| It's Tough Being a Man | |
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| Directed by | Yoji Yamada |
| Written by | Yoji Yamada Azuma Morisaki |
| Starring | Kiyoshi Atsumi |
| Music by | Naozumi Yamamoto |
| Cinematography | Tetsuo Takaba |
| Editing by | Iwao Ishii |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
| Release date(s) | August 27, 1969 |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
It's Tough Being a Man (男はつらいよ Otoko wa tsurai yo) aka Am I Trying and Tora-san,Our Lovable Tramp[1] is a 1969 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada and starring Kiyoshi Atsumi. It is the first entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
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Torajiro, a traveling salesman and gambler, returns to his home after many years' absence. He attends his sister's wedding, falls in love with Fuyuko, who is engaged to another man, and causes embarrassment for the family. Broken-hearted, Torajiro leaves after writing a letter of advice for Fuyuko to help take care of his sister and her new baby.[2][3][4]
The Mainichi Film Awards and the Kinema Junpo Awards chose Kiyoshi Atsumi as the Best Actor for his role in It's Tough Being a Man, and Yoji Yamada was given the Best Director prize at the Mainichi Film Awards.[6] The Japanese academic film magazine Kinema Junpo gives It's Tough Being a Man a rating of five out of five stars.[2] The German language site molodezhnaja gives It's Tough Being a Man four out of five stars.[7]
It's Tough Being a Man was released theatrically on August 27, 1969.[8] In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1995 and 1996, an in DVD format in 2008.[9] AnimEigo released the film on DVD in the US along with the other first four films in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series on November 24, 2009.[4]
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