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{{Infobox film
| name = Tora-san's Tropical Fever
| image = Tora's Tropical Fever.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = [[Yoji Yamada]]
| producer =
| writer = Yoji Yamada<br>Yoshitaka Asama
| starring = [[Kiyoshi Atsumi]]<br>[[Ruriko Asaoka]]
| music = Naozumi Yamamoto
| cinematography = Tetsuo Takaba
| editing = Iwao Ishii
| distributor = [[Shochiku]]
| released = {{Film date|1980|8|2}}
| runtime = 104 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| budget =
| gross =
}}
{{nihongo|'''''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}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://shochikufilms.com/product/tora-sans-tropical-fever|title=Tora-San's Tropical Fever ｜ Shochiku Films}}</ref> ''aka'' '''''Torasan Goes to Hisbiscus Land'''''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.citwf.com/film257078.htm|title=OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO HAIBISUKASU NO HANA|access-date=2010-01-21|publisher=[[Complete Index to World Film]]}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie25/madonna.html|title=男はつらいよ 寅次郎ハイビスカスの花 (Madonna)|access-date=2010-01-21|publisher=www.tora-san.jp|language=Japanese}} (official site)</ref> ''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.
==Plot==
Lily, the lounge singer with whom Tora-san fell in love in film 11 (''[[Tora-san's Forget Me Not]]'', 1973) and film 15 (''[[Tora-san's Rise and Fall]]'', 1975) sends Tora-san a letter informing him that she is terminally ill. Tora-san rushes to Okinawa—taking his first plane trip in the process—to be at her side and nurse her to health.<ref name="Kinejun">{{cite web|url=http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19126|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎ハイビスカスの花|access-date=2010-01-21|language=Japanese|publisher=[[Kinema Junpo]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309142337/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19126|archive-date=2012-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305833|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017232053/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305833|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-17|title=OTOKO WA TSURAI YO TORAJIRO HIBISCUS NO HANA (1980)|access-date=2010-01-21|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]}}</ref><ref name ="Galbraith">{{cite web |first=Stuart |last=Galbraith IV |authorlink= Stuart Galbraith IV|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/20321/tora-san-25-tora-sans-tropical-fever/|title=Tora-san 25: Tora-san's Tropical Fever (Region 3) |date=2006-02-24|access-date=2010-01-21|publisher=[[DVD Talk]]}}</ref>
==Cast==
* [[Kiyoshi Atsumi]] as Torajirō<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1980/dd002480.htm|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎ハイビスカスの花|access-date=2010-01-21|language=Japanese|publisher=[[Japanese Movie Database]]}}</ref>
* [[Chieko Baisho]] as Sakura
* [[Ruriko Asaoka]] as Lily
* [[Masami Shimojō]] as Kuruma Tatsuzō
* [[Chieko Misaki]] as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
* [[Gin Maeda]] as Hiroshi Suwa
* [[Hisao Dazai]] as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
* Hayato Nakamura as Mitsuo Suwa
* [[Gajirō Satō]] as Genkō
* Suzuko Aragaki as Kaori Yamazato
==Critical appraisal==
Writer-director [[Yoji Yamada]] reportedly considers ''Tora's Tropical Fever'' his own favorite of the ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series films.<ref name ="Galbraith"/> The [[Japan Academy Prize (film)|Japan Academy]] awarded Yamada and co-writer Yoshitaka Asama Best Screenplay for the film. [[Chieko Baisho]] was also given the Best Actress award, and [[Kiyoshi Atsumi]] was nominated for Best Actor at the ceremony.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081288/awards|title=Awards for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro haibisukasu no hana (1980)|access-date=2010-01-21|publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]]}}</ref> The German-language site molodezhnaja gives ''Tora's Tropical Fever'' four out of five stars, naming it one of the highlights of the series.<ref name="molodezhnaja">{{cite web |url=http://www.molodezhnaja.ch/torasan25.htm|title=Tora-San's Tropical Fever|access-date=2010-01-21|publisher= www.molodezhnaja.ch|language=German}}</ref> [[Stuart Galbraith IV]] judges the film "one of the best of the series", and a "delight in every respect: it's funny, sad, and perceptive about human nature".<ref name ="Galbraith"/>
==Availability==
''Tora-san's Tropical Fever'' was released theatrically on August 2, 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/13366|title=男はつらいよ 寅次郎ハイビスカスの花|access-date=2010-01-21|publisher=Japanese Cinema Database ([[Agency for Cultural Affairs]])|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202120602/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/13366|archive-date=2014-02-02}}</ref> In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996 and 1998, and in DVD format in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=147289|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎ハイビスカスの花 (1980)|access-date=2010-01-21|publisher=allcinema.net|language=Japanese}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==Bibliography==
===English===
* {{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305833|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017232053/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/305833|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-17|title=OTOKO WA TSURAI YO TORAJIRO HIBISCUS NO HANA (1980)|access-date=2010-01-21|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.citwf.com/film257078.htm|title=OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO HAIBISUKASU NO HANA|access-date=2010-01-21|publisher=[[Complete Index to World Film]]}}
* {{IMDb title|0081288|Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro haibisukasu no hana (1980)}}
* {{IMDb title|10525540|Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro haibisukasu no hana tokubetsu-hen (1997)}}
* {{cite web |first=Stuart |last=Galbraith IV |authorlink= Stuart Galbraith IV|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/20321/tora-san-25-tora-sans-tropical-fever/|title=Tora-san 25: Tora-san's Tropical Fever (Region 3) |date=2006-02-24|access-date=2010-01-21|publisher=[[DVD Talk]]}}
===German===
* {{cite web |url=http://www.molodezhnaja.ch/torasan25.htm|title=Tora-San's Tropical Fever|access-date=2010-01-21|publisher=www.molodezhnaja.ch|language=German}}
===Japanese===
* {{cite web |url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=147289|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎ハイビスカスの花 (1980)|access-date=2010-01-21|publisher=allcinema.net|language=Japanese}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/13366|title=男はつらいよ 寅次郎ハイビスカスの花|access-date=2010-01-21|publisher=Japanese Cinema Database ([[Agency for Cultural Affairs]])|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202120602/http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/13366|archive-date=2014-02-02}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1980/dd002480.htm|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎ハイビスカスの花|access-date=2010-01-21|language=Japanese|publisher=[[Japanese Movie Database]]}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19126|script-title=ja:男はつらいよ 寅次郎ハイビスカスの花|access-date=2010-01-21|language=Japanese|publisher=[[Kinema Junpo]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309142337/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19126|archive-date=2012-03-09}}
==External links==
* [http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie25/ ''Tora's Tropical Fever''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729061143/http://www.tora-san.jp/toranomaki/movie25/ |date=2014-07-29 }} at www.tora-san.jp (official site)
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