Cast
Crew
Y
Yoshitaka Asama
Screenplay
I
Iwao Ishii
Editor
K
Kiyoshi Shimazu
Producer
T
Tetsuo Takaha
Director of Photography
M
Mitsuo Degawa
Art Direction
R
Ryuji Matsumoto
Sound Mixer
S
Sôhei Hasegawa
Still Photographer
Y
Yoshifumi Aoki
Lighting Technician
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.
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