Tora-san Takes a Vacation
# Tora-san Takes a Vacation

Tora-san Takes a Vacation (男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō no Kyūjitsu) is a 1990 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Goto as his nephew's love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san Takes a Vacation is the forty-third entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

## Cast

* Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō
* Chieko Baisho as Sakura
* Kumiko Goto as Izumi Oikawa
* Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
* Mari Natsuki as Ayako Oikawa
* 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
* Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama

## Critical appraisal

Hidetaka Yoshioka was nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Kumiko Goto for Best Supporting Actress at the Japan Academy Prize for their roles in Tora-san Takes a Vacation, and the previous entry in the series, Tora-san, My Uncle (1989). The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Takes a Vacation two and a half out of five stars.

## Availability

Tora-san Takes a Vacation was released theatrically on December 22, 1990. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.

