Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973 Japanese film
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Tora-san's Forget Me Not (男はつらいよ 寅次郎忘れな草, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Wasurenagusa) aka Torasan and his Forget-Me-Not[1] is a 1973 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Ruriko Asaoka as his love interest or "Madonna".[2] Tora-san's Forget Me Not is the eleventh entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
Akira Miyazaki
Yoshitaka Asama
Ruriko Asaoka
| Tora-san's Forget Me Not | |
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| Directed by | Yoji Yamada |
| Written by | Yoji Yamada Akira Miyazaki Yoshitaka Asama |
| Starring | Kiyoshi Atsumi Ruriko Asaoka |
| Cinematography | Tetsuo Takaba |
| Edited by | Iwao Ishii |
| Music by | Naozumi Yamamoto |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
Release date |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Synopsis
Cast
- Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō[5]
- Chieko Baisho as Sakura
- Ruriko Asaoka as Lily (Kiyoko Matsuoka)
- Tatsuo Matsumura as Kuruma Tatsuzō
- Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
- Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
- Hayato Nakamura as Mitsuo Suwa
- Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
- Junkichi Orimoto as Kurihara
- Gajirō Satō as Genkō
- Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama
Critical appraisal
Yuji Yamada was given the Best Director prize at the Mainichi Film Awards for his work on Tora-san's Forget Me Not. Yamada, Akira Miyazaki, and Yoshitaka Asama were also awarded for Best Screenplay at the ceremony.[6] The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Forget Me Not three and a half out of five stars.[7]