A Century Of Japanese Cinema - Tora-San, The Matchmaker (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3
Atsumi Kiyoshi (Actor)
| Baisho Chieko (Actor)
| Kaori Momoi
| Fuse Akira
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| Product Title: | A Century Of Japanese Cinema - Tora-San, The Matchmaker (Hong Kong Version) 日本映畫百年史：男人之苦 - 一飛沖天 (香港版) 日本映画百年史：男人之苦 - 一飞冲天 (香港版) A Century Of Japanese Cinema - Tora-San, The Matchmaker (Hong Kong Version) A Century Of Japanese Cinema - Tora-San, The Matchmaker (Hong Kong Version) |
| Artist Name(s): | Atsumi Kiyoshi (Actor) | Baisho Chieko (Actor) | Kaori Momoi | Fuse Akira | Yamada Yoji 渥美清 (Actor) | 倍賞千惠子 (Actor) | 桃井薰 | 布施明 | 山田洋次 渥美清 (Actor) | 倍赏千惠子 (Actor) | 桃井薰 | Fuse Akira | 山田洋次 渥美清 (Actor) | 倍賞千恵子 (Actor) | 桃井かおり | 布施明 | 山田洋次 Atsumi Kiyoshi (Actor) | Baisho Chieko (Actor) | Kaori Momoi | Fuse Akira | Yamada Yoji |
| Director: | Yamada Yoji 山田洋次 山田洋次 山田洋次 Yamada Yoji |
| Release Date: | 2005-11-28 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Subtitles: | English, Traditional Chinese |
| Country of Origin: | Japan |
| Picture Format: | NTSC What is it? |
| Sound Information: | Dolby Digital 2.0 |
| Disc Format(s): | DVD |
| Region Code: | 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it? |
| Duration: | 107 (mins) |
| Publisher: | Panorama (HK) |
| Package Weight: | 110 (g) |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1004097296 |
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* Screen Format: Letter Box
* Sound Mix : Dolby Digital 2.0
* Extras:
- 導演生平及作品年表
Director's Biography and Filmography
導演︰山田洋次
Director: Yamada Yoji
《男人之苦》第23集，當年的人氣新星桃井薰繼《幸福黃手絹》後再度主演山田洋次的作品，依然不離傻大姐本色，片中飾演情緒波動、純情無知的富家女仁美。寅次郎（渥美清飾）就是在北海道的途上邂逅仁美，原來她正為即將舉行的婚禮而忐忑不安，懷疑結婚並不等於幸福快樂。但身為戀愛專家的寅次郎卻勸她收拾心情回東京嫁人去。仁美果然如期行禮，下嫁大企業的公子邦男（布施明飾），可是她在席間一直心神恍惚，到了換婚紗時，更突然一跑了之。她跳上的士，直闖「寅記」，穿著高貴的婚紗來找寅次郎！剛回到家的寅次郎二話不說，馬上答應秘密收留新娘子，不准任何人迫她結婚，就連她媽媽找上門，亦不例外…… 直至一天，邦男出現了，原來他離開了父親的公司，搬到破房子一個人生活，尋找自己的理想。他的改變和愛意深深打動了仁美，兩人決定再結婚一次，並找寅次郎做證婚人。成全一對新人，本屬美事，但此刻寅次郎卻心有千千結……
The 23rd instalment in the Tora-san series. After collaborating with Yamada Yoji in "The Yellow Handkerchief", Momoi Kaori work with the director again in this film as the innocent and emotional Hitomi, who comes from a wealthy family. Tora-san meets her on his way to Hokkaido when she was having second thoughts about her wedding. Tora-san tries to help her to gather herself and prepare to get married. However, she manages to run away before the actual ceremony. She arrives at Tora-san's home in her wedding dress. Tora-san immediately agrees to hide her in the house. One day, her fiance, Kunio, comes to find her. He has left his parents and is now living alone. Hitomi is moved by his will to change and agrees to get married with him again. A happy ending for the couple, but another sad story for Tora-san.
