Hearts And Flowers For Tora-San (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3
Atsumi Kiyoshi (Actor)
| Baisho Chieko (Actor)
| Yamada Yoji (Director)
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| Product Title: | Hearts And Flowers For Tora-San (Hong Kong Version) 男人之苦: 紫陽花之戀 (香港版) 男人之苦: 紫阳花之恋 (香港版) Hearts And Flowers For Tora-San (Hong Kong Version) Hearts And Flowers For Tora-San (Hong Kong Version) |
| Artist Name(s): | Atsumi Kiyoshi (Actor) | Baisho Chieko (Actor) 渥美清 (Actor) | 倍賞千惠子 (Actor) 渥美清 (Actor) | 倍赏千惠子 (Actor) 渥美清 (Actor) | 倍賞千恵子 (Actor) | 片岡仁左衛門 (Actor) Atsumi Kiyoshi (Actor) | Baisho Chieko (Actor) |
| Director: | Yamada Yoji 山田洋次 山田洋次 山田洋次 Yamada Yoji |
| Release Date: | 2006-05-27 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Subtitles: | English, Traditional Chinese |
| Country of Origin: | Japan |
| Picture Format: | NTSC What is it? |
| Aspect Ratio: | Letterboxed |
| 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: | 110 (mins) |
| Publisher: | Panorama (HK) |
| Package Weight: | 100 (g) |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1004336444 |
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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29集，請來《火宅之人》巨星石田步美擔演寅的女神，亦有歌舞伎大師片岡仁左衛門特別客串陶藝家一角。
故事在優雅的古城京都揭開序幕。寅次郎巧遇日本著名陶藝家加納（片岡仁左衛門飾），並因此邂逅了他家的女傭香利（石田步美飾）。香利氣質非凡，令寅神魂顛倒，但她一生坎坷，自小被父母拋棄，五年前丈夫又病逝，現在要供養在老家丹後半島的幼女。一天，加納的得意門生蒲原衣錦還鄉，原來他早與香利情定終生，但今次回來，卻宣布要和富家女結婚，跟香利分手。加納替香利不值，忍不住大罵她，叫她要努力爭取自己的幸福。誰知翌日，香利便俏俏回丹後去了。寅遠赴丹後探訪香利，兩人短聚後依依不捨地分別。之後，寅回到柴又老家，便相思成疾；直至一天，香利突然在「寅記」門口出現…另外，值得一提的是，本片在用光上都非常大膽，突破了《男人之苦》系列的傳統攝影手法。導演山田洋次在多場室內戲用上自然光，凸顯京都建築的層次美。
The 29th instalment in the Tora-san series. In Kyoto, Tora-san meets a famous old pottery maker, Kano, and falls for his beautiful maid, Kagari (famed kabuki actor Ishida Ayumi), who works at his shop. Tora-san is being attracted to her because of her graceful elegance, but soon he finds out that she has led a miserable life. She was abandoned by her parents when she was little, and now she is a widow with a son. Kagari was engaged with the apprentice of Kano, but he finally abandons her for a wealthy young girl. Kagari is depressed and decides to return home to Tango to be with her son, and Tora-san follows her there to accompany her for a short period. After that, Tora-san returns home and becomes ill. One day, Kagari comes to visit him suddenly...
