Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset

APPROPIATE

1976 / 109min.

Rating9

Genres

Comedy

Synopsis

Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was embarrassed. After a fight with his family, he goes to a bar to drink, then brings home a surly old man with a sad story, whose identity will surprise everyone. Later, Tora meets Botan, a geisha.

Directors

Yoji Yamada

Actors

Hidetoshi Hasegawa

Gin Maeda

Hideji Ōtaki

Chieko Baisho

Chishū Ryū

Senri Sakurai

Akira Terao

Keiji Tsuchida

Hayato Nakamura

Akira Kume

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