

Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Genres
Overview
After winning big at the races, Torajiro Kuruma wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii to partly pay the great filial debt he feels he owes them, but the plan hits a snag. Also, a pretty kindergarten teacher rents a room at Toraya.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
92 min
Release Date
1970-02-26
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
5
Vote Average
7.4
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Torajiro Kuruma
Chieko Baisho
Sakura
Komaki Kurihara
Haruko
Chieko Misaki
Tsune
Gin Maeda
Hiroshi
Taisaku Akino
Gajirō Satō
Genkichi
Hisao Dazai
Shunji Sayama
Sachiko Murase
Ginzô Sekiguchi
Jun Hamamura
Gen Idemitsu
Kôei Yamamoto
Ryûsuke Kita
Kenji Sonoda
Kentarō Imai
Sōnosuke Oda
Tadao Futami
Hideaki Komori
Taku Kido
Nobuo Takagi
Tatsumi Ichiyama
Terumitsu Kawashima
Yoshisaburo Owa
Yoshino Tani
Kimiyo Ōtsuka
Kota Mizumori
Toshio Ohkubo
Takashi Eto
Hidetoshi Hasegawa
Akihiko Hanyû
Ken'ichi Ishii
Kuniko Wakiyama
Chishū Ryū
Priest
Tadashi Yokouchi
Takao Aizawa
Masao Mishima
Yoshida
Ichirō Zaitsu
Shin Morikawa
Tatsuzo
8.0
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
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.
1975-08-19 | ja
7.7
Tora-san, the Intellectual
Tora-san is inspired to pursue an education after a visit to the grave of a woman he met years ago. When he returns to Shibamata with the intent to study, he falls for Toraya's new tenant instead.
1975-12-27 | ja
8.5
Tora-san's Pure Love
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.
1976-12-25 | ja
8.0
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
Carrying a bag full of samples, Mitsuo makes rounds to shoe stores in remote cities. While staying at budget hotels, his thoughts turn to Tora-san.
1997-11-22 | ja
7.5
Tora-san's Lullaby
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.
1974-12-28 | ja
7.7
Tora-san Plays Cupid
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.
1977-12-24 | ja
8.0
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992-12-26 | ja
8.7
Tora-san, My Uncle
Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former classmate whose parents divorced and took her out of Tokyo.
1989-12-27 | ja
8.5
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
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.
1977-08-06 | ja
9.0
Talk of the Town Tora-san
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.
1978-12-27 | ja
8.0
Tora-san Confesses
When Izumi can't stand seeing her mother flirt with other men, she leaves home. She sends a letter to Mitsuo and Mitsuo goes looking for her. But Izumi unexpectedly meets Tora-san.
1991-12-23 | ja
8.5
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Tora-san helps out a runaway bride.
1979-08-04 | ja
8.0
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
When cabaret singer Lily writes Toraya about her illness, Tora-san rushes to Okinawa to be by her side.
1980-08-02 | ja
8.0
Stage-Struck Tora-san
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.
1978-08-05 | ja
6.8
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him.
1969-11-14 | ja
9.0
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was embarrassed. After a fight with his family, he goes to a bar to drink, then brings home a surly old man with a sad story, whose identity will surprise everyone. Later, Tora meets Botan, a geisha.
1976-07-23 | ja
8.0
Tora-san Loves an Artist
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.
1973-12-25 | ja
8.7
Tora-san Goes North
When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged daughter, and a woman in whom he is secretly interested.
1987-08-15 | ja
7.5
Foster Daddy, Tora!
After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man's daughter, then takes her to Tokyo so she can study for a night school exam.
1980-12-27 | ja
8.5
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora-san falls in love with a local geisha. He helps her to track down her estranged brother, and informs his family that he plans to marry her. His plans are foiled when the geisha informs Tora-san that she is engaged.
1981-08-08 | ja