Tora-san's Song of Love
# Tora-san's Song of Love

Tora-san's Song of Love (男はつらいよ 旅と女と寅次郎, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Tabi to Onna to Torajirō) 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". 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.

