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Directed by | Yoji Yamada |
Written by | Yoji Yamada Akira Miyazaki |
Starring | Kiyoshi Atsumi Aiko Nagayama |
Music by | Naozumi Yamamoto |
Cinematography | Tetsuo Takaba |
Editing by | Iwao Ishii |
Distributed by | Shochiku |
Release date(s) | August 26, 1970 |
Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Tora-san's Runaway (男はつらいよ 望郷篇 Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Bōkyō hen ) aka Tora-san Homebound[1] is a 1970 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Aiko Nagayama as his love interest or "Madonna".[2] Tora-san's Runaway is the fifth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
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Chieko Baishō was given the Best Actress award at both the Mainichi Film Awards and the Kinema Junpo Awards for her roles in Tora-san's Runaway and Kazoku. Yoji Yamada and Akira Miyazaki were also given the Best Screenplay award at those two ceremonies for their work on those two films.[4]
The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Runaway three out of five stars.[5]
Tora-san's Runaway was released theatrically on August 26, 1970.[6] In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1983 and 1995, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.[7]
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