Tora-san Plays Daddy
Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro monogatari
A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly turns up in Shibamata. Searching for the boy’s mother, Tora-san meets a cosmetics saleslady and the three become a surrogate family, with Tora-san as “daddy”.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Torajiro Kuruma
Chieko Baishō
Sakura Suwa (Torajiro's sister)
Kumiko Akiyoshi
Takako Takai
Midori Satsuki
Fude
Masami Shimojō
Tatsuzo (Torajiro's uncle)
Chieko Misaki
Tsune (Torajiro's aunt)
Gin Maeda
Hiroshi (Sakura's husband)
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Hisao Dazai
Umetaro (Hiroshi's boss)
Gajirô Satô
Genko
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Mitsuo (Sakura's son)
Naozumi Yamamoto
Composer
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Tetsuo Takaha
Cinematographer