Torasans Song of Love

Audience Score
80
Torasans Song of Love
Torasan returns to his family home to learn that his brotherinlaw cannot go to Mitsuos Torasans nephew athletic event Torasan volunteers to take his place but gets into an argument with his brotherinlaws boss and returns to the road He meets a young woman in Niigata who unbeknownst to him is a popular enka singer

Movie Details

Original Language:Japanese
Executive Producers:Kiyoshi Shimazu, Tetsuo Sao

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.