Underplayed Gems

Tora's Tropical Fever (1980)

Tora's Tropical Fever poster
Original title
男はつらいよ 寅次郎ハイビスカスの花
Directed by
Yōji Yamada
Genre
comedy film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
8.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A traveling salesman named Tora-san returns to his hometown and falls for a woman who runs a small shop. Their romance unfolds with humor and heartache as his clumsy personality keeps getting in the way.

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What happens

Tora-san's Tropical Fever (男はつらいよ 寅次郎ハイビスカスの花, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Haibisukasu no Hana) aka Torasan Goes to Hisbiscus Land is a 1980 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Ruriko Asaoka as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora's Tropical Fever is the twenty-fifth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. Shochiku theatrically released a Special Edition version to theaters in 1997. It used computer graphics to add Hidetaka Yoshioka (who played Tora-san's nephew in the later films) to the story in added scenes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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