Tora-san 17: Sunrise and Sunset

7.5

During his travels, Tora-san meets Ikenouchi, a drunken old man whom he assumes is poor and homeless. Tora-san takes the old man home. When he wakes up, Ikenouchi begins ordering Tora-san's family around in such an…

Tora-san 43: Takes a Vacation

7.6

Mitsuo goes to Nagoya to visit Izumi, whose father left Izumi’s sad, bar hostess mother for another woman, so together they decide to confront him in Oita. Meanwhile, Izumi’s mother befriends Tora-san and together…

Tora-san 18: Pure Love

7.4

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, who has a terminal illness.

Tora-san 21: Stage-Struck Tora-san

7.3

Tora-san returns from his travels throughout Japan to his family's home in Tokyo to find his uncle recovering from an illness. After a family fight erupts, he returns to the road and becomes friends with Tomekichi.…

Tora-san 24: Dream of Spring

7.3

Tora-san returns to his family's home in Shibamata, Tokyo, to find a large American peddler living in his room, leading to various conflicts. As Tora-san struggles through his love with the local Madonna, the American…

Tora-san 48: To the Rescue

8.0

Tora-san works hard to bring together his nephew, Mitsuo, and Mitsuo’s girlfriend who is engaged to someone else.

Tora-san 46: Matchmaker

7.8

After failing to find a job, Mitsuo becomes a fisherman on a small island, and develops a crush on a young nurse there. Tora-san, dispatched to bring Mitsuo back home, himself falls in love with an attractive but troubled…

Tora-san 45: Makes Excuses

7.5

It stars Goto Kumiko as Tora-san's love interest or "Madonna" and Nagase Masatoshi, who plays Mitsuo's rival for Izumi's affection and Natsuki Mari as Izumi's mother.

Tora-san 14: Lullaby

7.4

During his travels Tora-san meets a troubled father with a baby. He shares a drink with the man who then abandons the baby into Tora-san's care. At his hometown in Shibamata, Tokyo, the family is worried about who…

Tora-san 20: Plays Cupid

7.5

Tora-san plays at matchmaker, trying to arrange a romance between Ryosuke and Sachiko. His advice proves disastrous and Tora-san instead falls in love with Ryosuke's sister.

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