Marriage Counselor Tora-san

In Shibamata, Tokyo, Tora-san's family prepares for a wedding. Meanwhile, the traveling Tora-san meets an old acqaintance in Iwate Province. Tora-san refuses to drink with him, afraid that the acquaintance, now settled and married, will again become attracted to Tora-san's wandering existence. Tora-san becomes attracted to a female barber, but must break off their relationship so that she too can live a secure life. She instead gets into an abusive relationship with a motorcyclist.

8

102 min

Cast

Kiyoshi Atsumi

as Torajiro Kuruma

Chieko Baisho

as Sakura

Rie Nakahara

as Fuko

Masami Shimojō

as Uncle

Chieko Misaki

as Aunty

Gin Maeda

as Hiroshi

Hisao Dazai

as President

Gajirō Satō

as Genko

Hidetaka Yoshioka

as Mitsuo

Taisaku Akino

as Noboru

Tomoko Fumino

Akira Hitomi

Kanichi Tani

Keiroku Seki

Kazuhiko Kasai

Takuya Shiba

Yoshio Takeshita

Nobuo Takagi

Sayoko Makino

Kana Nakagawa

Kiyo Murakami

Haruko Chichibu

Yoshino Tani

Ryōko Mizuki

Midori Kawai

Kazuko Sakamoto

Chishū Ryū

as the High Priest

Takeshi Katō

as Kingo

B-saku Satoh

as Eisaku

Jun Miho

as Akemi

Tsunehiko Watase

as Tony

Director

Yoji Yamada