Tora-san's Song of Love

Tora-san's Song of Love (男はつらいよ 旅と女と寅次郎) aka Torasan's Journey with a Lady is a 1983 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Harumi Miyako as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san's Song of Love is the thirty-first entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Synopsis
Tora-san returns to his family home to learn that his brother-in-law cannot go to Mitsuo's (Tora-san's nephew) athletic event. Tora-san volunteers to take his place, but gets into an argument with his brother-in-law's boss and returns to the road. He meets a young woman in Niigata who, unbeknownst to him, is a popular enka singer.

Cast

 * Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō
 * Chieko Baisho as Sakura
 * Harumi Miyako as Harumi Kyo
 * Shimojo Masami as Kuruma Tatsuzō
 * Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
 * Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
 * Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
 * Gajirō Satō as Genkō
 * Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
 * Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama
 * Takuya Fujioka as Kitamura
 * Senri Sakurai as Mita
 * Bengal as Yoshioka
 * Noko Konoha as Tomiko
 * Chieko Nakakita as Hisako Shōji

Critical appraisal
Stuart Galbraith IV considers Tora-san's Song of Love to be a minor entry in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Song of Love three and a half out of five stars.

Availability
Tora-san's Song of Love was released theatrically on August 6, 1983. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 2002 and 2008.