Tora-san Goes to Vienna

Tora-san Goes to Vienna (男はつらいよ 寅次郎心の旅路, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Kokoro no Tabiji) is a 1989 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Keiko Takeshita as his love interest or "Madonna".[1] Tora-san Goes to Vienna is the forty-first entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Theatrical poster
Directed byYoji Yamada
Written byYoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
Produced byKiyoshi Shimizu
Kiyoaki Kurosu
StarringKiyoshi Atsumi
Keiko Takeshita
CinematographyTetsuo Takaba
Edited byIwao Ishii
Music byNaozumi Yamamoto
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • August 5, 1989 (1989-08-05)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Synopsis

During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man. He travels with the man to Vienna, but winds up homesick for Japan.[2][3]

Cast

Critical appraisal

The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Goes to Vienna three and a half out of five stars.[5]

Availability

Tora-san Goes to Vienna was released theatrically on August 5, 1989.[6] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 1998, 2005, and 2008.[7]

References
  1. "男はつらいよ 寅次郎心の旅路 (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Retrieved 2010-02-01. (official site)
  2. 男はつらいよ 寅次郎心の旅路 (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  3. "OTOKO WA TSURAI YO TORAJIRO KOKORO NO TABIJI (1989)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  4. 男はつらいよ 寅次郎心の旅路 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  5. "Tora-San Goes to Vienna" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  6. "男はつらいよ 寅次郎心の旅路". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  7. 男はつらいよ 寅次郎心の旅路 (1989) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

Bibliography

English

German

Japanese
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