Tora-san's Forget Me Not

Tora-san's Forget Me Not (男はつらいよ 寅次郎忘れな草) aka Torasan and his Forget-Me-Not is a 1973 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Ruriko Asaoka as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san's Forget Me Not is the eleventh entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Synopsis
When Tora-san takes a job at a dairy farm, he becomes infatuated with Lily, a singer. Tora becomes ill, and Lily plans to visit him to tell him his feelings are requited. She is fired from her job and must leave before she can visit Tora-san.

Cast

 * Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō
 * Chieko Baisho as Sakura
 * Ruriko Asaoka as Lily (Kiyoko Matsuoka)
 * Tatsuo Matsumura as Kuruma Tatsuzō
 * Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
 * Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
 * Hayato Nakamura as Mitsuo Suwa
 * Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
 * Junkichi Orimoto as Kurihara
 * Gajirō Satō as Genkō
 * Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama

Critical appraisal
Yuji Yamada was given the Best Director prize at the Mainichi Film Awards for his work on Tora-san's Forget Me Not. Yamada, Akira Miyazaki, and Yoshitaka Asama were also awarded for Best Screenplay at the ceremony. The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Forget Me Not three and a half out of five stars.

Availability
Tora-san's Forget Me Not was released theatrically on August 4, 1973. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1995, and in DVD format in 2002 and 2008.