Tora-san's Forget Me Not explained

aka Torasan and his Forget-Me-Not^[1] is a 1973 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Ruriko Asaoka as his love interest or "Madonna".^[2] Tora-san's Forget Me Not is the eleventh entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Synopsis

When Tora-san takes a job at a dairy farm, he becomes infatuated with Lily, a singer. Tora becomes ill, and Lily plans to visit him to tell him his feelings are requited. She is fired from her job and must leave before she can visit Tora-san.^{[3] [4]}

Cast

• Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō^[5]
• Chieko Baisho as Sakura
• Ruriko Asaoka as Lily (Kiyoko Matsuoka)
• Tatsuo Matsumura as Kuruma Tatsuzō
• Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
• Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
• Hayato Nakamura as Mitsuo Suwa
• Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
• Junkichi Orimoto as Kurihara
• Gajirō Satō as Genkō
• Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama

Critical appraisal

Yuji Yamada was given the Best Director prize at the Mainichi Film Awards for his work on Tora-san's Forget Me Not. Yamada, Akira Miyazaki, and Yoshitaka Asama were also awarded for Best Screenplay at the ceremony.^[6] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Forget Me Not three and a half out of five stars.^[7]

Availability

Tora-san's Forget Me Not was released theatrically on August 4, 1973.^[8] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1995, and in DVD format in 2002 and 2008.^[9]

Bibliography

English

• Web site: OTOKO WA TSURAI YO TORAJIRO WASURENAGUSA (1973). https://web.archive.org/web/20121017231759/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305844. dead. 2012-10-17. 2010-01-18. British Film Institute.
• Web site: OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO WASURENA-GUSA. 2010-01-18. Complete Index to World Film.

German

• Web site: Tora-San's Forget Me Not. 2010-01-18. www.molodezhnaja.ch. German.

Japanese

• Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=144461. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎忘れな草(1973). 2010-01-18. allcinema.net. Japanese.
• Web site: 男はつらいよ 寅次郎忘れな草. 2010-01-18. Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120226045830/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/12057. 2012-02-26.
• Web site: http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1973/cw002490.htm. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎忘れな草. 2010-01-18. Japanese. Japanese Movie Database.
• Web site: http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19958. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎忘れな草. 2010-01-18. Japanese. Kinema Junpo. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120309141552/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19958. 2012-03-09.

External links

• Tora-san's Forget Me Not at www.tora-san.jp (official site)

Notes and References

1. Web site: OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO WASURENA-GUSA. 2010-01-18. Complete Index to World Film.
2. Web site: 男はつらいよ 寅次郎忘れな草 (Madonna). 2010-01-18. www.tora-san.jp. Japanese. (official site)
3. Web site: http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19958. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎忘れな草. 2010-01-18. Japanese. Kinema Junpo. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120309141552/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19958. 2012-03-09.
4. Web site: OTOKO WA TSURAI YO TORAJIRO WASURENAGUSA (1973). https://web.archive.org/web/20121017231759/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305844. dead. 2012-10-17. 2010-01-18. British Film Institute.
5. Web site: http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1973/cw002490.htm. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎忘れな草. 2010-01-18. Japanese. Japanese Movie Database.
6. Web site: Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro wasurenagusa (1973). 2010-01-18. Internet Movie Database.
7. Web site: Tora-San's Forget Me Not. 2010-01-18. www.molodezhnaja.ch. German.
8. Web site: 男はつらいよ 寅次郎忘れな草. 2010-01-18. Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120226045830/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/12057. 2012-02-26.
9. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=144461. ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎忘れな草(1973). 2010-01-18. allcinema.net. Japanese.