Comedy · Japan · 1987 · 1h 41m

Tora-san Plays Daddy

男はつらいよ寅次郎物語

Director

Cast

Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajiro Kuruma Chieko Baisho as Sakura Kumiko Akiyoshi as Takako Midori Satsuki as Fude Masami Shimojō as Uncle Chieko Misaki as Aunty

Crew

Tetsuo Takaha — Director of Photography Iwao Ishii — Editor Naozumi Yamamoto — Original Music Composer Yoji Yamada — Screenplay Yoshitaka Asama — Screenplay Kiyoshi Shimazu — Producer

Synopsis

A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly turns up in Shibamata. Searching for the boy’s mother, Tora-san meets a cosmetics saleslady and the three become a surrogate family, with Tora-san as “daddy”.

Key Collaborators

Yoji Yamada Director Tetsuo Takaha Director of Photography Iwao Ishii Editor Naozumi Yamamoto Original Music Composer Yoji Yamada Screenplay Yoshitaka Asama Screenplay Kiyoshi Shimazu Producer

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