Tora-san Makes Excuses

Tora-san Makes Excuses is a 1992 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma, and Kumiko Goto as his nephew Mitsuo's Hidetaka Yoshioka love interest or "Madonna", Izumi. It also co-stars Masatoshi Nagase, who plays Mitsuo's rival for Izumi's affection and Mari Natsuki as Izumi's mother. Tora-San Makes Excuses is the forty-fifth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

WWW tora-san.jp/movie/45

Cast

Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō
Chieko Baisho as Sakura
Jun Fubuki as Choko
Masatoshi Nagase as Ryusuke
Masami Shimojō as Kuruma Tatsuzō
Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma
Hisao Dazai as Boss
Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
Kumiko Goto as Izumi Oikawa
Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
Mari Natsuki as Ayako Oikawa
Gajirō Satō as Genkō
Keiroku Seki as Ponshu
Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama

Critical appraisal

The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Makes Excuses three and a half out of five stars.

Availability

Tora-san Makes Excuses was released theatrically on December 26, 1992. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1993 and 1996, and in DVD format in 2002 and 2008.

English

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Japanese

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