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
Kiyoshi Atsumi
as Torajiro Kuruma
Chieko Baisho
as Sakura
Mikiko Otonashi
as Mitsue
Masami Shimojō
Chieko Misaki
Gin Maeda
Hisao Dazai
Gajirō Satō
Hidetaka Yoshioka
as Mitsuo
Hiroshi Inuzuka
Hachiro Azuma
Takeo Chii
Kyoko Kozakura
Tokuko Sugiyama
Kazuhiko Kasai
Yoshino Tani
as (uncredited)
Hajime Tawara
Chishū Ryū
as Gozen-sama
Shoichi Ozawa
as Tsunesaburo
Kayoko Kishimoto
as Aiko
