Tora-san, the Go-Between

Tora-san, the Go-BetweenCast and Crew

Movie

Cast

K
Kiyoshi Atsumi
as Torajiro Kuruma
C
Chieko Baisho
as Sakura
M
Mitsuru Hirata
as Tamio Sakata
M
Masami Shimojō
as Uncle
C
Chieko Misaki
as Aunty
G
Gin Maeda
as Hiroshi
H
Hisao Dazai
as President
G
Gajiro Satoh
as Genko
H
Hidetaka Yoshioka
as Mitsuo
K
Keiroku Seki
S
Sakae Umezu
Y
Yasuhisa Sonoda
F
Fumio Tsukiji
K
Katsuumi Niwa
T
Tokuko Sugiyama
as Koharu
K
Kotoe Hatsui
as Hama Egami
S
Setsuko Tanaka
Y
Yoko Fujikawa
K
Kazuhiko Kasai
J
Junshi Shimada
T
Takuya Shiba
H
Haruhiko Takemura
Y
Yoshino Tani
Y
Yoshiko Togawa
M
Midori Kawai
S
Sayoko Makino
J
Jun Miho
as Akemi
T
Tatsuo Matsumura
as the Professor
C
Chishū Ryū
as the High Priest
K
Kanako Higuchi
as Wakana Egami

Crew

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

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.