User Reviews

I liked both the guy he befriended, and the young girl he was trying to set him up with.

There were also some really funny moments- Tora "repenting for what he usually does" to the priest, the President still getting excited (to his annoyed employees) about Tora's new potential partners, and Tora describing himself as being nothing but an eating machine that farts if he didn't have love in his life.

It was a pretty strong entry, in my opinion, and I was particularly impressed by the way Yamada and the cast can make these characters remain funny and entertaining after 30 (!) entries, now.

Also, that opening sequence was pretty nuts, (mostly) in a good way.

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. ;)