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Tora-san's Promise (1981)
Directed by Yoji Yamada
Comedy · 1h 41m
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.
Cast
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Chieko Baisho
Mikiko Otonashi
Masami Shimojō
Chieko Misaki
Gin Maeda
Hisao Dazai
Gajirō Satō
Chishū Ryū
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Shoichi Ozawa
Kayoko Kishimoto
Crew
- Director
- Yoji Yamada
- Screenplay
- Yoji Yamada, Yoshitaka Asama
- Director of Photography
- Tetsuo Takaha
- Original Music Composer
- Naozumi Yamamoto
- Editor
- Iwao Ishii
Details
- Original title
- 男はつらいよ 寅次郎紙風船
- Release date
- 1981-12-28
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Shochiku