* 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29集，請來《火宅之人》巨星石田步美擔演寅的女神，亦有歌舞伎大師片岡仁左衛門特別客串陶藝家一角。
故事在優雅的古城京都揭開序幕。寅次郎巧遇日本著名陶藝家加納（片岡仁左衛門飾），並因此邂逅了他家的女傭香利（石田步美飾）。香利氣質非凡，令寅神魂顛倒，但她一生坎坷，自小被父母拋棄，五年前丈夫又病逝，現在要供養在老家丹後半島的幼女。一天，加納的得意門生蒲原衣錦還鄉，原來他早與香利情定終生，但今次回來，卻宣布要和富家女結婚，跟香利分手。加納替香利不值，忍不住大罵她，叫她要努力爭取自己的幸福。誰知翌日，香利便俏俏回丹後去了。寅遠赴丹後探訪香利，兩人短聚後依依不捨地分別。之後，寅回到柴又老家，便相思成疾；直至一天，香利突然在「寅記」門口出現…另外，值得一提的是，本片在用光上都非常大膽，突破了《男人之苦》系列的傳統攝影手法。導演山田洋次在多場室內戲用上自然光，凸顯京都建築的層次美。
The 29th instalment in the Tora-san series. In Kyoto, Tora-san meets a famous old pottery maker, Kano, and falls for his beautiful maid, Kagari (famed kabuki actor Ishida Ayumi), who works at his shop. Tora-san is being attracted to her because of her graceful elegance, but soon he finds out that she has led a miserable life. She was abandoned by her parents when she was little, and now she is a widow with a son. Kagari was engaged with the apprentice of Kano, but he finally abandons her for a wealthy young girl. Kagari is depressed and decides to return home to Tango to be with her son, and Tora-san follows her there to accompany her for a short period. After that, Tora-san returns home and becomes ill. One day, Kagari comes to visit him suddenly...
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Tora fumbles again
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"Hearts and Flowers for Tora-San", the 29th film in director Yamada Yoji's great series, recycles some elements from "Tora-San Meets His Lordship" (in which Tora befriends a wealthy old daimyo) and "Tora-San's Sunrise and Sunset" (in which Tora befriends a hugely famous old artist). In "Hearts and Flowers", Tora befriends a renowned old ceramic artist, but never grasps that this man's vases, cups, etc. are deemed national treasures. Instead, Tora assumes that the man became wealthy through some nefarious dealings and now in his dotage is indulging a whim to make pottery. The misunderstanding is mined for plenty of rich humor, culminating in the Octopus using one of the great man's rice bowls as an ash tray. The film revolves around the story of Kagari (Ishida Ayumi), the ceramicist's pretty maid. Kagari is bemused at Tora's "bull in a pottery shop" presence in the ceramicist's home and touched by his simple gift of a new pair of clogs. She has been working in the home for five years, patiently awaiting the return of one of the artist's disciples, who had promised to marry her. When the disciple returns, Kagari is crushed to learn that he now plans to marry a wealthy woman who can help his career. She returns to her home in the small seaside town of Tango and the artist urges Tora to visit her to find out how she is doing. Given Kagari's haunting beauty, this doesn't take much urging. In Tango, Kagari lives with her mother and daughter. Tora learns that Kagari is a widow and had been orphaned and adopted by a hard-drinking fisherman. Kagari herself has acquired the habit of drowning her sorrows in sake. However, here at her home she seems relaxed and happy, her smile lighting up the screen. Tora flees back to Tokyo, afraid of his growing feelings for her, but then is bedridden with lovesickness until Kagari and a friend arrive at Toraya during a sightseeing trip. Kagari slips Tora a note, secretly asking him to meet her in a park in Kamakura. Tora, still afraid of his feelings, takes his sister's son Mitsuo (Yoshioka Hidetaka) along with him as a foil. The trip to Kamakura proves to be a disaster, as Tora is too tongue-tied to speak. Kagari is disappointed to learn that the lively Tora she encountered while he was on the road is much different from the Tora haunted by past failings and disappointments she has found in Tokyo. "Hearts and Flowers for Tora-San" is an interesting entry in this series for many reasons: Its opening dream sequence is touching and magical, rather than a device to poke fun at Tora. Its opening title sequence does not feature the typical slapstick, but instead shows Tora's good nature and near-illiteracy in his first meeting with the ceramicist. It is the first film in which the Mitsuo character is given a meaningful role. It features spectacular cinematography of Tango. And it gives us the divine Ishida Ayumi, who cornered the market for "long-suffering beauty" roles. If you like her in this film, I encourage you to check her out in Fukasaku Kinji's "House on Fire", Gosha Hideo's "Hunter in the Dark", and Yamada Yoji's "The Learning Circle", all available from YesAsia. "Hearts and Flowers for Tora-San" is highly recommended. |
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