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1970 in film

The year 1970 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* January 9 - Larry Fine, the second member of The Three Stooges, suffers a massive stroke, therefore ending his career....

 Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada

Yoji Yamada

is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai Trilogy ....

. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Kiyoshi Atsumi , born Yasuo Tadokoro , was a Japanese film actor....

 as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Aiko Nagayama as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san's Runaway is the fifth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo

Otoko wa Tsurai yo

Otoko wa tsurai yo is a Japanese film series starring Kiyoshi Atsumi as "Tora-san" , a kind-hearted vagabond who is always unlucky in love. The series itself is often referred to as "Tora-san" by its fans...

series.

Cast

• Kiyoshi Atsumi
  Kiyoshi Atsumi
  Kiyoshi Atsumi , born Yasuo Tadokoro , was a Japanese film actor....
  
   as Torajiro
• Chieko Baishō
  Chieko Baisho
  is a Japanese actress and singer.In Japan, she is well known for her performance as Sakura in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series . In addition, she has acted in most films directed by Yōji Yamada since the 1960s...
  
   as Sakura
• Aiko Nagayama as Setsuko Miura
• Hisashi Igawa as Tsuyoshi Kimura
• Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
• Taisaku Akino as Noboru Kawamata
• Masamichi Matsuyama as Sumio Ishida
• Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
• Hisao Dazai as Tarō Ume
• Tokuko Sugiyama as Setsuko's mother, Tomiko
• Gajirō Satō as Genkichi (Man at the Temple)
• Michio Kida as Masayoshi Takioka

Critical appraisal

Chieko Baishō

Chieko Baisho

is a Japanese actress and singer.In Japan, she is well known for her performance as Sakura in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series . In addition, she has acted in most films directed by Yōji Yamada since the 1960s...

 was given the Best Actress award at both the Mainichi Film Awards and the Kinema Junpo Awards for her roles in Tora-san's Runaway and Kazoku. Yoji Yamada

Yoji Yamada

is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai Trilogy ....

and Akira Miyazaki were also given the Best Screenplay award at those two ceremonies for their work on those two films.

The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Runaway three out of five stars.

Availability

Tora-san's Runaway was released theatrically on August 26, 1970. In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1983 and 1995, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.

External links

• Tora-san's Runaway at www.tora-san.jp (Official site)