Tora-san's Runaway

Tora-san's Runaway
Theatrical poster
Directed byYoji Yamada
Written byYoji Yamada
Akira Miyazaki
StarringKiyoshi Atsumi
Aiko Nagayama
CinematographyTetsuo Takaba
Edited byIwao Ishii
Music byNaozumi Yamamoto
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • August 26, 1970 (1970-08-26)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Tora-san's Runaway (男はつらいよ 望郷篇, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Bōkyō hen) aka Tora-san Homebound[1] is a 1970 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Aiko Nagayama as his love interest or "Madonna".[2] Tora-san's Runaway is the fifth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

  1. ^ "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -BOKYO HEN". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  2. ^ "男はつらいよ 望郷篇 (Madonna)" (in Japanese). tora-san.jp. Retrieved 2010-01-18. (official site)