Tora-san 15: Tora-san's Rise and Fall
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- Movie: Tora-san's Rise and Fall / Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again / Tora-san, Love Under One Umbrella
- Romaji: Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro aiaigasa
- Japanese: 男はつらいよ 寅次郎相合い傘
- Director: Yoji Yamada
- Writer: Yoshitaka Asama, Yoji Yamada
- Producer:
- Cinematographer: Tetsuo Takaba
- Release Date: August 2, 1975
- Runtime: 90 min.
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Tora-san meets the weird and lonely Hyodo in the Northeast. Hyodo is determined to leave his home in Tokyo and goes back to Hokkaido to find his true love that he has not seen for 30 years. Tora-san accompanies him and meets Lily again on their way! He found out that Lily has divorced her husband and becomes a songstress again. After some small talks, they quarreled with each other on the subject of women's happiness. Surprisingly, they meet again in Tokyo and fall madly in love. Just when everybody thinks that they are made for each other, and Lily is willing to marry Tora-san, Tora-san suddenly refuses to marry Lily...
Cast
- Kiyoshi Atsumi - Torajiro Kuruma
- Chieko Baisho - Sakura Suwa (Torajiro's sister)
- Ruriko Asaoka - Lily
- Eiji Funakoshi
- Gin Maeda - Hiroshi (Sakura's husband)
- Masami Shimojo - Tatsuzo (Torajiro's uncle)
- Chieko Misaki - Tsune (Torajiro's aunt)
- Hisao Dazai - Umetaro (Hiroshi's boss)
- Chishu Ryu - Priest
- Yasuko Goto - Hakodate no Jochu
- Akihiko Hanyu
- Tsunehiko Kamijo - Pirate
- Hayato Nakamura - Mitsuo
- Kanjiro Osugi
- Gajiro Satoh - Gen
- Masakane Yonekura - Pirate
- Yoshio Yoshida - Pirate
Film Festivals
- 2008 (28th) Hawaii International Film Festival - October 9th-19th
