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Tora-san Goes Religious?

Movie
Audience Score
80
Tora-san Goes Religious?
NR 1 hr 45 minComedyTora-san Series PosterPart of Tora-san Series
Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father. When the local temple priest becomes intoxicated, Tora-san wearing the priest's robe delivers the memorial speech, much to his family's surprise. Thinking he's found his true calling, Tora-san decides to join the order, and falls for the priest's divorced daughter.
StarringKiyoshi AtsumiChieko BaishoKiichi Nakai
DirectorYoji Yamada
WritersYoji YamadaYoshitaka Asama

Movie Details

Original Language:Japanese
Executive Producers:Kiyoshi Shimazu, Shigehiro Nakagawa

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.