his role in Tora-san Plays Daddy. Nominations for the film at the Japan Academy Prize were for Best Director and Best Screenplay ( Yoji Yamada), Best Supporting Actress ( Kumiko Akiyoshi), and Best Sound (Isao Suzuki and Takashi Matsumoto). [4] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Plays Daddy three and a half out of five stars. [5]
Tora-san Plays Daddy was released theatrically on December 26, 1987. [6] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1989 and 1996, and in DVD format in 2002, 2005, and 2008. [7]