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Tora-san Plays Daddy

Tora-san Plays Daddy - Where to Watch

Audience Score
90

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Here are some useful notes to know before watching about the comedy flick. Tora-san Plays Daddy starring Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Midori Satsuki has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 41 min. The movie received a user score of 90/100 on TMDb, which is informed by reviews from 2 engaged users.

Curious about the story behind it? Here's the plot: "A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly turns up in Shibamata. Searching for the boy’s mother, Tora-san meets a cosmetics saleslady and the three become a surrogate family, with Tora-san as “daddy”."

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Tora-san Series Movies

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.