Tora-san Goes to Vienna

Tora-san Goes to Vienna is a 1989 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma, and Keiko Takeshita as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san Goes to Vienna is the forty-first entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

WWW tora-san.jp/movie/41

Synopsis

During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man. He travels with the man to Vienna, but winds up homesick for Japan.

Cast

Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō
Chieko Baisho as Sakura
Keiko Takeshita as Kumiko Egami
Akira Emoto as Hyoma Sakaguchi
Keiko Awaji as Madam
Shimojo Masami as Kuruma Tatsuzō
Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma
Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
Hisao Dazai as Boss

Critical reception

The Swiss site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Goes to Vienna three and a half out of five stars.

Availability

Tora-san Goes to Vienna was released theatrically on August 5, 1989. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 1998, 2005, and 2008.

Tora-san Goes to Vienna

Synopsis

Cast

Critical reception

Availability

English

German

Japanese