Tora-san’s Promise

Year: 1981

Runtime: 101 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Yoji Yamada

Comedy

Returning home for an elementary school reunion, Tora‑san gets drunk, insults his former classmates, and then hits the road again. In Kyushu he meets a bold 18‑year‑old girl who becomes infatuated with him and follows him everywhere. Meanwhile, a dying friend extracts a promise that Tora‑san will marry his wife after his death.

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