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It's Tough Being a Man is a japonais film of genre Comedy directed by Yōji Yamada released in USA on 27 august 1969 with Kiyoshi Atsumi
It's Tough Being a Man (1969)
Otoko wa tsurai yo
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Add to a movie listIt's Tough Being a Man (男はつらいよ, Otoko wa tsurai yo) aka Am I Trying and Tora-san,Our Lovable Tramp is a 1969 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada and starring Kiyoshi Atsumi. It is the first entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
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Torajiro Kuruma (Kiyoshi Atsumi), returns for the first time in 20 years to the neighborhood where he was born, Shibamata in Katsushika, Tokyo, He comes back in the middle of Taishakuten temple's Koshin Shinko Festival. After jumping into the festival procession, he has a teary reunion with his uncle (Shin Morikawa), aunt (Chieko Misaki), and his sister Sakura (Chieko Baisho). The next day, he joins his sister at her at a matchmaking meeting with the son of a company president. Tora's boorish and drunken behavior at the meeting ruins Sakura's chances of marriage. After getting into a huge fight with his uncle over his behavior at the meeting, he leaves home and heads to Nara. While there, he meets and falls in love with a young woman named Fuyuko. They return to Shibamata together and spend time together as if they were couple. At the same time, Sakura meets a print shop worker, Hiroshi (Gin Maeda). While Sakura and Hiroshi get married, Tora's relationship with Fuyuko is fleeting, as she is engaged to another man. Broken-hearted, Torajiro leaves after writing a letter of advice for Fuyuko, asking her to help take care of his sister and her new baby.Actors
Kiyoshi Atsumi
(Torajiro)
Chieko Baishō
(Sakura)
Chishū Ryū
(Gozen-sama)
Takashi Shimura
(Hyôichirô Suwa)
Taichirō Hirokawa
(Michio)
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