Foster Daddy, Tora!

Foster Daddy, Tora!
Theatrical release poster
Directed byYoji Yamada
Written byYoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
StarringKiyoshi Atsumi
Ran Itō
CinematographyTetsuo Takaba
Edited byIwao Ishii
Music byNaozumi Yamamoto
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • December 27, 1980 (1980-12-27)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Foster Daddy, Tora! (男はつらいよ 寅次郎かもめ歌, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Kamome Uta) aka Torasan's Song of the Seagull[1] is a 1980 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Ran Itō as his love interest or "Madonna".[2] Foster Daddy, Tora! is the twenty-sixth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Synopsis

Tor-san takes care of the teenage daughter of a friend after he dies. He takes the girl to Tokyo where she wishes to study, and becomes worried over her romantic life.[3][4][5]

Cast

Critical appraisal

Kiyoshi Atsumi was nominated for the Best Actor prize at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony for his roles in Foster Daddy, Tora! and the following entry in the series, Tora-san's Love in Osaka (1981).[7] Stuart Galbraith IV writes that Foster Daddy, Tora! is one of the top films in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series, and "like the best entries, both funny and sweet".[4] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Foster Daddy, Tora! three and a half out of five stars.[8]

Availability

Foster Daddy, Tora! was released theatrically on December 27, 1980.[9] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 1999, 2002, and 2008.[10]

References

  1. ^ "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO KAMONE UTA". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  2. ^ "男はつらいよ 寅次郎かもめ歌 (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Retrieved 2010-01-21. (official site)
  3. ^ 男はつらいよ 寅次郎かもめ歌 (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  4. ^ a b Galbraith IV, Stuart (2006-08-18). "Tora-san 26: Tora-san's Foster Daddy (Region 3)". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  5. ^ "OTOKO WA TSURAI YO TORAJIRO KAMOMEUTA (1980)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  6. ^ 男はつらいよ 寅次郎かもめ歌 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  7. ^ "Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kamome uta (1980)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  8. ^ "Tora-San's Foster Daddy, 1980" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  9. ^ "男はつらいよ 寅次郎かもめ歌". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  10. ^ 男はつらいよ 寅次郎かもめ歌 (1980) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-01-21.

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