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2 Cast  





3 Critical appraisal  





4 Releases  



4.1  Home media  







5 References  





6 Bibliography  



6.1  English  





6.2  German  





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Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Theatrical poster
Directed byYoji Yamada
Written byYoji Yamada
Shun'ichi Kobayashi
Akira Miyazaki
StarringKiyoshi Atsumi
Orie Satō
CinematographyTetsuo Takaba
Edited byIwao Ishii
Music byNaozumi Yamamoto
Distributed byShochiku

Release date

  • November 15, 1969 (1969-11-15)

Running time

93 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Tora-san's Cherished Mother (続・男はつらいよ, Zoku Otoko wa Tsurai yo), aka Tora-san's Homeward Journey, Am I Trying? Part II, and Torasan Pt. 2,[1] is a 1969 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Kuruma Torajirō (Tora-san), and Orie Satō as his love interest or "Madonna".[2] Tora-san's Cherished Mother is the second entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Synopsis[edit]

Tora-san hears that his mother is still alive and returns to Tokyo to track her down. He discovers that she is a geisha who had had only a brief affair with his father. While visiting the family, he falls in love with Natsuko, the daughter of an old teacher.[3][4][5]

Cast[edit]

Critical appraisal[edit]

Kiyoshi Atsumi was given the Best Actor award at the Mainichi Film Awards for his performance in this film and the previous entry in the series, It's Tough Being a Man (also 1969). Yoji Yamada was also awarded Best Director at the ceremony for the same two films.[citation needed]

The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Cherished Mother three and a half out of five stars.[7]

Releases[edit]

Tora-san's Cherished Mother was released theatrically on November 15, 1969.[8]

Home media[edit]

In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1983 and 1995, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.[9] AnimEigo released the film on DVD in the US along with the other first four films in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series on November 24, 2009.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ZOKU OTOKOWA TSURAIYO". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  • ^ "続・男はつらいよ (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Retrieved 2010-01-18. (official site)
  • ^ 続・男はつらいよ (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  • ^ a b Rich, Jamie S. (2009-12-21). "Tora-San: Collector's Set 1". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  • ^ "ZOKU OTOKO WA TSURAI YO (1969)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  • ^ 続・男はつらいよ (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  • ^ "Tora-San's Cherished Mother" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  • ^ "続・男はつらいよ". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  • ^ 続・男はつらいよ(1969) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
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    English[edit]

    German[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

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