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Tora-san Loves an Artist
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Wikipedia article
'aka' 'Tora-san Goes French' is a 1973 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajir Kuruma (Tora-san), and Keiko Kishi as his love interest or "Madonna". (official site) '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.
Cast
* Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajir
* Keiko Kishi as Ritsuko Yanagi
* Takehiko Maeda as Fumihiko Yanagi
* Chieko Baisho as Sakura
* Tatsuo Matsumura as Ryz Azuma
* Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
* Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
* Hayato Nakamura as Mitsuo Suwa
* Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetar Katsura)
* Gajir Sat as Genk
* Chish Ry 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." The German-language site molodezhnaja gives 'Tora-san Loves an Artist' three and a half out of five stars.
Availability
'Tora-san Loves an Artist' was released theatrically on December 16, 1973. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1995, and in DVD format in 2008.
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