Tora-san's Love in Osaka (1981)
- Original title
- 男はつらいよ 浪花の恋の寅次郎
- Directed by
- Yōji Yamada
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The wandering peddler Tora-san visits Osaka and falls for a local woman. His nephew Mitsuo also appears as a teenager. The film follows Tora-san's clumsy attempts at romance and his family's reactions.
lightheartedwhimsicalwarmcomedicnostalgicgentlequirky
What happens
Tora-san's Love in Osaka (男はつらいよ 浪花の恋の寅次郎, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Naniwa no Koi no Torajirō) aka Tora's Many-Splintered Love is a 1981 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Keiko Matsuzaka as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san's Love in Osaka is the twenty-seventh entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. It was the first film in the series in which Hidetaka Yoshioka played the role of Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo Suwa. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Stage-Struck Tora-san (1978)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.