aka Torasan's Journey with a Lady is a 1983 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Harumi Miyako as his love interest or "Madonna". (official site) Tora-san's Song of Love is the thirty-first entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
Synopsis Tora-san returns to his family home to learn that his brother-in-law cannot go to Mitsuo's (Tora-san's nephew) athletic event. Tora-san volunteers to take his place, but gets into an argument with his brother-in-law's boss and returns to the road. He meets a young woman in Niigata who, unbeknownst to him, is a popular enka singer.
Cast Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Chieko Baisho as Sakura Harumi Miyako as Harumi Kyo Shimojo Masami as Kuruma Tatsuzō Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt) Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura) Gajirō Satō as Genkō Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama Takuya Fujioka as Kitamura Senri Sakurai as Mita Bengal as Yoshioka Noko Konoha as Tomiko Chieko Nakakita as Hisako Shōji
Critical appraisal Stuart Galbraith IV considers Tora-san's Song of Love to be a minor entry in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Song of Love three and a half out of five stars.
Availability Tora-san's Song of Love was released theatrically on August 6, 1983. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 2002 and 2008.
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External links Tora-san's Song of Love at www.tora-san.jp (official site)