IMDb RATING
6.7/10
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YOUR RATING
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Yasuhiko Naito
- Hajime Ogawa
- (as Yasuhiko Naitô)
Ken Nakamoto
- Survey Engineer
- (as Apatchi Ken)
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Did you know
- ConnectionsFollowed by Tora-san's Song of Love (1983)
- SoundtracksOtoko wa tsurai yo
Music by Naozumi Yamamoto
Lyrics by Tetsurô Hoshino
Performed by Kiyoshi Atsumi
Courtesy of Crown Records
Featured review
A cute comedy about love and family
Tora-san (Kiyoshi Atsumi) is unemployed and lives with his sister and her husband, son, aunt, and uncle. After a fight with his family, he travels to a spa with one suitcase and a few coins in his pocket. Here he meets two lovely female travelers and a young man who catches the eye of one of the girls, Keiko (Yuko Tanaka). This young man is Saburo (Kenji Sawada), a shy zookeeper. Saburo's mother, who worked at the spa, has died, so he buries her remains in a nearby cemetery. Tora-san goes back to his family and brings Saburo with him as a guest. Saburo tells everyone that he likes Keiko but doesn't know how to approach her. Meanwhile, Keiko starts a new job in Tokyo. Her parents want to find a husband for her, but she is only thinking about Saburo. Tora-san acts as a matchmaker in the film and tries to bring Keiko and Saburo together. But something happens that rapidly complicates his job - he falls in love with Keiko too! It's a sweet comedy about family and love. What I found most beautiful was that Kenji Sawada and Yuko Tanaka are married in real life. Kenji may have looked older (for example, the cute scene on the hill looked like a teenager meeting a 30 year old virgin, haha), but I would fall for him too. Welp, Kenji Sawada is Kenji Sawada. ;)
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- Mar 3, 2023
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