Tora-san 8: Tora-san's Love Call
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- Movie: Tora-san 8: Tora-san's Love Call
- Romaji: Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro koiuta
- Japanese: 男はつらいよ 寅次郎恋歌
- Director: Yoji Yamada
- Writer: Yoshitaka Asama, Yoji Yamada
- Producer:
- Cinematographer: Tetsuo Takaba
- Release Date: December 29, 1971
- Runtime: 113 min.
- Studio: Shochiku
- Distributor: Shochiku
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Tora-san is on the road again after a short return to his home at Shibamata and a squabble with his uncle and aunt. In the course of his travel, he attends the funeral mass of her sister’s mother-in-law and is inspired by Hyoichiro, who used to devote himself to research work and has now become a lonely old man after his wife’s death. Tora-san returns home and finds himself in love with the beautiful coffee shop owner Takako. He gets along with Takako’s son and starts dreaming about having a family of three, while Sakura and all others start to worry about when he will be frustrated in love again. One day, Tora-san suddenly packs for another journey as he has decided to let go...
Cast
- Kiyoshi Atsumi - Torajiro Kuruma
- Chieko Baisho - Sakura Suwa (Torajiro's sister)
- Junko Ikeuchi - Takako
- Mari Okamoto
- Takashi Shimura - Hyouichiro Suwa (Hiroshi's father)
- Yoshio Yoshida
- Gin Maeda - Hiroshi (Sakura's husband)
- Shin Morikawa - Tatsuzo (Torajiro's uncle)
- Chieko Misaki - Tsune (Torajiro's aunt)
- Hisao Dazai - Umetaro (Hiroshi's boss)
- Chishu Ryu - priest
- Kanjiro Osugi
- Mashahiko Tanimura - Laborer
