Tora-san's Promise
男はつらいよ 寅次郎紙風船
Release: 1981-12-28
·Runtime: 101m
·★ 8.0
Comedy
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Shochiku
Cast
Chieko Baisho
as Sakura
Gajirō Satō
Kiyoshi Atsumi
as Torajiro Kuruma
Mikiko Otonashi
as Mitsue
Hiroshi Inuzuka
Hajime Tawara
Hisao Dazai
Yoshino Tani
as (uncredited)
Chieko Misaki
Gin Maeda
Hachiro Azuma
Tokuko Sugiyama
Chishū Ryū
as Gozen-sama
Masami Shimojō
Hidetaka Yoshioka
as Mitsuo
Kazuhiko Kasai
Takeo Chii
Kyoko Kozakura
Shoichi Ozawa
as Tsunesaburo
Kayoko Kishimoto
as Aiko
