

Tora-san, the Go-Between
Genres
Overview
In Nagasaki, Tora-san and an acquaintance help an old woman who has fallen and injured herself. She invites them to her home where the three share a night of eating and drinking. The old woman's health deteriorates and she dies. At her funeral, Tora-san falls in love with the old woman's daughter, but winds up acting as a go-between for her and a young law student.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
108 min
Release Date
1985-08-03
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
3
Vote Average
6.5
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Torajiro Kuruma
Chieko Baisho
Sakura
Mitsuru Hirata
Tamio Sakata
Masami Shimojō
Uncle
Chieko Misaki
Aunty
Gin Maeda
Hiroshi
Hisao Dazai
President
Gajirō Satō
Genko
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Mitsuo
Keiroku Seki
Sakae Umezu
Yasuhisa Sonoda
Fumio Tsukiji
Katsuumi Niwa
Tokuko Sugiyama
Koharu
Kotoe Hatsui
Hama Egami
Setsuko Tanaka
Yoko Fujikawa
Kazuhiko Kasai
Junshi Shimada
Takuya Shiba
Haruhiko Takemura
Yoshino Tani
Yoshiko Togawa
Midori Kawai
Sayoko Makino
Jun Miho
Akemi
Tatsuo Matsumura
the Professor
Chishū Ryū
the High Priest
Kanako Higuchi
Wakana Egami
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
7.7
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
8.5
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
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
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 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
8.7
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
8.0
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
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 Makes Excuses
1992-12-26 | 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
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
8.1
It's Tough Being a Man
Tora-san, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but reconnects with his aunt, uncle and sister Sakura. Tora wreaks some havoc in their lives, like getting drunk and silly at a marriage meeting and ruining Sakura's chance to marry someone, as well as just being a real pain to those around him. There is a sentimental side to him also, and the best way to describe him is that he grows on you.
1969-08-27 | 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
8.0
Tora-san's Promise
Tora-san returns to his family's home to attend an elementary school class reunion. After he embarrasses himself by getting drunk and insulting all his ex-classmates, he resumes his travels. In Kyushu he meets an outspoken 18-year-old girl who becomes enamored of Tora-san and follows him around. One of Tora-san's old friends is terminally ill and makes Tora-san promise him to marry his wife once he is gone.
1981-12-28 | ja
8.0
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully comprehends his importance, the old man is a Living National Treasure ceramist. At his home, Tora-san makes a good impression on the old man's maid, who apparently falls in love with Tora-san.
1982-08-07 | ja