“A man lives hard. Movie 18: Torajiro's Collection of Exalted Senses ” ( Japanese 男 は つ ら い よ 寅 次郎 純情 詩集 , otoko-va tsuray:: Torajiro Junjoshishu ; English Tora-san's Heart Of Gold / Tora's Pure Love (Tora-san 18) - Japanese comedy Yoji Yamada , which was released in 1976. Based on the results of the distribution, the film took 6th place in the 1977 box office [1] , it was watched by 1 million 726 thousand Japanese viewers [2] , and rental fees amounted to 1 billion 686 million yen [1] The role of a middle-aged but still beautiful Ai, another of Thor-san's love interest, was played by the popular actress Matiko Kyo , the star of the movie Akira K Urosava " Rashomon " ( 1950 ).
| It’s hard for a man to live. Movie 18: Torajiro's collection of exalted feelings | |
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| jap. は は つ ら い よ 寅 次郎 純情 詩集 ( otoko-va tsurai yo: torajiro junjoshishu ) | |
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| Genre | comedy |
| Producer | Youji yamada |
| Producer | Yukio Takashima Shunichi Kobayashi, Tohru Nashima |
| Author script | Yoshitaka Asama Youji yamada |
| Operator | Tetsuo Takaha |
| Composer | Naozumi Yamamoto |
| Film company | " Shёtiku " |
| Duration | 103 minutes |
| A country |  Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Year | 1976 |
| Previous movie | It’s hard for a man to live. Movie 17: Sunrise and the Crimson Sunset of Torajiro |
| Next movie | It’s hard for a man to live. Movie 19: Torajiro and the Barin |
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Content
- 1 plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Premieres
- 4 Awards and nominations
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Story
The film begins with the arrival of Tora-san at his home, located at the sweets shop in Shibamata (Tokyo). Together with her sister Sakura and her husband Hiroshi, Tora-san visits their son’s teacher Mitsuo, twenty-year-old Masako Yagyu, whose mother was Torajiro’s childhood friend. Of course, Tora-san instantly falls for a beautiful young woman and completely usurps the meeting, chatting and trying to charm her. He was especially annoyed by the behavior of the Torah Hiroshi; he is deeply concerned about his son’s future, dreaming that his offspring would go to college after school, which Hiroshi himself — a simple worker in a printing house — could never afford. Hiroshi wanted to seriously talk with the teacher, but as soon as he tried to start a conversation, Tora-san wedged in between them and, changing the subject, blinded the teacher, without giving a word to the boy’s parents.
Sakura was equally upset by the behavior of her unbearable brother, and upon returning home, Tora-san receives a good thrashing. The offended Torajiro leaves the house again and travels around the country. He even ends up in prison, from which he will be released through the efforts of Sakura. Returning again to Sibamata, Tora-san receives another scolding from Sakura, during which she reprimands him for imprisonment, and recalls the ill-fated meeting with the teacher. The sister is particularly indignant at the fact that the teacher is half the age of Tora-san. In the heat of his complaints, Sakura tells her brother that there would be no problem if, instead of the young Masako, he would lay his eyes on her mother Ayu. Naturally, at this very moment, a lonely, divorced, but still beautiful Aya appears in their candy store, whose ex-husband was a rich man who made his fortune trading in the post-war black market. Aya just left the hospital after a long illness. Torajiro worries about her health, he begins to patronize her and raise her mood, and gradually a feeling of love falls between them ...
Cast
- Kiyoshi Atsumi - Torajiro Kuruma (or Tora-san)
- Chieko Baisho - Sakura, Torajiro's sister
- Matiko Kyo - Aya Yagyu
- Fumi Dan - Masako Yagyu
- Masami Shimojo - Ryuzo, uncle of Tora-san
- Chieko Misaki - Tsune, Aunt Tora-san
- Gin Maeda - Hiroshi, Sakura's husband
- Hayato Nakamura - Mitsuo Suva, son of Sakura and Hiroshi, nephew of Tora-san
- Hisao Dazai - Umetharo (Hiroshi Boss)
- Gajiro Sato - Gen
- Tishu Ryu - Priest
- Yoshio Yoshida - Tsuruhachiro Bando
- Marie Okamoto - Sayuri Oodzora
- Yoshino Tani - Servant
- Masahiko Tanimura - Shouted
- Kanjiro Oosugi - Ritsuko's teacher
- Kumeko Urabe - Aunt
- Sakae Umezu - Police Officer
Premieres
- - The national premiere of the film took place on December 25, 1976 in Tokyo [3] .
Awards and nominations
Kinema Jumpo Magazine Award (1978)
- Nominated for an award for the best film of 1977, however, according to the results of voting, it took only 12th place [4] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Die Top 10-Listen zu den größten Kassenerfolgen der 1970er Jahre on the Nippon-Kino website (German)
- ↑ 男 は つ ら い よ 寅 次郎 純情 詩集 on the official website of the series “It Is Hard for a Man to Live” (Japanese)
- ↑ 男 は つ ら い よ 私 の 寅 さ ん on the website of the Kinema Jumpo magazine (Japanese)
- ↑ Kinema Junpo Top YBY on Rinkworks.com
Links
- “A man lives hard. Movie 18: Torajiro's Collection of Exalted Senses ” on the Internet Movie Database
- Tora-san's Heart Of Gold on Molodezhnaja.ch (German)
- 男 は つ ら い よ 寅 次郎 純情 詩集 at the Official Torasan site (Japanese)