Tora-San Goes to Vienna

Tora-San Goes to Vienna

Theatrical poster
Directed by Yoji Yamada
Produced by Kiyoshi Shimizu
Kiyoaki Kurosu
Written by Yoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
Starring Kiyoshi Atsumi
Keiko Takeshita
Music by Naozumi Yamamoto
Cinematography Tetsuo Takaba
Editing by Iwao Ishii
Distributed by Shochiku
Release date(s) August 5, 1989 (1989-08-05)
Running time 109 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Tora-San Goes to Vienna (男はつらいよ 寅次郎心の旅路 Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Kokoro no Tabiji?) is a 1989 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Keiko Takeshita as his love interest or "Madonna".[1] Tora-San Goes to Vienna is the forty-first entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

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Synopsis

During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man. He travels with the man to Vienna, but winds up homesick for Japan.[2][3]

Cast

Critical appraisal

The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-San Goes to Vienna three and a half out of five stars.[5]

Availability

Tora-San Goes to Vienna was released theatrically on August 5, 1989.[6] In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 1998, 2005, and 2008.[7]

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German

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