Tora-san 40: Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Theatrical poster for Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial (1988)
Directed by	Yōji Yamada
Written by	Yōji Yamada Yoshitaka Asama
Music by	Nayazumi Yamamoto
Cinematography	Tetsuo Takaba
Editing by	Iwao Ishii
Distributed by	Shochiku
Released	December 24, 1988
Running time	100 min.
Preceded by	Tora-san 39: Tora-san plays Daddy
Followed by	Tora-san 41: Tora-san Goes to Vienna

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial (男はつらいよ 寅次郎サラダ記念日, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Sarada Kinenbi) is a 1988 comedy film directed by Yōji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Yoshiko Mita as his love interest or "Madonna".^[1] Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial is the fortieth film in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

CastEdit

• Kiyoshi Atsumi ... Torajirō^[2]
• Chieko Baishō ... Sakura
• Yoshiko Mita ... Machiko
• Hiroko Mita ... Yuki
• Shimojo Masami ... Kuruma Tatsuzō
• Chieko Misaki ... Tsune Kuruma (Torajirō's aunt)
• Gin Maeda ... Hiroshi Suwa
• Hidetaka Yoshioka ... Mitsuo Suwa
• Hisao Dazai ... Boss (Umetaro Katsura)
• Gajirō Satō ... Genkō
• Toshinori Omi ... Sei
• Chishū Ryū ... Gozen-sama
• Tomoko Naraoka ... Machiko's mother

Release historyEdit

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial was released theatrically on December 24, 1988.^[3]In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1989 and 1996, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.^[4]

BibliographyEdit

EnglishEdit

• "OTOKO WA TSURAI YO Torajirou SARADA KINENBI (1988)" at the British Film Institute. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
• "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -Torajirou SARADA KINENBI" at the Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
• "Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirou sarada kinenbi (1988)" at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-08-25.

GermanEdit

• "Tora-San's Salad-Day Memorial" at www.molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved 2010-08-25.

JapaneseEdit

• "男はつらいよ　寅次郎サラダ記念日 (1988)" at www.allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
• "男はつらいよ 寅次郎サラダ記念日" at the Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Retrieved 2010-08-25.
• "男はつらいよ 寅次郎サラダ記念日" at the Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
• "男はつらいよ 寅次郎サラダ記念日" at Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 2010-08-25.

External linksEdit

• Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial at www.tora-san.jp(Official site)

NotesEdit

1. ↑ "男はつらいよ 寅次郎サラダ記念日 (Madonna)" at www.tora-san.jp (official site). Retrieved 2010-08-25.
2. ↑ "男はつらいよ 寅次郎サラダ記念日" at the Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
3. ↑ "男はつらいよ 寅次郎サラダ記念日" at the Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Retrieved 2010-08-25.
4. ↑ "男はつらいよ　寅次郎サラダ記念日 (1988)" at www.allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-08-25.