Tora-san, My Uncle

Tora-san, My Uncle

Theatrical poster
Directed by Yoji Yamada
Produced by Kiyoshi Shimizu
Written by Yoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
Starring Kiyoshi Atsumi
Kumiko Goto
Music by Naozumi Yamamoto
Cinematography Tetsuo Takaba
Edited by Iwao Ishii
Distributed by Shochiku
Release dates
  • December 27, 1989
Running time
 108 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Tora-san, My Uncle (男はつらいよ ぼくの伯父さん Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Boku no Ojisan) is a 1989 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Goto as his love interest or "Madonna".[1] Tora-san, My Uncle is the forty-second entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Cast

Critical appraisal

Hidetaka Yoshioka was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Japan Academy Prize for his role in Tora-san, My Uncle. He won this title at the Nikkan Sports Film Award ceremony. Kumiko Goto was nominated for Best Actress at the Japan Academy Prize.[3] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san, My Uncle three and a half out of five stars.[4]

Availability

Tora-san, My Uncle was released theatrically on December 27, 1989.[5] In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 1998, 2005, and 2008.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "男はつらいよ ぼくの伯父さん (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Retrieved 2010-02-01. (official site)
  2. ↑ 男はつらいよ ぼくの伯父さん (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  3. ↑ "Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Boku no ojisan (1989)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  4. ↑ "Tora-San, My Uncle" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  5. ↑ "男はつらいよ ぼくの伯父さん". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  6. ↑ 男はつらいよ　ぼくの伯父さん (1989) (in Japanese). www.allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

Bibliography

English

German

Japanese

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