Tora-san Confesses (男はつらいよ 寅次郎の告白, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō no Kokuhaku) is a 1991 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada.
It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Hideko Yoshida as his love interest or "Madonna".
[1] Tora-san Confesses is the forty-fourth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
Series Director Yoji Yamada and Yoshitaka Asama were nominated for Best Screenplay at the Japan Academy Prize for their work on Tora-san Confesses.
Other nominations for the film at the ceremony were Mitsuo Degawa for Best Art Direction and Isao Suzuki and Takashi Matsumoto for Best Sound.