Talk of the Town Tora-san

Dec 27, 1978

1h 44m

★ 9.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Shochiku

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Cast

Tora

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Sakura

Chieko Baisho

Tatsuzo

Masami Shimojō

Tsune

Chieko Misaki

Hiroshi

Gin Maeda

Umetaro

Hisao Dazai

Gen

Gajirō Satō

Sanae

Reiko Ōhara

Hayato Nakamura

Yoshio Yoshida

Hideo Murota

Ushio Akashi

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.

8.5

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.

7.7

Tora-san, the Intellectual

Dec 27, 1975

Tora-san is inspired to pursue an education after a visit to the grave of a woman he met years ago. When he returns to Shibamata with the intent to study, he falls for Toraya's new tenant instead.

8.0

Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version

Nov 22, 1997

Carrying a bag full of samples, Mitsuo makes rounds to shoe stores in remote cities. While staying at budget hotels, his thoughts turn to Tora-san.

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.

8.0

Tora-san Makes Excuses

Dec 26, 1992

No overview available.

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'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.

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.

8.1

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.

8.0

Tora-san's Forget Me Not

Jan 4, 1973

On the road again, Torajiro meets a kindred spirit in Lily, a lounge singer.

8.5

Tora-san, the Matchmaker

Aug 4, 1979

Tora-san helps out a runaway bride.

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.

6.8

Tora-san's Cherished Mother

Nov 14, 1969

Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him.

8.0

Tora-san Loves an Artist

Dec 25, 1973

Tora-San returns to Shibamata just before his family leaves on a trip for Kyushu. Later, he encounters an old school chum and begins to have feeling for his artist sister.

9.0

Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset

Jul 23, 1976

Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was embarrassed. After a fight with his family, he goes to a bar to drink, then brings home a surly old man with a sad story, whose identity will surprise everyone. Later, Tora meets Botan, a geisha.

7.4

Tora-san's Grand Scheme

Feb 26, 1970

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.

8.0

Tora-san's Forbidden Love

Dec 28, 1984

Tora-san spends several days at the home of a hard-working salaryman ("salaried worker"), who abruptly disappears. When the man's wife asks Tora-san to help find him, he falls in love with her, and secretly hopes the husband will not be found.