Tora-san's Grand Scheme

Feb 26, 1970

1h 32m

★ 7.4

Overview

After winning big at the races, Torajiro Kuruma wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii to partly pay the great filial debt he feels he owes them, but the plan hits a snag. Also, a pretty kindergarten teacher rents a room at Toraya.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Shochiku

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Cast

Torajiro Kuruma

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Sakura

Chieko Baisho

Haruko

Komaki Kurihara

Tsune

Chieko Misaki

Hiroshi

Gin Maeda

Taisaku Akino

Genkichi

Gajirō Satō

Hisao Dazai

Shunji Sayama

Sachiko Murase

Ginzô Sekiguchi

Jun Hamamura

After Hiroshi is injured in a workplace accident, Torajiro gives Sakura the money he has saved and leaves to work as a traveling salesman once again. During his travels, Torajiro meets a father who shares a drink with him. In the morning, Torajiro is shocked to learn that the man has left his baby behind and a note asking Tora to take care of the child.

8.0

Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again

Aug 19, 1975

Tora-san visits Hokkaido and is reunited with Lily. Now divorced, she plans to resume her singing career and renews her unusual relationship with Tora-san.

7.5

Tora-san's Dear Old Home

Aug 5, 1972

While Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house, Torajiro befriends three young women on vacation during his travels.

7.6

Tora-san's Dream-Come-True

Dec 29, 1972

When Tora-san returns to visit his family, he is surprised to find an arrogant professor occupying his room. The professor and Tora-san become rivals for the affection of Chiyo.

8.5

Tora-san's Pure Love

Dec 25, 1976

When Tora-san's infatuation with his nephew's school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his travels again. When he returns, he falls in love with the teacher's mother.

8.7

Tora-san, My Uncle

Dec 27, 1989

Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former classmate whose parents divorced and took her out of Tokyo.

7.7

Tora-san Plays Cupid

Dec 24, 1977

Tora-san becomes friends with Toraya's newest tenant, a pachinko-playing electrician that goes by the nickname Watt. Tora attempts to match Watt with a young waitress.

8.5

Tora-san Meets His Lordship

Aug 6, 1977

Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased son's wife who resides somewhere in Tokyo.

8.0

Tora-san Makes Excuses

Dec 26, 1992

Tora-san Makes Excuses is a 1992 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Goto as his love interest or "Madonna".

8.5

Tora-san, the Matchmaker

Aug 4, 1979

Tora-san helps out a runaway bride.

9.0

Talk of the Town Tora-san

Dec 27, 1978

After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on the mortality of man. His plans are derailed when a beautiful lady starts working at Toraya.

8.0

Tora-san's Tropical Fever

Aug 2, 1980

When cabaret singer Lily writes Toraya about her illness, Tora-san rushes to Okinawa to be by her side.

8.0

Stage-Struck Tora-san

Aug 5, 1978

Tora-san leaves Shibamata once again after an argument with his family and finds himself at an inn where he meets Tomekichi, a young man who looks up to Tora-san.

8.0

Tora-san Goes Religious?

Dec 28, 1983

Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father. When the local temple priest becomes intoxicated, Tora-san wearing the priest's robe delivers the memorial speech, much to his family's surprise. Thinking he's found his true calling, Tora-san decides to join the order, and falls for the priest's divorced daughter.

8.0

Tora-san Confesses

Dec 23, 1991

When Izumi can't stand seeing her mother flirt with other men, she leaves home. She sends a letter to Mitsuo and Mitsuo goes looking for her. But Izumi unexpectedly meets Tora-san.

8.1

It's Tough Being a Man

Aug 27, 1969

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.