Tora-san's Easy Advice

Tora-san's Easy Advice (男はつらいよ　拝啓　車寅次郎様) is a 1994 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Rino Katase as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san's Easy Advice is the forty-seventh entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Cast

 * Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō
 * Chieko Baisho as Sakura
 * Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
 * Riho Makise as Nao Kawai
 * Rino Katase as Noriko
 * Shimojo Masami as Kuruma Tatsuzō
 * Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajirō's aunt)
 * Masato Yamada as Shinobu Kawai
 * Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
 * Gajirō Satō as Genkō

Critical appraisal
The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Easy Advice three out of five stars.

Availability
Tora-san's Easy Advice was released theatrically on December 23, 1994. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 2002 and 2008.