Tora-san Takes a Vacation

Tora-san Takes a Vacation
Theatrical poster
Directed byYoji Yamada
Written byYoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
Produced byKiyoshi Shimizu
StarringKiyoshi Atsumi
Kumiko Goto
CinematographyTetsuo Takaba
Edited byIwao Ishii
Music byNaozumi Yamamoto
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • December 22, 1990 (1990-12-22)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Tora-san Takes a Vacation (男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō no Kyūjitsu) is a 1990 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Goto as his nephew's love interest or "Madonna".[1] Tora-san Takes a Vacation is the forty-third entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Cast

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Critical appraisal

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Hidetaka Yoshioka was nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Kumiko Goto for Best Supporting Actress at the Japan Academy Prize for their roles in Tora-san Takes a Vacation, and the previous entry in the series, Tora-san, My Uncle (1989).[3] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Takes a Vacation two and a half out of five stars.[4]

Availability

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Tora-san Takes a Vacation was released theatrically on December 22, 1990.[5] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.[6]

Bibliography

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English

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  • "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO NO KYUJITSU". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  • Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no kyuujitsu (1990) at IMDb

German

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Japanese

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References

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  1. ^ "男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日 (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Archived from the original on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2010-02-01. (official site)
  2. ^ 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  3. ^ "Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no kyuujitsu (1990)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  4. ^ "Tora-San Takes a Vacation" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  5. ^ "男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  6. ^ 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日 (1990) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
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