Tora-san's Matchmaker

1993 Japanese film
  • December 25, 1993 (1993-12-25)
Running time
103 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese

Tora-san's Matchmaker (男はつらいよ 寅次郎の縁談, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō no Endan) is a 1993 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Keiko Matsuzaka as his love interest or "Madonna".[1] Tora-san's Matchmaker is the forty-sixth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Cast

  • Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō[2]
  • Chieko Baisho as Sakura
  • Keiko Matsuzaka as Yoko Sakaide
  • Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
  • Shimojo Masami as Tatsuzō Kuruma
  • Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajirō's aunt)
  • Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
  • Gajirō Satō as Genkō
  • Keiroku Seki as Ponshū

Critical appraisal

For their work in Tora-san's Matchmaker, the Japan Academy Prize awarded Yoji Yamada for Best Director and Screenplay, Yoshitaka Asama for Best Screenplay, and Isao Suzuki for Best Sound. Also nominated at the Japan Academy Prize were Yutaka Yokoyama and Mitsuo Degawa for Best Sound and Iwao Ishii for Best Editing.[3] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Matchmaker three and a half out of five stars.[4]

Availability

Tora-san's Matchmaker was released theatrically on December 25, 1993.[5] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1994 and 1996, and in DVD format in 2000 and 2008.[6]

References

  1. ^ "男はつらいよ 寅次郎の縁談 (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 寅次郎の縁談 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  3. ^ "Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no endan (1993)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  4. ^ "Tora-san's Matchmaker" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  5. ^ "男はつらいよ 寅次郎の縁談". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  6. ^ 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の縁談 (1993) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

Bibliography

English

  • Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no endan (1993) at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata

German

  • "Tora-san's Matchmaker" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

Japanese

  • 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の縁談 (1993) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  • "男はつらいよ 寅次郎の縁談". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  • 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の縁談 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  • 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の縁談 (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

External links

  • Tora-san's Matchmaker Archived 2015-07-23 at the Wayback Machine at www.tora-san.jp (official site)
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