Tora-san Plays Daddy

Tora-san Plays Daddy aka Torasan's Tale is a 1987 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma, and Kumiko Akiyoshi as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san Plays Daddy is the 39th entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

WWW tora-san.jp/movie/39

Cast

Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō
Chieko Baisho as Sakura
Kumiko Akiyoshi as Takako
Midori Satsuki as Fude
Shimojo Masami as Kuruma Tatsuzō
Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma
Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
Hisao Dazai as Boss
Jun Miho as Akemi
Gajirō Satō as Genkō
Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama
Yūichirō Itō as Hideyoshi
Tatsuo Matsumura as Kikuda

Critical appraisal

Kiyoshi Atsumi won the Best Actor title at the Nikkan Sports Film Award ceremony for his role in Tora-san Plays Daddy. Nominations for the film at the Japan Academy Prize were for Best Director and Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Sound. The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Plays Daddy three and a half out of five stars.

Availability

Tora-san Plays Daddy was released theatrically on December 26, 1987. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1989 and 1996, and in DVD format in 2002, 2005, and 2008.

Tora-san Plays Daddy

Cast

Critical appraisal

Availability

English

German

Japanese