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Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial (男はつらいよ 寅次郎サラダ記念日, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Sarada Kinenbi) is a 1988 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Yoshiko Mita as his love interest or "Madonna".[1] Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial is the fortieth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. The title comes from Machi Tawara poetry collection Salad Anniversary, on which this movie was based.

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Yoji Yamada
Written by	Yoji Yamada Yoshitaka Asama
Starring	Kiyoshi Atsumi Yoshiko Mita
Cinematography	Tetsuo Takaba
Edited by	Iwao Ishii
Music by	Naozumi Yamamoto
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	December 24, 1988 (1988-12-24)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Synopsis

In his travels through Japan, Tora-san meets and falls in love with a female doctor, but he is afraid of committing to a relationship.[2][3]

Cast

• Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō[4]
• Chieko Baisho as Sakura
• Yoshiko Mita as Machiko
• Hiroko Mita as Yuki
• Shimojo Masami as Kuruma Tatsuzō
• Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
• Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
• Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
• Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
• Gajirō Satō as Genkō
• Toshinori Omi as Sei
• Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama
• Tomoko Naraoka as Machiko's mother

Critical appraisal

Yoshiko Mita was nominated for Best Actress at the Japan Academy Prize for her role in Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial.[5] Kevin Thomas at the Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review.[6] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial four out of five stars, labeling it one of the highlights of the series.[7]

Availability

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial was released theatrically on December 24, 1988.[8] In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1989 and 1996, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.[9]

References

Bibliography

English

• "OTOKO WA TSURAI YO TORAJIRO SARADA KINENBI (1988)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
• "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO SARADA KINENBI". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
• Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro sarada kinenbi (1988) at IMDb

German

• "Tora-San's Salad-Day Memorial" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

Japanese

• 男はつらいよ 寅次郎サラダ記念日 (1988) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
• "男はつらいよ 寅次郎サラダ記念日". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
• 男はつらいよ 寅次郎サラダ記念日 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
• 男はつらいよ 寅次郎サラダ記念日 (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

External links

• Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial at www.tora-san.jp (official site)

На других языках

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- [en] Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial

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[ru] Мужчине живётся трудно. Фильм 40: Юбилейный салат Торадзиро

«Мужчине живётся трудно. Фильм 40: Юбилейный салат Торадзиро» (яп. 男はつらいよ　寅次郎サラダ記念日, отоко-ва цурай ё: торадзиро саладо кинэнби; англ. Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial (Tora-san 40) — японская комедия режиссёра Ёдзи Ямады, вышедшая на экраны в 1988 году. 40-й фильм популярного в Японии киносериала о комичных злоключениях незадачливого чудака Торадзиро Курума, или по-простому Тора-сана. В названии отсылка на поэтессу Мати Тавара, у которой есть сборник стихов под заголовком «Именины салата». По сюжету серии Тора-сан во время своих путешествий встречает и влюбляется в женщину-врача, однако он боится вступить с ней в отношения. По результатам проката фильм посмотрели 1 млн. 822 тыс. японских зрителей[2].

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