Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972 Japanese film
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Tora-san's Dream-Come-True (男はつらいよ 寅次郎夢枕, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Yumemakura) a.k.a. 'Torasan Appears in a Dream[1] is a 1972 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kaoru Yachigusa as his love interest or "Madonna".[2] Tora-san's Dream-Come-True is the tenth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
Yoshitaka Asama
Kaoru Yachigusa
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| Directed by | Yoji Yamada |
| Written by | Yoji Yamada Yoshitaka Asama |
| Starring | Kiyoshi Atsumi Kaoru Yachigusa |
| Cinematography | Tetsuo Takaba |
| Edited by | Iwao Ishii |
| Music by | Naozumi Yamamoto |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Synopsis
Cast
- Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajiro[6]
- Chieko Baisho as Sakura
- Kaoru Yachigusa as Chiyo Shimura
- Masakane Yonekura as Prof. Kin'nosuke Okakura
- Tatsuo Matsumura as Kuruma Tatsuzō
- Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
- Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
- Hayato Nakamura as Mitsuo Suwa
- Masaaki Tsusaka as Kawamata Noboru
- Hisao Dazai as Tarō Ume
- Gajirō Satō as Genkō
- Masao Shimizu as Yunaka
Critical appraisal
Yoji Yamada was given the Best Director prize at the Mainichi Film Awards for Tora-san's Dream-Come-True and the next entry in the series, Tora-san's Forget Me Not (1973).[7] Stuart Galbraith IV writes that the film is hit-and-miss, with some amusing sequences, but suffers due to the overly clownish professor character. One of the highlights of the film, according to Galbraith, is the performance of the noted actress and director Kinuyo Tanaka.[4] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Dream-Come-True three out of five stars.[8]