It's Tough Being a Man
Aug 27 1969
•2h 31m
•Comedy
Tora-san, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but reconnects with his aunt, uncle and sister Sakura. Tora wreaks some havoc in their lives, like getting drunk and silly at a marriage meeting and ruining Sakura's chance to marry someone, as well as just being a real pain to those around him. There is a sentimental side to him also, and the best way to describe him is that he grows on you.
Cast
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Torajirô Kuruma
Chieko Baisho
Sakura
Sachiko Mitsumoto
Fuyuko
Chishū Ryū
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