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