title: Tora-san's Forget Me Not
text: # Tora-san's Forget Me Not
  
  Tora-san's Forget Me Not (男はつらいよ 寅次郎忘れな草, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Wasurenagusa) aka Torasan and his Forget-Me-Not is a 1973 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-san's Forget Me Not is the eleventh entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
  
  ## Synopsis
  
  When Tora-san takes a job at a dairy farm, he becomes infatuated with Lily, a singer. Tora becomes ill, and Lily plans to visit him to tell him his feelings are requited. She is fired from her job and must leave before she can visit Tora-san.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō
  * Chieko Baisho as Sakura
  * Ruriko Asaoka as Lily (Kiyoko Matsuoka)
  * Tatsuo Matsumura as Kuruma Tatsuzō
  * Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
  * Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
  * Hayato Nakamura as Mitsuo Suwa
  * Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
  * Junkichi Orimoto as Kurihara
  * Gajirō Satō as Genkō
  * Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama
  
  ## Critical appraisal
  
  Yuji Yamada was given the Best Director prize at the Mainichi Film Awards for his work on Tora-san's Forget Me Not. Yamada, Akira Miyazaki, and Yoshitaka Asama were also awarded for Best Screenplay at the ceremony. The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Forget Me Not three and a half out of five stars.
  
  ## Availability
  
  Tora-san's Forget Me Not was released theatrically on August 4, 1973. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1995, and in DVD format in 2002 and 2008.
  
  