Tora-san's Shattered Romance | |
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Directed by | Yoji Yamada |
Written by | Yoji Yamada Akira Miyazaki |
Starring |
Kiyoshi Atsumi Ayako Wakao |
Music by | Naozumi Yamamoto |
Cinematography | Tetsuo Takaba |
Edited by | Iwao Ishii |
Distributed by | Shochiku |
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Running time
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90 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Tora-san's Shattered Romance (男はつらいよ 純情篇 Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Junjō hen?) aka Tora-san in Love is a 1971 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Ayako Wakao as his love interest or "Madonna".Tora-san's Shattered Romance is the sixth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
A girl who has escaped from an institution falls in love with Tora-san. He decides to marry her, but his family and the girl's teacher break up the romance.
For his work on Tora-san's Shattered Romance as well as the next two entries in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series, Tora-san, the Good Samaritan and Tora-san's Love Call (all 1971), Yoji Yamada tied for Best Director at the Mainichi Film Awards with Masahiro Shinoda. The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Shattered Romance three and a half out of five stars.
Tora-san's Shattered Romance was released theatrically on January 15, 1971. In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1983 and 1995, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.