''aka'' ''Tora-san Homebound'' is a 1970 Japanese comedy film directed by
Yoji Yamada
is a Japanese film director best known for his ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series of films and his Samurai Trilogy (''The Twilight Samurai'', ''The Hidden Blade'' and '' Love and Honor'').
Biography
He was born in Osaka, but due to his father's job ...
. It stars
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Kiyoshi Atsumi (渥美 清 ''Atsumi Kiyoshi''), born Yasuo Tadokoro (田所 康雄 ''Tadokoro Yasuo'', 10 March 1928 – 4 August 1996), was a Japanese actor. He was born in Tokyo, and started his career in 1951 as a comedian at a strip-show the ...
as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Aiko Nagayama as his love interest or "Madonna". ''Tora-san's Runaway'' is the fifth entry in the popular, long-running ''
Otoko wa Tsurai yo
is a Japanese film series starring Kiyoshi Atsumi as , a kind-hearted vagabond who is always unlucky in love. The series itself is often referred to as "Tora-san" by its fans. Spanning 48 installments released between 1969 and 1995, all of the ' ...
'' series.
Cast
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Kiyoshi Atsumi
Kiyoshi Atsumi (渥美 清 ''Atsumi Kiyoshi''), born Yasuo Tadokoro (田所 康雄 ''Tadokoro Yasuo'', 10 March 1928 – 4 August 1996), was a Japanese actor. He was born in Tokyo, and started his career in 1951 as a comedian at a strip-show the ...
as Torajiro
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Chieko Baisho
is a Japanese actress and singer.
In Japan, she is well known for her performance as Sakura in the ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series from 1969 until 1995. In addition, she has acted in many films directed by Yōji Yamada since the 1960s. She won th ...
as Sakura
* Aiko Nagayama as Setsuko Miura
* Hisashi Igawa as Tsuyoshi Kimura
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Gin Maeda
(born February 21, 1944) is a Japanese actor. He had a regular role in the ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' films, beginning with the first in the series (1969), as Sakura's husband.
Filmography Film
*''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series (1969–2019), Hiroshi S ...
as Hiroshi Suwa
* Taisaku Akino as Noboru Kawamata
* Masamichi Matsuyama as Sumio Ishida
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Chieko Misaki
Chieko (written: , , , , or ) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese sprint canoeist
*, blind Japanese computer scientist
*, Japanese actress and singer
*, Japanese voice actress and singer
*, Japanes ...
as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
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Hisao Dazai
Hisao (written: 央生, 久生, 久雄, 寿雄, 寿夫, 尚雄, 尚久 or 尚勇) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese voice actor
*, Japanese government official
*, Japanese baseball player
*, Japa ...
as Tarō Ume
* Tokuko Sugiyama as Setsuko's mother, Tomiko
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Gajirō Satō as Genkichi (Man at the Temple)
* Michio Kida as Masayoshi Takioka
Critical appraisal
Chieko Baisho
is a Japanese actress and singer.
In Japan, she is well known for her performance as Sakura in the ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series from 1969 until 1995. In addition, she has acted in many films directed by Yōji Yamada since the 1960s. She won th ...
was given the Best Actress award at both the
Mainichi Film Award
The
are a series of annual film awards, sponsored by Mainichi Shinbun (毎日新聞), one of the largest newspaper companies in Japan, since 1946. It is the first film festival in Japan.
History
The origins of the contest date back to 1935, ...
s and the
Kinema Junpo Awards
, commonly called , is Japan's oldest film magazine and began publication in July 1919. It was first published three times a month, using the Japanese ''Jun'' (旬) system of dividing months into three parts, but the postwar ''Kinema Junpō'' ha ...
for her roles in ''Tora-san's Runaway'' and ''Kazoku''.
Yoji Yamada
is a Japanese film director best known for his ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series of films and his Samurai Trilogy (''The Twilight Samurai'', ''The Hidden Blade'' and '' Love and Honor'').
Biography
He was born in Osaka, but due to his father's job ...
and Akira Miyazaki were also given the Best Screenplay award at those two ceremonies for their work on those two films.
The German-language site molodezhnaja gives ''Tora-san's Runaway'' three out of five stars.
Availability
''Tora-san's Runaway'' was released theatrically on August 26, 1970. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1983 and 1995, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.
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External links
''Tora-san's Runaway''at www.tora-san.jp (official site)
1970 films
Films directed by Yoji Yamada
1970 comedy films
1970s Japanese-language films
Otoko wa Tsurai yo films
Japanese sequel films
Shochiku films
Films with screenplays by Yôji Yamada
Films set in Chiba Prefecture
Films set in Otaru
Films set in Sapporo
1970s Japanese films
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