Tora-san's_Shattered_Romance

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Tora-san's Shattered Romance

1971 Japanese film

Tora-san's Shattered Romance (男はつらいよ 純情篇, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Junjō hen) aka Tora-san in Love[1] is a 1971 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Ayako Wakao as his love interest or "Madonna".[2] Tora-san's Shattered Romance is the sixth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

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Synopsis

A girl who has escaped from an institution falls in love with Tora-san. He decides to marry her, but his family and the girl's teacher break up the romance.[3][4]

Cast

Critical appraisal

For his work on Tora-san's Shattered Romance as well as the next two entries in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series, Tora-san, the Good Samaritan and Tora-san's Love Call (all 1971), Yoji Yamada tied for Best Director at the Mainichi Film Awards with Masahiro Shinoda.[6] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Shattered Romance three and a half out of five stars.[7]

Availability

Tora-san's Shattered Romance was released theatrically on January 15, 1971.[8] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1983 and 1995, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.[9]

References

  1. [1]
    "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -JUNJO HEN". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  2. [2]
    "男はつらいよ 純情篇 (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Retrieved 2010-01-18. (official site)
  3. [3]
    男はつらいよ 純情篇 (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  4. [4]
    "OTOKO WA TSURAI YO JUNJO-HEN (1971)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  5. [5]
    男はつらいよ 純情篇 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  6. [6]
    "Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Funto hen (1971)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  7. [7]
    "Tora-San's Shattered Romance" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  8. [8]
    "男はつらいよ 純情篇". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  9. [9]
    男はつらいよ 純情篇(1971) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

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