It's Tough Being a Man

It's Tough Being a Man
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Directed byYoji Yamada
Written byYoji Yamada
Azuma Morisaki
StarringKiyoshi Atsumi
CinematographyTetsuo Takaba
Edited byIwao Ishii
Music byNaozumi Yamamoto
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • August 27, 1969 (1969-08-27)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

It's Tough Being a Man (男はつらいよ, Otoko wa tsurai yo)[1] (Am I Trying) (Tora-san Our Lovable Tramp)[2] is a 1969 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada and starring Kiyoshi Atsumi. It is the first entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

  1. ^ "Am I Trying (1969) - IMDb". IMDb.
  2. ^ Kehr, Dave (5 March 2010). "Amiable Tramp Drifting Through Postwar Japan". The New York Times.