Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy

Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
Theatrical poster
Directed byYoji Yamada
Written byYoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
Produced byKiyoshi Shimizu
Shigehiro Nakagawa
StarringKiyoshi Atsumi
Etsuko Shihomi
CinematographyTetsuo Takaba
Edited byIwao Ishii
Music byNaozumi Yamamoto
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • December 20, 1986 (1986-12-20)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy (男はつらいよ 幸福の青い鳥, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Shiawase no Aoi Tori) aka Tora-san, Bluebird of Happiness[1] is a 1986 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Etsuko Shihomi as his love interest or "Madonna".[2] Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy is the thirty-seventh entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

  1. ^ "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -SHIAWASE NO AOITORI". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
  2. ^ "男はつらいよ 幸福の青い鳥 (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Archived from the original on 2015-01-21. Retrieved 2010-01-31. (official site)