Tora-san Takes a Vacation

Tora-san Takes a Vacation (男はつらいよ 寅次郎の休日) is a 1990 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Goto as his nephew's love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san Takes a Vacation is the forty-third entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Cast

 * Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō
 * Chieko Baisho as Sakura
 * Kumiko Goto as Izumi Oikawa
 * Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
 * Mari Natsuki as Ayako Oikawa
 * 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
 * Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama

Critical appraisal
Hidetaka Yoshioka was nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Kumiko Goto for Best Supporting Actress at the Japan Academy Prize for their roles in Tora-san Takes a Vacation, and the previous entry in the series, Tora-san, My Uncle (1989). The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Takes a Vacation two and a half out of five stars.

Availability
Tora-san Takes a Vacation was released theatrically on December 22, 1990. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.