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Stage-Struck Tora-san (男はつらいよ 寅次郎わが道をゆく, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Wagamichi o Yuku) aka Tora-san's Stage-Struck is a 1978 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Nana Kinomi as his love interest or "Madonna". Stage-Struck Tora-san is the twenty-first entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
Synopsis
Tora-san returns from his travels throughout Japan to his family's home in Tokyo to find his uncle recovering from an illness. After a family fight erupts, he returns to the road and becomes friends with Tomekichi. When the pair come to Tokyo, they both fall in love with stage dancers.
Cast
Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō
Chieko Baisho as Sakura
Nana Kinomi as Nanako Beni
Tetsuya Takeda as Tomekichi Gotō
Masami Shimojō as Kuruma Tatsuzō
Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
Hayato Nakamura as Mitsuo Suwa
Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
Gajirō Satō as Genkō
Hiroshi Inuzuka
Raita Ryū as Detective
Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama
Shinobu Azusa as Shinobu Fuji
Critical appraisal
Kiyoshi Atsumi was nominated for Best Actor at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony for his work in Stage-Struck Tora-san and the following film in the series, Talk of the Town Tora-san (also 1978). Yoji Yamada was also nominated for Best Director for these two films.
Stuart Galbraith IV writes that Stage-Struck Tora-san is one of the weaker entries in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. He notes that co-star Tetsuya Takeda, a popular comic actor in Japan at the time, comes across as hammy in western eyes. According to Galbraith, the film works best as a nostalgic look at late-1970s popular culture. The opening dream segment is a spoof of Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), and there are references to Pink Lady as well as glimpses into Japan's economic situation of the era. The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Stage-Struck Tora-san three out of five stars.
Availability
Stage-Struck Tora-san was released theatrically on August 5, 1978. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 2002 and 2005.
References
Notes
Bibliography
= English
="OTOKO WA TSURAIYO: TORAJIRO WAGA MICHI O YUKU (1978)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
"OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO WAGA MICHI". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro wagamichi wo yuku (1978) at IMDb
Galbraith IV, Stuart (2006-03-14). "Tora-san 21: Tora-san's Stage-Struck (Region 3)". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
= German
="Tora-San's Stage-struck" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
= Japanese
=男はつらいよ 寅次郎わが道をゆく(1978) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
"男はつらいよ 寅次郎わが道をゆく". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
男はつらいよ 寅次郎わが道をゆく (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
男はつらいよ 寅次郎わが道をゆく (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
External links
Stage-Struck Tora-san Archived 2013-06-15 at the Wayback Machine at www.tora-san.jp (official site)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Otoko wa Tsurai yo
- Yoji Yamada
- Stage-Struck Tora-san
- Yoji Yamada
- Otoko wa Tsurai yo
- Tetsuya Takeda
- Raita Ryū
- Hiroshi Inuzuka
- Nana Kinomi
- Talk of the Town Tora-san
- List of Japanese films of 1978
- Masami Shimojō
