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Tora-san's Dream of Spring (1979)

Tora-san's Dream of Spring poster
Original title
男はつらいよ 寅次郎春の夢
Directed by
Yōji Yamada
Genre
comedy film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
8.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Torajiro Kuruma, a traveling salesman, returns to his family home in Tokyo. He falls for a woman he meets, leading to romantic complications.

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What happens

Tora-san's Dream of Spring (男はつらいよ 寅次郎春の夢, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Haru no Yume) aka Torasan Dreams Springtime is a 1979 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kyōko Kagawa as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san's Dream of Spring is the twenty-fourth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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