Tora-san Makes Excuses | |
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Directed by | Yoji Yamada |
Written by | Yoji Yamada Yoshitaka Asama |
Produced by | Kiyoshi Shimizu Hiro Fukazawa |
Starring | Kiyoshi Atsumi Kumiko Goto |
Cinematography | Tetsuo Takaba Mitsumi Hanada |
Edited by | Iwao Ishii |
Music by | Naozumi Yamamoto |
Distributed by | Shochiku |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | $26 million[1] |
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.[2] 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.