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Tora-san, the Good Samaritan

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Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
Theatrical poster
Directed byYoji Yamada
Written byYoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
StarringKiyoshi Atsumi
Rumi Sakakibara
CinematographyTetsuo Takaba
Edited byIwao Ishii
Music byNaozumi Yamamoto
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • April 28, 1971 (1971-04-28)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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.

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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

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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

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  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.

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