Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again

Aug 19, 1975

1h 31m

★ 8.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Shochiku

Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again Trailers

Cast

Tora

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Sakura

Chieko Baisho

Uncle

Masami Shimojō

Hiroshi

Gin Maeda

Aunty

Chieko Misaki

President

Hisao Dazai

Genko

Gajirō Satō

Mitsuo

Hayato Nakamura

the Slave Merchant

Yoshio Yoshida

Nobuko

Kaneko Iwasaki

Kimiko

Chiharu Kuri

Mariko

Ai Saotome

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7.0

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7.8

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8.0

Tora-san's Dream of Spring

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Tora-san's opinions about Americans get challenged when another wandering peddler Michael Jordan stops by Shibamata.

7.8

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After an encounter with a dying yakuza's son and at his sister Sakura's urging, Torajiro attempts to change his vagrant lifestyle and become an honest worker with a steady job.

8.5

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8.5

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7.8

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8.0

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8.7

Tora-san, My Uncle

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8.0

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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's Tropical Fever

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9.0

Talk of the Town Tora-san

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8.5

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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.