Tora-san, the Good Samaritan

Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Yoji Yamada
Written by	Yoji Yamada Yoshitaka Asama
Starring	Kiyoshi Atsumi Rumi Sakakibara
Cinematography	Tetsuo Takaba
Edited by	Iwao Ishii
Music by	Naozumi Yamamoto
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	April 28, 1971 (1971-04-28)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Tora-san, the Good Samaritan (男はつらいよ 奮闘篇, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Funtō hen) is a 1971 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Rumi Sakakibara as his love interest or "Madonna".[1] Tora-san, the Good Samaritan is the seventh entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Plot summary

Cast

• Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō[2]
• Chieko Baisho as Sakura
• Rumi Sakakibara as Hanako Ōta
• Sachiko Mitsumoto as Fuyuko
• Chōchō Miyako as Kiku
• Kunie Tanaka as Prof. Fukui
• Hiroshi Ōtsuka as Policeman
• Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
• Chieko Misaki as Torajiro's aunt
• Hisao Dazai as Tarō Ume

Critical appraisal

For his work on Tora-san, the Good Samaritan, the previous entry in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series, Tora-san's Shattered Romance, and the following entry, Tora-san's Love Call (all 1971), Yoji Yamada tied for Best Director at the Mainichi Film Awards with Masahiro Shinoda.[3] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san, the Good Samaritan three and a half out of five stars.[4]

Availability

Tora-san, the Good Samaritan was released theatrically on April 28, 1971.[5] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1983 and 1995, and in DVD format in 1998 and 2008.[6]

References

1. "男はつらいよ 奮闘篇 (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Retrieved 2010-01-18. (official site)
2. 男はつらいよ 奮闘篇 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
3. "Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Funto hen (1971)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
4. "Tora-San, the Good Samaritan" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
5. "男はつらいよ 奮闘篇". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
6. 男はつらいよ 奮闘篇(1971) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

Bibliography

English

• "OTOKO WA TSURAI YO FUNTO-HEN (1971)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
• "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -FUNTO HEN". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
• Otoko wa tsurai yo: Funto hen (1971) at IMDb

German

• "Tora-San, the Good Samaritan" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

Japanese

• 男はつらいよ 奮闘篇(1971) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
• "男はつらいよ 奮闘篇". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
• 男はつらいよ 奮闘篇 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
• 男はつらいよ 奮闘篇 (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

External links

• Tora-san, the Good Samaritan Archived 2011-03-01 at the Wayback Machine at www.tora-san.jp (official site)
• Tora-san, the Good Samaritan at the TCM Movie Database