Tora-san Makes Excuses
# Tora-san Makes Excuses

Tora-san Makes Excuses (男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō no Seishun) is a 1992 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Goto as his nephew Mitsuo's Hidetaka Yoshioka love interest or "Madonna", Izumi. It also co-stars Masatoshi Nagase, who plays Mitsuo's rival for Izumi's affection and Mari Natsuki as Izumi's mother. Tora-San Makes Excuses is the forty-fifth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

## Cast

* Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō
* Chieko Baisho as Sakura
* Jun Fubuki as Choko
* Masatoshi Nagase as Ryusuke
* Masami Shimojō as Kuruma Tatsuzō (Torajirō's uncle )
* Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajirō's aunt)
* Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
* Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
* Kumiko Goto as Izumi Oikawa
* Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
* Mari Natsuki as Ayako Oikawa
* Gajirō Satō as Genkō
* Keiroku Seki as Ponshu
* Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama

## Critical appraisal

The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Makes Excuses three and a half out of five stars.

## Availability

Tora-san Makes Excuses was released theatrically on December 26, 1992. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1993 and 1996, and in DVD format in 2002 and 2008.

