Movie: Tora-san's Matchmaker

Top 10 Billed Cast

Kiyoshi Atsumi
渥美清

Torajiro Kuruma(Tora-san)

Chieko Baisho
倍賞千恵子

Sakura

Hidetaka Yoshioka
吉岡秀隆

Mitsuo

Keiko Matsuzaka
松坂慶子

Yoko

Mikako Shiroyama
Mikako Shiroyama

Aya

Gajirō Satō
佐藤蛾次郎

Gen

Hisao Dazai
太宰久雄

Gin Maeda
前田吟

Chieko Misaki
三崎千恵子

Masami Shimojō
下條正巳

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    After failing to find a job, Mitsuo becomes a fisherman on a small island, and develops a crush on a young nurse there. Tora-san, dispatched to bring Mitsuo back home, himself falls in love with an attractive but troubled woman visiting her father.

  • Release Date

    1993-12-25

  • Average

    8.5

  • Rating:

    4.3 starts
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  • Genres

  • Languages:

    日本語

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