Tora-san to the Rescue

Tora-san to the Rescue (男はつらいよ　寅次郎紅の花, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Kurenai no Hana) is a 1995 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".^[1] Tora-san to the Rescue is the forty-eighth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Tora-san to the Rescue
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Yoji Yamada
Written by	Yoji Yamada
Produced by	Hiroshi Fukazawa
Starring	Kiyoshi Atsumi Ruriko Asaoka
Cinematography	Mutsuo Nakanuma
Edited by	Iwao Ishii
Music by	Naozumi Yamamoto Jun'nosuke Yamamoto
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	December 23, 1995 (1995-12-23)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Cast

• Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō^[2]
• Chieko Baisho as Sakura Suwa
• Ruriko Asaoka as Lily
• Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
• Kumiko Goto as Izumi Oikawa
• Masami Shimojō as Kuruma Tatsuzō
• Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajirō's aunt)
• Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
• Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
• Gajirō Satō as Genkō
• Hiroshi Inuzuka as Taxi driver
• Keiroku Seki as Ponshū
• Mari Natsuki as Ayako Oikawa
• Kunie Tanaka as Ship captain

Critical appraisal

The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san to the Rescue three and a half out of five stars.^[3]

Availability

Tora-san to the Rescue was released theatrically on December 23, 1995.^[4] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996 and 1997, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.^[5]