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Tora-san, Wish You Were Here

Tora-san, Wish You Were HereCast and Crew

Movie

Cast

K
Kiyoshi Atsumi
as Tora-san
C
Chieko Baisho
as Sakura Suwa (Torajiro's sister)
H
Hidetaka Yoshioka
as Mitsuo (Sakura's son)
K
Kumiko Goto
as Izumi Oikawa (Mitsuo's lover)
G
Gin Maeda
as Hiroshi (Sakura's husband)
C
Chizuru Ikewaki
M
Mari Natsuki
as Reiko (Izumi's mother)
R
Ruriko Asaoka
as Lily
J
Jun Miho
as Akemi
G
Gajiro Satoh
as Gen
N
Nenji Kobayashi
I
Isao Hashizume
H
Hiyori Sakurada
as Yuri Suwa

Crew

Y
Yoji Yamada
Director
N
Naozumi Yamamoto
Original Music Composer
Y
Yuzo Asahara
Writer
Y
Yoji Yamada
Writer
J
Junnosuke Yamamoto
Original Music Composer

Tora-san Series

Otoko wa Tsurai yo (男はつらいよ, "It's tough being a man") is a Japanese film series starring Kiyoshi Atsumi as "Tora-san" (寅さん), a kind-hearted vagabond who is always unlucky in love. The series itself is often referred to as "Tora-san" by its fans. Spanning 48 installments released between 1969 and 1995, all of the Otoko wa tsurai yo films except episodes 3 (Azuma Morisaki) and 4 (Shun'ichi Kobayashi) were directed by Yōji Yamada, who also wrote (or co-wrote) all the screenplays.