Tora-san, His Tender Love
Introduction  is a 1970 Japanese comedy film directed by Azuma Morisaki. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Kuruma Torajirō (Tora-san), and Michiyo Aratama as his love interest or "Madonna". ''Tora-san, His Tender Love'' is the third entry in the popular, long-running ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series, and the first of only two in the series not directed by Yoji Yamada.
Synopsis Tora-san discovers that his family is arranging a marriage for him. He leaves to the countryside where he falls in love with the manager of an inn. Unaware that she is involved with another man, Tora-san confesses his love on a New Year's television program.
Cast * Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajiro* Michiyo Aratama as Oshizu* Shin Morikawa as Ryūzō Azuma* Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)* Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa* Chieko Baisho as Sakura Suwa
Critical appraisal The German-language site molodezhnaja gives ''Tora-san, His Tender Love'' three and a half out of five stars.
Availability ''Tora-san, His Tender Love'' was released theatrically on January 15, 1970.In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1989 and 1995, and in DVD format in 2000, 2005 and 2008.AnimEigo released the film on DVD in the US along with the other first four films in the ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series on November 24, 2009.
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Bibliography ===English===* * * * ===German===* ===Japanese===* * * *
External links *  ''Tora-san, His Tender Love''  at www.tora-san.jp (official site)