Hearts and Flowers for Tora san

Hearts and Flowers for Torasan , Otoko wa Tsurai yo Torajir Ajisai no Koi? is a 1982 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajir Kuruma Torasan, and Ayumi Ishida as his love interest or Madonna. Hearts and Flowers for Torasan is the twentyninth entry in the popular, longrunning Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Ayumi Ishida was nominated for Best Actress, and Akira Emoto for Best Supporting Actor at the Japan Academy Prize for their roles in Hearts and Flowers for Torasan. Longtime composer for the series, Naozumi Yamamoto, was nominated for Best Music Score. Enomoto won the award for Best Supporting Actor at the Blue Ribbon Awards. Stuart Galbraith IV writes that the film is no better than average for this series, but then again this series average is awfully high. He notes that this is the first episode in the series in which Torasans nephew Mitsuo plays a significant role in the plot. The Germanlanguage site molodezhnaja gives Hearts and Flowers for Torasan three and a half out of five stars.Hearts and Flowers for Torasan was released theatrically on August 7, 1982. In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1986 and 1996, and in DVD format in 2002 and 2008. ........

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