Tora-san's Runaway

Tora-san's Runaway (男はつらいよ 望郷篇) aka Tora-san Homebound is a 1970 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi 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 series.

Cast

 * Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajiro
 * Chieko Baisho 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 Baisho 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 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 was released on videotape in 1983 and 1995, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.