It's Tough Being a Man(1969)

Name: It's Tough Being a Man
Director: Yoji Yamada
Released: 1969-08-27
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Sachiko Mitsumoto, Chishū Ryū, Takashi Shimura

08/27/1969 (US)Comedy1h 31m

8.1

"Japan's most beloved loser"

Overview

Tora-san, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but reconnects with his aunt, uncle and sister Sakura. Tora wreaks some havoc in their lives, like getting drunk and silly at a marriage meeting and ruining Sakura's chance to marry someone, as well as just being a real pain to those around him. There is a sentimental side to him also, and the best way to describe him is that he grows on you.

Yoji Yamada

Director

Azuma Morisaki

Screenplay

Yoji Yamada

Screenplay

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Part of the Tora-san Series

Otoko wa Tsurai yo (男はつらいよ, "It's tough being a man") is a Japanese film series starring Kiyoshi Atsumi as "Tora-san" (寅さん), a kind-hearted vagabond who is always unlucky in love. The series itself is often referred to as "Tora-san" by its fans. Spanning 48 installments released between 1969 and 1995, all of the Otoko wa tsurai yo films except episodes 3 (Azuma Morisaki) and 4 (Shun'ichi Kobayashi) were directed by Yōji Yamada, who also wrote (or co-wrote) all the screenplays.