Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kurenai no hana (1995)

Director:

Yôji Yamada

Writers:

Yoshitaka Asama (writer)
Yôji Yamada (writer)

Release Date:

23 diciembre 1995 (Japan)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Tora-san works hard to bring together his nephew, Mitsuo, and Mitsuo's girlfriend who is engaged to someone else.

Plot Keywords:

Family | Sequel

Awards:

1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

An ending to 47 other films.

Cast

Kiyoshi Atsumi	...	Torajiro Kuruma
Chieko Baisho	...	Sakura Suwa (Torajiro's sister)
Ruriko Asaoka	...	Lily
Hidetaka Yoshioka	...	Mitsuo (Sakura's son)
Kumiko Goto	...	Izumi Oikawa (Mitsuo's lover)
Mari Natsuki	...	Reiko (Izumi's mother)
Kunie Tanaka	...	ferryman
Masami Shimojô	...	Tatsuzo (Torajiro's uncle)
Chieko Misaki	...	Tsune (Torajiro's aunt)
Hisao Dazai	...	Umetaro (Hiroshi's boss)
Gin Maeda	...	Hiroshi (Sakura's husband)
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Gannosuke Ashiya	...	leader of earthquake victims
Hiroshi Inuzuka	...	taxi driver
Hiroshi Kanbe	...	Masao
Daisuke Miyagawa	...	Ishikura (baker in Kobe)
Hanako Miyagawa	...	Ishikura's wife
Takashi Sasano	...	Shinkichi
Gajiro Satoh	...	Gen
Keiroku Seki	...	Ponshu
Noriko Sengoku	...	Lily's mother

También conocida como:

Tora-san 48 the final

Duración:

107 min

País:

Japan

Idioma:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sonido:

Stereo

Clasificación:

Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Amami, Kagoshima, Japan

Company:

Shochiku Kinema Kenkyû-jo

Movie Connections:

Follows Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro yumemakura (1972)

An ending to 47 other films.

Well, I have only seen this film out of all the Tora-san series, and I'm not sure whether that makes me too ignorant of the rest of the series to review this film, or in fact, puts me in the perfect unbiased state to review this. Either way, there seems to be no reviews of this movie here, so mine should at least be better than none.

I had seen Yoji Yamada's samurai films, the Twilight Samurai and Hidden Blade before this, the latter I really enjoyed. I do believe he is an excellent director, although an unoriginal one. In Tora-san number 48, not a lot happens. Tora-san isn't even in it for about half of it. So don't expect too much of him. I really thought the plot with his nephew in the first half was more interesting than Tora-san's story, and there are a few interesting scenes, including a wedding scene. But the 2nd half seems to just slowly fizzle out. There's just not enough material for Yamada to work with. Instead of entertaining us, his long takes begin to seem obvious, and he begins to look like some third-rate Yasujiro Ozu, being not quite as effective to a story that has very little to it.

If the rest of the series is similar to this film, I will be scratching my head as to why it is so popular.