Tora-san's Dream of Spring

Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Theatrical poster
Directed byYoji Yamada
Written byYoji Yamada
Leonard Schrader
Yoshitaka Asama
Tomio Kuriyama
StarringKiyoshi Atsumi
Kyōko Kagawa
CinematographyTetsuo Takaba
Edited byIwao Ishii
Music byNaozumi Yamamoto
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • December 28, 1979 (1979-12-28)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Tora-san's Dream of Spring (男はつらいよ 寅次郎春の夢, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Haru no Yume) aka Torasan Dreams Springtime[1] is a 1979 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kyōko Kagawa as his love interest or "Madonna".[2] Tora-san's Dream of Spring is the twenty-fourth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

  1. ^ "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO HARU NO YUME". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
  2. ^ "男はつらいよ 寅次郎春の夢 (Madonna)" (in Japanese). www.tora-san.jp. Retrieved 2010-01-20. (official site)