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Foster Daddy, Tora! is a film of genre Comedy directed by Yōji Yamada with Kiyoshi Atsumi
Foster Daddy, Tora! (1980)
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Add to a movie listFoster Daddy, Tora! (男はつらいよ 寅次郎かもめ歌, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Kamome Uta) aka Torasan's Song of the Seagull is a 1980 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Ran Itō as his love interest or "Madonna". Foster Daddy, Tora! is the twenty-sixth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
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Tor-san takes care of the teenage daughter of a friend after he dies. He takes the girl to Tokyo where she wishes to study, and becomes worried over her romantic life.Actors
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Tora-san's Promise (1981)
, 1h41Directed by Yōji Yamada
Genres Comedy
Actors Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishō, Masami Shimojō, Kayoko Kishimoto, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Chishū Ryū
Rating66%
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.
Tora-san, the Expert (1982)
, 1h46Directed by Yōji Yamada
Genres Comedy
Actors Kiyoshi Atsumi, Yūko Tanaka, Chieko Baishō, Masami Shimojō, Kenji Sawada, Yukiji Asaoka
Rating66%
Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu he meets a young woman named Keiko and the shy zoologist Saburō, and attempts to play matchmaker between the two when they all return to Tokyo.
Tora-san Goes Religious? (1983)
, 1h45Directed by Yōji Yamada
Genres Comedy
Actors Kiyoshi Atsumi, Keiko Takeshita, Chieko Baishō, Kiichi Nakai, Masami Shimojō, Kaoru Sugita
Rating70%
When his travels bring him to Western Japan, Tora-san decides to pay his respects to the late Hyoichiro Suwa, his sister's father-in-law. He gets drunk with the priest at the temple, falling in love with the priest's daughter in the process. When the priest is too hung-over to deliver a eulogy the next morning, Tora-san takes his place, with great success. Tora-san's sister and his brother-in-law's family show up for Hyoichiro Suwa's memorial service, and an argument breaks out over his estate.
Tora-san's Dream of Spring (1979)
, 1h44Directed by Yōji Yamada
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Kiyoshi Atsumi, Kyōko Kagawa, Herb Edelman, Chieko Baishō, Masami Shimojō, Hiroko Hayashi
Rating67%
Tora-san returns to his family's home in Shibamata, Tokyo, to find a large American peddler living in his room, leading to various conflicts. As Tora-san struggles through his love with the local Madonna (references?) the American admits to falling for Sakura. Ultimately the two men find they have more in common than they thought.
Tora-san's Song of Love (1983)
, 1h41Directed by Yōji Yamada
Genres Comedy
Actors Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishō, Masami Shimojō, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Chishū Ryū, Tanie Kitabayashi
Rating64%
Tora-san returns to his family home to learn that his brother-in-law cannot go to Mitsuo's (Tora-san's nephew) athletic event. Tora-san volunteers to take his place, but gets into an argument with his brother-in-law's boss and returns to the road. He meets a young woman in Niigata who, unbeknownst to him, is a popular enka singer.
Stage-Struck Tora-san (1978)
, 1h47Directed by Yōji Yamada
Genres Comedy
Actors Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishō, Nana Kinomi, Tetsuya Takeda, Masami Shimojō, Chishū Ryū
Rating61%
Tora-san returns from his travels throughout Japan to his family's home in Tokyo to find his uncle recovering from an illness. After a family fight erupts, he returns to the road and becomes friends with Tomekichi. When the pair come to Tokyo, they both fall in love with stage dancers.
Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984)
, 1h42Directed by Yōji Yamada
Genres Comedy
Actors Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishō, Jun Miho, Masami Shimojō, Tsunehiko Watase, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Rating63%
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.
Tora-san's Forbidden Love (1984)
, 1h47Directed by Yōji Yamada
Genres Comedy
Actors Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishō, Masami Shimojō, Jun Miho, Masakane Yonekura, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Rating64%
In the midst of Japan's rising economy of the mid-1980s, the itinerant Tora-san becomes drunk with a hard-working company section chief. After an hour commute, the two sleep off their night's revelry at the section chief's home in Ibaraki Prefecture. When the section chief disappears due to the pressure of his job, Tora-san helps his wife to find the man, while secretly hoping they do not, as he has fallen in love with her.
Tora-san's Island Encounter (1985)
, 1h45Directed by Yōji Yamada
Genres Comedy
Actors Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishō, Masami Shimojō, Komaki Kurihara, Takuzo Kawatani, Jun Miho
Rating64%
Tora-san's family's neighbor, Akemi, who had been married in Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984), runs away from her husband, who is only interested in work. Tora-san follows her to Shikinejima, and attempts to bring her back to her home. In doing so he encounters a school-reunion group who are traveling to meet their elementary school teacher, which is a reference to the film Twenty-Four Eyes by Keisuke Kinoshita. Tora-san joins them and falls in love with the teacher.
, 1h49Directed by Yōji Yamada
Genres Comedy
Actors Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishō, Kiwako Taichi, Jūkichi Uno, Masami Shimojō, Yoshiko Okada
Rating69%
During his travels, Tora-san meets Ikenouchi, a drunken old man whom he assumes is poor and homeless. Tora-san takes the old man home. When he wakes up, Ikenouchi begins ordering Tora-san's family around in such an authoritarian manner that no one can muster the courage to suggest he leave. On the road again, Tora-san meets Botan, a geisha who has lost her life savings to a dishonest customer. He and his family's neighbor are determined to help her out. It later turns out that Ikenouchi is a famous artist and a drawing he has made for Tora-san is worth ¥70,000.