Tora-san's Easy Advice (男はつらいよ 拝啓 車寅次郎様, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Haikei, Kuruma Torajirō-sama) is a 1994 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Rino Katase as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san's Easy Advice is the forty-seventh entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
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Cast
Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō
Chieko Baisho as Sakura
Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
Riho Makise as Nao Kawai
Rino Katase as Noriko
Shimojo Masami as Kuruma Tatsuzō
Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajirō's aunt)
Masato Yamada as Shinobu Kawai
Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
Gajirō Satō as Genkō
Critical appraisal
The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Easy Advice three out of five stars.
Availability
Tora-san's Easy Advice was released theatrically on December 23, 1994. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 2002 and 2008.