Tora-san Confesses

Tora-san Confesses

Theatrical poster
Directed by Yoji Yamada
Produced by Hiroshi Fukazawa
Written by Yoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
Starring Kiyoshi Atsumi
Kumiko Gotō
Music by Naozumi Yamamoto
Cinematography Tetsuo Takaba
Mitsumi Hanada
Editing by Iwao Ishii
Distributed by Shochiku
Release date(s) December 23, 1991 (1991-12-23)
Running time 104 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Tora-san Confesses (男はつらいよ 寅次郎の告白 Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō no Kokuhaku?) is a 1991 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Gotō as his love interest or "Madonna".[1] Tora-san Confesses is the forty-fourth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

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Cast

Critical appraisal

Series Director Yoji Yamada and Yoshitaka Asama were nominated for Best Screenplay at the Japan Academy Prize for their work on Tora-san Confesses. Other nominations for the film at the ceremony were Mitsuo Degawa for Best Art Direction and Isao Suzuki and Takashi Matsumoto for Best Sound.[3] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Confesses three out of five stars.[4]

Availability

Tora-san Confesses was released theatrically on December 23, 1991.[5] In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1992 and 1996, and in DVD format in 2000 and 2005.[6]

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German

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