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Talk of the Town Tora-san

Talk of the Town Tora-san (1979)Cast and Crew

Movie

Cast

K
Kiyoshi Atsumi
as Tora
C
Chieko Baisho
as Sakura
M
Masami Shimojō
as Tatsuzo
C
Chieko Misaki
as Tsune
G
Gin Maeda
as Hiroshi
H
Hisao Dazai
as Umetaro
G
Gajiro Satoh
as Gen
H
Hayato Nakamura
Y
Yoshio Yoshida
U
Ushio Akashi
M
Masane Tsukayama
R
Ryunosuke Kuze
M
Masato Endo
M
Masahiro Kumakura
C
Chieko Soda
M
Manami Taki
E
Eiko Hikari
M
Maki Izumi
H
Hidetoshi Hasegawa
K
Kenji Kimura
A
Akihiko Hanyû
K
Kazuhiko Kasai
P
Pinko Izumi
H
Hideo Murota
H
Hideji Ōtaki
C
Chishū Ryū
as Gozen-sama
T
Takashi Shimura
as Hiroshi's Father
R
Reiko Ōhara
as Sanae
M
Masaru Ikeda
Y
Yoshino Tani
as (uncredited)

Crew

Y
Yoshitaka Asama
Writer
I
Iwao Ishii
Editor
Y
Yoji Yamada
Director
Y
Yoji Yamada
Writer
N
Naozumi Yamamoto
Original Music Composer
H
Hiroshi Nakamura
Sound Recordist
Y
Yoshifumi Aoki
Lighting Technician
K
Kiyoshi Shimazu
Executive Producer
S
Sôhei Hasegawa
Still Photographer
T
Tetsuo Takaha
Director of Photography
M
Mitsuo Degawa
Art Direction
R
Ryuji Matsumoto
Sound Mixer

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.