Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san

Aug 7, 1982

1h 50m

★ 8.0

Overview

During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully comprehends his importance, the old man is a Living National Treasure ceramist. At his home, Tora-san makes a good impression on the old man's maid, who apparently falls in love with Tora-san.

Genres

Comedy

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Cast

Torajiro Kuruma

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Sakura

Chieko Baisho

Kagari

Ayumi Ishida

Tatsuzo Kuruma

Masami Shimojō

Tsune Kuruma

Chieko Misaki

Hiroshi

Gin Maeda

Shachou

Hisao Dazai

Genkou

Gajirō Satō

Mitsuo

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Haru

Tsuyako Okajima

Kagari's mother

Tokuko Sugiyama

Kagari's friend

Hikaru Nishikawa

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'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.

8.0

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.

8.0

Tora-san's Love Call

Dec 29, 1971

Taking a message from Hiroshi's father to heart, Torajiro attempts to give up his wandering ways.

7.3

Tora-san's Lovesick

Aug 10, 1974

After Torajiro's latest attempt to find a bride goes awry, he starts traveling again and runs into Utako (last seen in Tora-san's Dear Old Home), now a widow.

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.

8.0

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".

8.7

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.

8.5

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.

8.1

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 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.

8.5

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 Forget Me Not

Jan 4, 1973

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

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.