“A man lives hard. Movie 21: Torajiro walks his own way ” ( Japanese 男 は つ ら い よ 寅 次郎 わ が 道 を ゆ く , Otoko-va tsurai ё: torajiro waga michi-o yuku ; Stage-struck Tora-san (Tora-san 21) - Japanese comedy directed by Yoji Yamada , released in 1978. The 21st film of the popular Japanese film series about the comic misadventures of the unlucky eccentric Torajiro Kuruma, or simply Thora-san, was watched by 1 million 897 thousand Japanese viewers. [2] .
| It’s hard for a man to live. Movie 21: Torajiro strides along his path | |
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| Japanese 男 は つ ら い よ 寅 次郎 わ が 道 を ゆ く ( Otoko-wah tsuray yo: torajiro waga miti-o yuku ) | |
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| Genre | comedy |
| Producer | Youji yamada |
| Producer | Yukio Takashima Shunichi Kobayashi, Kiyoshi Shimazu [1] |
| Author script | Yoshitaka Asama Youji yamada |
| In the main cast | Kiyoshi Atsumi , Chieko Baisho Nana Kinomi |
| Operator | Tetsuo Takaha |
| Composer | Naozumi Yamamoto |
| Film company | " Shёtiku " |
| Duration | 107 minutes |
| A country |  Japan |
| Tongue | Japanese |
| Year | 1978 |
| Previous movie | It’s hard for a man to live. Movie 20: Hold on, Torajiro! |
| Next movie | It’s hard for a man to live. Movie 22: Rumors of Torajiro |
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Content
Story
This time, the itinerant peddler Tora-san is returning home to visit his sick Uncle Tatsuzo, but not for long. Immediately after his arrival, he comes into conflict with Umetharo, the boss of Hiroshi (Tora-san's son-in-law) and again leaves. He goes to a small town near Nagasaki , where he finds a “friend” Tomekiti, who sees in Tora-san as if his mentor. A rather fat Tomekiti, languishing with love, turns to Tora-san for advice on heart matters. Meanwhile, Thora-san stranded cannot pay the bill for overnight in a hotel room.
He is forced to return home again to Shibamata, one of Tokyo's poorest districts, only for his younger sister Sakura to help out with money to pay for the hotel. Sakura gives him money, but now he is forced to stay in order to work out a debt at their family candy store. He later falls in love with the spectacular actress Nanako, his sister’s old friend, and now she is a star, albeit an aging one, in the Shochiku Girls Opera Company (Shёtiku Kagekidan or SKD) [comm. 1] , a kind of Japanese The Rockettes (New York female dance group). The lover of Torajiro visited her show and was delighted with the subject of his love. He exclaims: “It was so magnificent that it made me cry!” Tomekichi, who visited him in Tokyo, was also hooked on this show, and they, together with Torajiro, now visit the theater every day. Tomekiti likewise falls in love with one of the artists.
Cast
- Kiyoshi Atsumi - Torajiro Kuruma (or Tora-san)
- Chieko Baisho - Sakura, Torajiro's sister
- Nana Kinomi - Nanako Beni
- Tetsuya Takeda - Tomekichi Goto
- Masami Shimojo - Tatsuzo Kuruma, uncle of Tora-san
- Chieko Misaki - Tsune Kuruma, 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 - Genko
- Tishu Ryu - Godzen-sama, Buddhist priest
- Shinobu Azusa - Shinobu Fuji
- Marie Okamoto - Haruko
Premieres
- - The national premiere of the film took place on August 5, 1978 in Tokyo [1] .
Awards and nominations
Japanese Academy Award
- 2nd Award Ceremony (1979) [3]
- Nominations:
- best director - Yoji Yamada (ex aequo: “It's hard for a man to live. Movie 22: Rumors of Torajiro”)
- best actor - Kiyoshi Atsumi (ex aequo: “It's hard for a man to live. Movie 22: Rumors of Torajiro”)
- Kinema Jumpo Magazine Award (1979)
- The film was nominated for the “Kinem Jumpo” award in the nomination for the best film of 1978, however, according to the results of voting, it took only 12th place [4] .
Comments
- ↑ This is the same troupe whose star won the heart of Marlon Brando in the movie Sayonara .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 男 は つ ら い よ 寅 次郎 わ が 道 を ゆ く on the website of Kinem Jumpo magazine (Japanese)
- ↑ 男 は つ ら い よ 寅 次郎 わ が 道 を ゆ く on the official website of the series “It Is Hard for a Man to Live” (Japanese)
- ↑ Laureates of the 2nd Prize of the Japanese Film Academy for 1978 on the official website of the Prize of the Japanese Academy (Japanese)
- ↑ Kinema Junpo Top YBY on Rinkworks.com
Links
- “A man lives hard. Movie 21: Torajiro Walks On His Way ” on the Internet Movie Database
- Stage-struck Tora-san on Molodezhnaja.ch (German)
- 男 は つ ら い よ 寅 次郎 わ が 道 を ゆ く at the Official Torasan site (Japanese)