* Sound Mix : Dolby Digital 2.0
* Extras:
- 導演生平及作品年表
Director's Biography and Filmography
導演︰山田洋次
Director: Yamada Yoji
《男人之苦》第23集，當年的人氣新星桃井薰繼《幸福黃手絹》後再度主演山田洋次的作品，依然不離傻大姐本色，片中飾演情緒波動、純情無知的富家女仁美。寅次郎（渥美清飾）就是在北海道的途上邂逅仁美，原來她正為即將舉行的婚禮而忐忑不安，懷疑結婚並不等於幸福快樂。但身為戀愛專家的寅次郎卻勸她收拾心情回東京嫁人去。仁美果然如期行禮，下嫁大企業的公子邦男（布施明飾），可是她在席間一直心神恍惚，到了換婚紗時，更突然一跑了之。她跳上的士，直闖「寅記」，穿著高貴的婚紗來找寅次郎！剛回到家的寅次郎二話不說，馬上答應秘密收留新娘子，不准任何人迫她結婚，就連她媽媽找上門，亦不例外…… 直至一天，邦男出現了，原來他離開了父親的公司，搬到破房子一個人生活，尋找自己的理想。他的改變和愛意深深打動了仁美，兩人決定再結婚一次，並找寅次郎做證婚人。成全一對新人，本屬美事，但此刻寅次郎卻心有千千結……
The 23rd instalment in the Tora-san series. After collaborating with Yamada Yoji in "The Yellow Handkerchief", Momoi Kaori work with the director again in this film as the innocent and emotional Hitomi, who comes from a wealthy family. Tora-san meets her on his way to Hokkaido when she was having second thoughts about her wedding. Tora-san tries to help her to gather herself and prepare to get married. However, she manages to run away before the actual ceremony. She arrives at Tora-san's home in her wedding dress. Tora-san immediately agrees to hide her in the house. One day, her fiance, Kunio, comes to find her. He has left his parents and is now living alone. Hitomi is moved by his will to change and agrees to get married with him again. A happy ending for the couple, but another sad story for Tora-san.
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In the 23rd film in the Tora-San series, director Yamada Yoji still finds fresh and funny things to say. Indeed, "Tora-San, the Matchmaker" is a stand-out in the series with its focus on actress Momoi Kaori as Hitomi, a spoiled rich girl who balks at her arranged marriage to a pampered young man. Tora meets Hitomi while on one of his many peddling trips. He rescues her from the advances of an incompetent (and inadvertently hilarious) sexual predator. Hitomi is fumblingly trying to find her way in life, unsure of what direction to take, but headed for an arranged marriage to the future heir of a successful interior design business (nicely played by Fuse Akira). We next encounter Hitomi in the midst of her wedding ceremony, practically gasping for air as she feels trapped in a fate she doesn't want. After changing from her traditional wedding kimono into a modern wedding gown, she flees her wedding and makes a beeline for Toraya, where Tora is more than happy to help the young woman for whom he is developing romantic feelings. Her jilted groom does not give up his pursuit of Hitomi. Instead, he quits his job with the family firm and takes up menial labor and living in a run-down tenement. Eventually Hitomi comes to see that there is more to this man than just the spoiled scion of a successful business and she falls in love with him. Tora is asked to become the go-between for their marriage and his subsequent wedding speech is one of the comic highlights of this great series. I really enjoyed Momoi Kaori in this film; her acting style perfectly suits the character of Hitomi. Indeed, check out her speech at the wedding for a clinic in how a good actor can make scripted lines seem entirely spontaneous and very moving. Also excellent is veteran actress Koguri Michiyo as Hitomi's rather starchy mother. "Tora-San, the Matchmaker" is a terrific film, filled with funny, warm, and heartfelt moments. I recommend it very, very highly. |
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