"Boy Torajiro (Shonen Torajiro)" Original Soundtrack

[Machine Translation] Based on the novel by Yoji Yamada, the creator of Tora Jiro, Tora-san's boyhood. The story begins with the secret of Tora-jiro's birth, continues through his bad boy days during the war, and ends with his departure from the station in Shibamata, Katsushika, after being sent off by his beloved younger sister Sakura. Tora Jiro's mother, with whom he has never had a relationship, is his Achilles heel. In order not to make his mother sad, and out of his innocent love for his younger sister Sakura, Torajiro has built the framework of the man he is today. No matter how reckless or how unprecedented he may be, there is no malice toward others. He is not motivated by profit or loss. This is the secret of Torajiro's ability to melt people's hearts. The cast includes Mao Inoue, Sione Fujiwara, Yuri Inoue, Katsuya Maimikuma, Yuki Izumisawa, Yukino Kishii, Kitaro, Shiori Nozawa, Nanana Mori, Maho Yamada, Goro Kishitani, and Kanji Ishimaru. The story is narrated by Yuko Hara, and the music is composed by Koji Makaino, who is known as an indispensable composer for Japanese idols of the 1970s such as Megumi Asaoka, Shizue Abe, and Hideki Saishiro, and for Japanese idols such as Masahiko Kondo, Shonendai, Hikaru Genji, SMAP, KinKi Kids, Arashi, News, and Kanjani Eight. The humorous episodes of Tora Jiro are perfectly matched with the humane music.

原作は、寅次郎の生みの親である山田洋次監督が小説で描いた寅さんの少年時代。寅次郎出生の秘密から、戦争を挟んだ悪ガキ時代、そして最愛の妹さくらに見送られて葛飾柴又の駅から旅立つまでの物語。なさぬ仲の育ての母は寅次郎のアキレス腱。母を悲しませないために、そして妹さくらへの無垢な愛情が、寅次郎という人間の骨組みを作ってきた。どんなにいいかげんで、どんなに破天荒でも、人への悪意はそこにない。損得では動かない。人の心を溶かす寅次郎の秘密がそこにある。出演は、井上真央を始め、藤原颯音、井上優吏、毎熊克哉、泉澤祐希、岸井ゆきの、きたろう、野澤しおり、森七菜、山田真歩、岸谷五朗、石丸幹二他。語りは、原由子、そして音楽を手がけるのは、浅丘めぐみ、あべ静江、西城秀樹など70年代のアイドルから、近藤真彦を始め、少年隊、光GENJI、SMAP、KinKi Kids、嵐、NEWS、関ジャニ∞など、ジャニーズ作品にか欠かせない作曲家として知られる馬飼野康二。寅次郎のユーモア溢れるエピソードに、人情溢れる音楽が見事にマッチする。