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Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Yoji Yamada
Written by	Yoji Yamada Yoshitaka Asama
Produced by	Kiyoshi Shimizu Kiyoaki Kurosu
Starring	Kiyoshi Atsumi Keiko Takeshita
Cinematography	Tetsuo Takaba
Edited by	Iwao Ishii
Music by	Naozumi Yamamoto
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	August 5, 1989 (1989-08-05)
Running time	109 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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". Tora-san Goes to Vienna is the forty-first entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

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.

Cast

• Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō
• Chieko Baisho as Sakura
• Keiko Takeshita as Kumiko Egami
• Akira Emoto as Hyoma Sakaguchi
• Keiko Awaji as Madam
• Shimojo Masami as Kuruma Tatsuzō
• Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
• Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
• Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
• Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)

Critical reception

The Swiss site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Goes to Vienna three and a half out of five stars.

Availability

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

References

1. "男はつらいよ 寅次郎心の旅路 (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Archived from the original on 2015-07-21. 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

• "OTOKO WA TSURAI YO TORAJIRO KOKORO NO TABIJI (1989)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
• "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO KOKORO NO TABIJI". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
• Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kokoro no tabiji (1989) at IMDb

German

• "Tora-San Goes to Vienna" (in German). www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

Japanese

• 男はつらいよ 寅次郎心の旅路 (1989) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
• "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.
• 男はつらいよ 寅次郎心の旅路 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
• 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.

External links

• Tora-san Goes to Vienna Archived 2015-07-23 at the Wayback Machine at www.tora-san.jp (official site)

• 1989 films
• Films directed by Yoji Yamada
• 1989 comedy films
• 1980s Japanese-language films
• Otoko wa Tsurai yo films
• Shochiku films
• Films with screenplays by Yôji Yamada
• Films shot in Vienna
• Films set in Vienna
• Japanese sequel films
• Films set in Ishikawa Prefecture
• 1980s Japanese films