It's Tough Being a Man

Movie"Japan's most beloved loser"
Audience Score
81
It's Tough Being a Man
NR 1 hr 31 minComedyTora-san Series PosterPart of Tora-san Series
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.
StarringKiyoshi AtsumiChieko BaishoSachiko Mitsumoto
DirectorYoji Yamada

Movie Details

Original Language:Japanese
Executive Producers:Tsutomu Kamimura
Production Companies:Shochiku
Movie Tags:
japanmarriageweddingfactory worker

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.