Tora-san Loves an Artist explained

aka Tora-san Goes French^[1] is a 1973 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Keiko Kishi as his love interest or "Madonna".^[2] Tora-san Loves an Artist is the twelfth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Synopsis

Tora-san watches the family shop while the rest of his family takes a vacation to Kyushu. An old friend introduces Tora-san to his sister Ritsuko, and he promptly falls in love with her. She is an artist and has no time for Tora-san.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Cast

• Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō^[6]
• Keiko Kishi as Ritsuko Yanagi
• Takehiko Maeda as Fumihiko Yanagi
• Chieko Baisho as Sakura
• Tatsuo Matsumura as Ryūzō Azuma
• Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
• Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
• Hayato Nakamura as Mitsuo Suwa
• Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
• Gajirō Satō as Genkō
• Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama

Critical appraisal

Stuart Galbraith IV calls Tora-san Loves an Artist a "solid" entry in the series, which is "alternately sweet and touching, funny and biting."^[4] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Loves an Artist three and a half out of five stars.^[7]

Availability

Tora-san Loves an Artist was released theatrically on December 16, 1973.^[8] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1995, and in DVD format in 2008.^[9]

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Bibliography

English

• Web site: OTOKO WA TSURAI YO WATASHI NO TORA-SAN (1973). https://web.archive.org/web/20121017231810/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305848. dead. 2012-10-17. 2010-01-18. British Film Institute.
• Web site: OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -WATASHI NO TORAJIRO. 2010-01-18. Complete Index to World Film.
  • Web site: Stuart . Galbraith IV . Stuart Galbraith IV. Tora-san 12: Tora-san Loves an Artist (Region 3) . 2006-02-05. 2010-01-18. DVD Talk.

German

• Web site: Tora-San Loves an Artist. 2010-01-18. www.molodezhnaja.ch. German.

Japanese

• Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=144583. ja:男はつらいよ 私の寅さん(1973). 2010-01-18. allcinema.net. Japanese.
• Web site: 男はつらいよ 私の寅さん. 2010-01-18. Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120226045407/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/11918. 2012-02-26.
• Web site: http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1973/cw003760.htm. ja:男はつらいよ 私の寅さん. 2010-01-18. Japanese. Japanese Movie Database.
• Web site: http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18159. ja:男はつらいよ 私の寅さん. 2010-01-18. Japanese. Kinema Junpo. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120309141609/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18159. 2012-03-09.

External links

• Tora-san Loves an Artist at www.tora-san.jp (official site)

Notes and References

1. Web site: OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -WATASHI NO TORAJIRO. 2010-01-18. Complete Index to World Film.
2. Web site: 男はつらいよ 私の寅さん (Madonna). 2010-01-18. www.tora-san.jp. Japanese. (official site)
3. Web site: http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18159. ja:男はつらいよ 私の寅さん. 2010-01-18. Japanese. Kinema Junpo. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120309141609/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/18159. 2012-03-09.
4. Web site: Stuart . Galbraith IV . Stuart Galbraith IV. Tora-san 12: Tora-san Loves an Artist (Region 3) . 2006-02-05. 2010-01-18. DVD Talk.
5. Web site: OTOKO WA TSURAI YO WATASHI NO TORA-SAN (1973). https://web.archive.org/web/20121017231810/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305848. dead. 2012-10-17. 2010-01-18. British Film Institute.
6. Web site: http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1973/cw003760.htm. ja:男はつらいよ 私の寅さん. 2010-01-18. Japanese. Japanese Movie Database.
7. Web site: Tora-San Loves an Artist. 2010-01-18. www.molodezhnaja.ch. German.
8. Web site: 男はつらいよ 私の寅さん. 2010-01-18. Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120226045407/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/11918. 2012-02-26.
9. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=144583. ja:男はつらいよ 私の寅さん(1973). 2010-01-18. allcinema.net. Japanese.