Tora's Pure Love

Tora's Pure Love
Theatrical poster
Directed byYoji Yamada
Written byYoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
StarringKiyoshi Atsumi
Machiko Kyō
CinematographyTetsuo Takaba
Edited byIwao Ishii
Music byNaozumi Yamamoto
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • December 25, 1976 (1976-12-25)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Tora's Pure Love (男はつらいよ 寅次郎純情詩集, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Junjō Shishū) a.k.a. Torasan Meets his School-Mates[1] and Tora-san's Heart of Gold[2] is a 1976 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Machiko Kyō as his love interest or "Madonna".[3] Tora's Pure Love is the eighteenth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series, and was Machiko Kyō's penultimate film appearance.[4]

  1. ^ "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO JUNJO SHISHU". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
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  3. ^ "男はつらいよ 寅次郎純情詩集 (Madonna)" (in Japanese). tora-san.jp. Retrieved 2010-01-18. (official site)
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Galbraith was invoked but never defined (see the help page).