Tora-san Takes a Vacation (男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō no Kyūjitsu) is a 1990 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Goto as the love interest or "Madonna".[1] Tora-san Takes a Vacation is the forty-third entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
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Directed by | Yoji Yamada |
Written by | Yoji Yamada Yoshitaka Asama |
Produced by | Kiyoshi Shimizu |
Starring | Kiyoshi Atsumi Kumiko Goto |
Cinematography | Tetsuo Takaba |
Edited by | Iwao Ishii |
Music by | Naozumi Yamamoto |
Distributed by | Shochiku |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Hidetaka Yoshioka was nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Kumiko Goto for Best Supporting Actress at the Japan Academy Prize for their roles in Tora-san Takes a Vacation, and the previous entry in the series, Tora-san, My Uncle (1989).[3] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Takes a Vacation two and a half out of five stars.[4]
Tora-san Takes a Vacation was released theatrically on December 22, 1990.[5] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.[6]
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