Tora-san's Runaway

Tora-san's Runaway
Theatrical poster
Directed byYoji Yamada
Written byYoji Yamada
Akira Miyazaki
StarringKiyoshi Atsumi
Aiko Nagayama
CinematographyTetsuo Takaba
Edited byIwao Ishii
Music byNaozumi Yamamoto
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • August 26, 1970 (1970-08-26)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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.

Cast

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  • Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajiro[3]
  • Chieko Baisho as Sakura
  • Aiko Nagayama as Setsuko Miura
  • Hisashi Igawa as Tsuyoshi Kimura
  • Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
  • Taisaku Akino as Noboru Kawamata
  • Masamichi Matsuyama as Sumio Ishida
  • Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
  • Hisao Dazai as Tarō Ume
  • Tokuko Sugiyama as Setsuko's mother, Tomiko
  • Gajirō Satō as Genkichi (Man at the Temple)
  • Michio Kida as Masayoshi Takioka

Critical appraisal

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Chieko Baisho 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]

Availability

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Tora-san's Runaway was released theatrically on August 26, 1970.[6] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1983 and 1995, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -BOKYO HEN". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  2. ^ "男はつらいよ 望郷篇 (Madonna)" (in Japanese). tora-san.jp. Retrieved 2010-01-18. (official site)
  3. ^ 男はつらいよ 望郷篇 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  4. ^ "Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Boukyou hen (1970)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  5. ^ "Tora-San's Runaway" (in German). molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  6. ^ "男はつらいよ 望郷篇". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  7. ^ 男はつらいよ 望郷篇(1970) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

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