Tonda Couple

Tonda Couple
翔んだカップル (Tonda kappuru)
Manga
Written by	Kimio Yanagisawa
Published by	Kodansha
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Original run	March 19, 1978 – March 11, 1981
Volumes	15
Live-action film
Directed by	Shinji Sōmai
Written by	Shōichi Maruyama
Released	July 26, 1980

Tonda Couple (翔んだカップル Tonda Kappuru) is a shōnen manga series by Kimio Yanagisawa. It won the 1979 Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen. It was adapted into a 1980 film directed by Shinji Sōmai and starring Hiroko Yakushimaru and Toshinori Omi.

Awards

3rd Kodansha Manga Award

• Won: Shōnen

2nd Yokohama Film Festival^[1]

• Won: Best Actress - Hiroko Yakushimaru
• Won: Best New Director - Shinji Sōmai
• Won: Best Screenplay - Shōichi Maruyama
• 2nd Best Film^[2]

References

1. 第２回ヨコハマ映画祭 １９８０年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
2. １９８０年度　日本映画ベストテン (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 2010-03-29.

External links

• Tonda Couple at the Internet Movie Database
• Tonda Couple at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)