aka Tora-san Goes French is a 1973 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Keiko Kishi as his love interest or "Madonna". (official site) Tora-san Loves an Artist is the twelfth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
Synopsis Tora-san watches the family shop while the rest of his family takes a vacation to Kyushu. An old friend introduces Tora-san to his sister Ritsuko, and he promptly falls in love with her. She is an artist and has no time for Tora-san.
Cast Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Keiko Kishi as Ritsuko Yanagi Takehiko Maeda as Fumihiko Yanagi Chieko Baisho as Sakura Tatsuo Matsumura as Ryūzō Azuma Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt) Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa Hayato Nakamura as Mitsuo Suwa Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura) Gajirō Satō as Genkō Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama
Critical appraisal Stuart Galbraith IV calls Tora-san Loves an Artist a "solid" entry in the series, which is "alternately sweet and touching, funny and biting." The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Loves an Artist three and a half out of five stars.
Availability Tora-san Loves an Artist was released theatrically on December 16, 1973. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1995, and in DVD format in 2008.
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External links Tora-san Loves an Artist at www.tora-san.jp (official site)