Tora-san's Promise

Tora-san's Promise

Part of Tora-san Series

1981•1h 41m•8.0/10

Comedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

8.0/10(2)

Tora-san returns to his family's home to attend an elementary school class reunion. After he embarrasses himself by getting drunk and insulting all his ex-classmates, he resumes his travels. In Kyushu he meets an outspoken 18-year-old girl who becomes enamored of Tora-san and follows him around. One of Tora-san's old friends is terminally ill and makes Tora-san promise him to marry his wife once he is gone.

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Production

Shochiku

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Torajiro Kuruma

Chieko Baisho

Chieko Baisho

Sakura

Mikiko Otonashi

Mikiko Otonashi

Mitsue

Masami Shimojō

Masami Shimojō

Chieko Misaki

Chieko Misaki

Gin Maeda

Gin Maeda

Hisao Dazai

Hisao Dazai

Gajirō Satō

Gajirō Satō

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Mitsuo

Hiroshi Inuzuka

Hiroshi Inuzuka

Takehiko Maeda

Hachiro Azuma

Hachiro Azuma

Takeo Chii

Takeo Chii

Keiroku Seki

Kyoko Kozakura

Kyoko Kozakura

Motoko Takahashi

Tokuko Sugiyama

Tokuko Sugiyama

Kazuhiko Kasai

Kazuhiko Kasai

Akihiko Hanyû

Kenji Kimura

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