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Tora-san, the Matchmaker (男はつらいよ 翔んでる寅次郎, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Tonderu Torajirō) a.k.a. Tora-san Riding High[1] is a 1979 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kaori Momoi as his love interest or "Madonna".[2] Tora-san, the Matchmaker is the twenty-third entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Yoji Yamada
Written by	Yoji Yamada Yoshitaka Asama
Starring	Kiyoshi Atsumi Kaori Momoi
Cinematography	Tetsuo Takaba
Edited by	Iwao Ishii
Music by	Naozumi Yamamoto
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	August 4, 1979 (1979-08-04)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Synopsis

Tora-san convinces the hesitant Hitomi to go through with her plans to marry her intended spouse.[3][4][5]

Cast

• Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajiro[6]
• Chieko Baisho as Sakura
• Kaori Momoi as Hitomi Irie
• Akira Fuse as Kunio Koyanagi
• Michiyo Kogure as Kuniko Irie
• 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)
• Hiroshi Inuzuka as Taxi driver
• Gajirō Satō as Genkō
• Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama
• Tatsuo Matsumura as Reikichi Matsuda

Critical appraisal

Tora-san, the Matchmaker was the third top box-office film in Japan for the year of 1979.[4] For his performances in Tora-san, the Matchmaker and the next entry in the series, Tora-san's Dream of Spring (also 1979), Kiyoshi Atsumi was nominated for Best Actor at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. Chieko Baisho was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the same ceremony for both films also.[7]

Stuart Galbraith IV writes that one of the pleasures of Tora-san, the Matchmaker is in the performance of noted actress Michiyo Kogure in one of her last roles.[4] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san, the Matchmaker three out of five stars.[8]

Availability

Tora-san, the Matchmaker was released theatrically on August 4, 1979.[9] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 2000, 2005, and 2008.[10]

References

Bibliography

English

• "OTOKO WA TSURAI YO TONDERU TORAJIRO (1979)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
• "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TONDERU TORAJIRO". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
• Otoko wa tsurai yo: Tonderu Torajirô (1979) at IMDb
• Galbraith IV, Stuart (2006-05-06). "Tora-san 23: Tora-san the Matchmaker (Region 3)". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2010-01-20.

German

• "Tora-San, the Matchmaker" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-20.

Japanese

• 男はつらいよ 翔んでる寅次郎(1979) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
• "男はつらいよ 翔んでる寅次郎". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
• 男はつらいよ 翔んでる寅次郎 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
• 男はつらいよ 翔んでる寅次郎 (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2010-01-20.

External links

• Tora-san, the Matchmaker at www.tora-san.jp (official site)

На других языках

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- [en] Tora-san, the Matchmaker

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[ru] Мужчине живётся трудно. Фильм 23: Парящий в воздухе Торадзиро

«Мужчине живётся трудно. Фильм 23: Парящий в воздухе Торадзиро» (яп. 男はつらいよ　翔んでる寅次郎, отоко-ва цурай ё: какэндэру торадзиро; англ. Tora-san, the Matchmaker (Tora-san 23) — японская комедия режиссёра Ёдзи Ямады, вышедшая на экраны в 1979 году. По результатам проката фильм занял 4 место в бокс-офисе 1979 года[1], его посмотрели 1 млн. 726 тыс. японских зрителей[2], сборы от проката составили 1 миллиард 70 миллионов иен[1].

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