Tora-san Loves an Artist
Tora-san Loves an Artist aka Tora-san Goes French is a 1973 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma, and Keiko Kishi as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san Loves an Artist is the twelfth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
Synopsis
Tora-san watches the family shop while the rest of his family takes a vacation to Kyushu.An old friend introduces Tora-san to his sister Ritsuko, and he promptly falls in love with her. She is an artist and has no time for Tora-san.
Cast
- Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō
- Keiko Kishi as Ritsuko Yanagi
- Takehiko Maeda as Fumihiko Yanagi
- Chieko Baisho as Sakura
- Tatsuo Matsumura as Ryūzō Azuma
- Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma
- Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
- Hayato Nakamura as Mitsuo Suwa
- Hisao Dazai as Boss
- Gajirō Satō as Genkō
- Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama
Critical appraisal
Stuart Galbraith IV calls Tora-san Loves an Artist a "solid" entry in the series, which is "alternately sweet and touching, funny and biting." The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Loves an Artist three and a half out of five stars.Availability
Tora-san Loves an Artist was released theatrically on December 16, 1973. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1995, and in DVD format in 2008.Alin