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Tora-San's, The Expert (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3

Atsumi Kiyoshi (Actor) | Baisho Chieko (Actor) | Sawada Kenji (Actor) | Tanaka Yuko (Actor)
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Tora-San's, The Expert (Hong Kong Version)

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Product Title: Tora-San's, The Expert (Hong Kong Version) 男人之苦: 戀愛專家 (香港版) 男人之苦: 恋爱专家 (香港版) Tora-San's, The Expert (Hong Kong Version) Tora-San's, The Expert (Hong Kong Version)
Artist Name(s): Atsumi Kiyoshi (Actor) | Baisho Chieko (Actor) | Sawada Kenji (Actor) | Tanaka Yuko (Actor) 渥美清 (Actor) | 倍賞千惠子 (Actor) | 澤田研二 (Actor) | 田中裕子 (Actor) 渥美清 (Actor) | 倍赏千惠子 (Actor) | 泽田 研二 (Actor) | 田中裕子 (Actor) 渥美清 (Actor) | 倍賞千恵子 (Actor) | 沢田研二 (Actor) | 田中裕子 (Actor) Atsumi Kiyoshi (Actor) | Baisho Chieko (Actor) | Sawada Kenji (Actor) | Tanaka Yuko (Actor)
Director: Yamada Yoji 山田洋次 山田洋次 山田洋次 Yamada Yoji
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Release Date: 2006-10-06
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Country of Origin: Japan
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Aspect Ratio: 1.78 : 1
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: 100 (g)
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1004536253

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* Screen Format : 16:9 (Anamorphic Widescreen)
* 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30集，請來兩位矚目的卡士助陣，包括當時迷倒萬千歌迷的巨星澤田研二，以及含苞待放的田中裕子（她日後憑《阿信的故事》走紅全亞洲）。影片成為當年的話題作，亦為《男人之苦》系列再創出逾二百萬觀眾人次的紀錄。

　　寅次郎（渥美清飾）今回來到九州的溫泉區，在旅館遇上了抱著亡母骨灰而來的年青人三郎（澤田研二飾）。原來三郎的母親生前在這所旅館工作，死前仍念念不忘此地的泉水，故三郎帶著她的骨灰重返故土。見義勇為的寅次郎得悉後，馬上找人在旅館超渡三郎亡母。恰巧此時入住旅館的螢子（田中裕子飾）亦被寅次郎拉著參加法事。葬禮過後，三郎發現自己已愛上螢子，可惜害羞的性格令他無法踏出追求的一步。身為戀愛專家的寅次郎在三郎苦苦哀求下，決定拔刀相助，撮合一對新人……

　　而現實中，澤田研二與田中裕子亦戲假情真，翌年被傳媒揭發戀情，兩人於八九年結婚至今。

　　The 30th instalment in the Tora-san series. This is one of the most commercially successful films of the Tora-san series because of the two major stars involved in this production. Sawada Kenji was one of the most popular singers/actors in Japan at the time, and Tanaka Yuko will become famous through the TV series "Oshin". Yamada Yoji freely adapts Cyrano de Bergerac for this Tora-san movie. At the Yuhira Hot Springs in Oita, Tora-san helps a shy but handsome zookeeper (pop star/actor Sawada Kenji) after both fall in love with a pretty department store worker (Tanaka Yuko). In real life, Sawada and Tanaka began dating during production and eventually married in 1989.
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Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10 (1)

Kevin Kennedy
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May 31, 2008
Another fine Tora-San film Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10
"Tora-San, the Expert", the thirtieth film in Yamada Yoji's excellent series, resulted in an unexpected scandal. But first the story... Tora, while on one of his peddling trips, stays at a spa at which handsome, young Saburo (pop star Sawada Kenji) also stays. Saburo is bringing his mother's ashes to her hometown for burial; 30 years earlier, his mother had been a popular employee at the spa. The spa's owner and Tora arrange for a funeral ceremony, a ceremony which Tora disrupts by inadvertently tossing burning incense down the back of the presiding priest.

Also staying at the inn are two department store workers from Tokyo. One of them, the lovely, bespectacled, and extremely shy Keiko (Tanaka Yuko) is smitten by the good-looking and filial Saburo, who resembles the ideal man for whom she has been searching. Saburo, also tongue-tied and shy, is equally smitten by Keiko's quiet beauty. When Keiko embarks back to Tokyo, Saburo abruptly blurts out to her, "Will you be my friend?" Keiko, taken aback by the unexpected, sudden, and public nature of the question, rejects the advance.

Saburo turns to Tora for help in his pursuit. As you might expect, Tora's advice and interventions are a mixed blessing. Will Tora succeed in bringing the young lovers together or will his inept efforts cause a permanent break? Watch this warm-hearted little gem to find out.

The film's opening dream sequence is an elaborate "West Side Story"-style song and dance number starring pop singer Sawada, who acquits himself well in this film. Tanaka Yuko, however, steals the show by capturing perfectly the earnest yearning of young love. (The pairing of Sawada and Tanaka resulted in scandal, as their on-screen chemistry led to an off-screen adulterous romance and to Sawada's divorce.)

For me, the best part of this movie is Tora's unspoken reaction to Saburo and Keiko's mutual love, as he realizes that he likely never will experience the fruition of such a romance in his own life. There is no one better than Atsumi Kiyoshi at emoting such moments of silent despair. I recommend "Tora-San, the Expert" highly for a general audience.
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