Tora-san's Dream of Spring

Movie
Audience Score
80
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
NR 1 hr 44 minComedyTora-san Series PosterPart of Tora-san Series
Tora-san's opinions about Americans get challenged when another wandering peddler Michael Jordan stops by Shibamata.
StarringKiyoshi AtsumiHerb EdelmanChieko Baisho
DirectorYoji Yamada
WritersYoji YamadaTomio KuriyamaLeonard Schrader

Movie Details

Original Language:Japanese
Executive Producers:Kiyoshi Shimazu
Production Companies:Shochiku

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.