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Tora-san Meets His Lordship (1977)

Tora-san Meets His Lordship poster
Original title
男はつらいよ 寅次郎と殿様
Directed by
Yōji Yamada
Genre
comedy film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 39m
Rating
8.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Torajiro Kuruma, a wandering peddler, returns to his family home in Tokyo and gets involved with a retired school principal who is now living as a hermit. The two form an unlikely friendship as Tora-san also pursues a local woman.

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What happens

Tora-san Meets His Lordship (男はつらいよ 寅次郎と殿様, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō to Tonosama) a.k.a. Tora-san and a Lord is a 1977 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kyōko Maya as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san Meets His Lordship is the nineteenth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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