Tora-san's Promise(1981)

Name: Tora-san's Promise
Director: Yoji Yamada
Released: 1981-12-28
Rating: 8
Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Mikiko Otonashi, Masami Shimojō, Chieko Misaki

12/28/1981 (US)Comedy1h 41m

8.0

Overview

Tora-san returns to his family's home to attend an elementary school class reunion. After he embarrasses himself by getting drunk and insulting all his ex-classmates, he resumes his travels. In Kyushu he meets an outspoken 18-year-old girl who becomes enamored of Tora-san and follows him around. One of Tora-san's old friends is terminally ill and makes Tora-san promise him to marry his wife once he is gone.

Yoji Yamada

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Yoji Yamada

Screenplay

Yoshitaka Asama

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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.