Tora-san's Shattered Romance explained

aka Tora-san in Love^[1] is a 1971 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Ayako Wakao as his love interest or "Madonna".^[2] Tora-san's Shattered Romance is the sixth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Synopsis

A girl who has escaped from an institution falls in love with Tora-san. He decides to marry her, but his family and the girl's teacher break up the romance.^{[3] [4]}

Cast

• Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajiro^[5]
• Chieko Baisho as Sakura
• Ayako Wakao as Yūko Akashi
• Shin Morikawa as Kuruma Tatsuzō
• Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
• Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
• Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama
• Hisao Dazai as Tarō Ume
• Gajirō Satō as Genkō
• Hisaya Morishige as Senzō
• Nobuko Miyamoto as Kinuyo
• Tatsuo Matsumura as Doctor Yamashita
• Gorō Tarumi as Yūko's husband

Critical appraisal

For his work on Tora-san's Shattered Romance as well as the next two entries in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series, Tora-san, the Good Samaritan and Tora-san's Love Call (all 1971), Yoji Yamada tied for Best Director at the Mainichi Film Awards with Masahiro Shinoda.^[6] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Shattered Romance three and a half out of five stars.^[7]

Availability

Tora-san's Shattered Romance was released theatrically on January 15, 1971.^[8] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1983 and 1995, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.^[9]

Bibliography

English

• Web site: OTOKO WA TSURAI YO JUNJO-HEN (1971). https://web.archive.org/web/20121017211900/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305823. dead. 2012-10-17. 2010-01-18. British Film Institute.
• Web site: OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -JUNJO HEN. 2010-01-18. Complete Index to World Film.

German

• Web site: Tora-San's Shattered Romance. 2010-01-18. www.molodezhnaja.ch. German.

Japanese

• Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=143466. ja:男はつらいよ 純情篇(1971). 2010-01-18. allcinema.net. Japanese.
• Web site: 男はつらいよ 純情篇. 2010-01-18. Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111008093751/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/11502. 2011-10-08.
• Web site: http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1971/cu000100.htm. ja:男はつらいよ 純情篇. 2010-01-18. Japanese. Japanese Movie Database.
• Web site: http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19438. ja:男はつらいよ 純情篇. 2010-01-18. Japanese. Kinema Junpo. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120309141432/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19438. 2012-03-09.

External links

• Tora-san's Shattered Romance at www.tora-san.jp (official site)

Notes and References

1. Web site: OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -JUNJO HEN. 2010-01-18. Complete Index to World Film.
2. Web site: 男はつらいよ 純情篇 (Madonna). 2010-01-18. www.tora-san.jp. Japanese. (official site)
3. Web site: http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19438. ja:男はつらいよ 純情篇. 2010-01-18. Japanese. Kinema Junpo. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120309141432/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19438. 2012-03-09.
4. Web site: OTOKO WA TSURAI YO JUNJO-HEN (1971). https://web.archive.org/web/20121017211900/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305823. dead. 2012-10-17. 2010-01-18. British Film Institute.
5. Web site: http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1971/cu000100.htm. ja:男はつらいよ 純情篇. 2010-01-18. Japanese. Japanese Movie Database.
6. Web site: Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Funto hen (1971). 2010-01-18. Internet Movie Database.
7. Web site: Tora-San's Shattered Romance. 2010-01-18. www.molodezhnaja.ch. German.
8. Web site: 男はつらいよ 純情篇. 2010-01-18. Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111008093751/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/11502. 2011-10-08.
9. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=143466. ja:男はつらいよ 純情篇(1971). 2010-01-18. allcinema.net. Japanese.