Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shiretoko bojo (1987)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Yôji Yamada

Writers:

Yoshitaka Asama (writer)
Yôji Yamada (characters)

Release Date:

11 January 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Tora-san, the näive and romantic peddler, returns once more to his home in Hokkaido where, as usual...

Plot Keywords:

Sequel

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Kiyoshi Atsumi	...	Torajiro 'Tora-San' Kuruma
Toshirô Mifune	...	Dr. Junkichi 'Jun' Ueno
Keiko Awaji	...	Etsuko
Keiko Takeshita	...	Rinko Ueno (Junkichi's daughter)
Chieko Baisho	...	Sakura Suwa (Torajiro's sister)
Gin Maeda	...	Hiroshi Suwa (Sakura's husband)
Masami Shimojô	...	Tatsuzo (Torajiro's uncle) (as Masami Shimojo)
Chieko Misaki	...	Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
Hisao Dazai	...	Umetaro (Hiroshi's boss)
Chishu Ryu	...	Gozen-sama, the temple priest
Gajiro Satoh	...	Genko (as Gajiro Sato)
Hidetaka Yoshioka	...	Mitsuo Suwa (Sakura's son)
Keiroku Seki
Issei Ogata
Takashi Kasano

Also Known As:

It's Tough to Be a Man: Shiretako Longing (literal English title)
Tora-san 38
Tora-san Goes North (USA)

Runtime:

107 min | Germany:117 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Shibamata, Tokyo, Japan

Company:

Shochiku Kinema Kenkyû-jo

Trivia:

Director 'Yoji Yamada' wanted to suggest similarities between Toshirô Mifune's character and John Wayne and so named Mifune's character Jun Ueno, which pronounced in Japanese sounds much like John Wayne's name.

Movie Connections:

Follows Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro ajisai no koi (1982)

Soundtrack:

Otoko wa tsuraiyo