Tora-san Goes Religious? (1983)

Original title

男はつらいよ　口笛を吹く寅次郎

Directed by

Yōji Yamada

Genre

comedy film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Torajiro Kuruma, a wandering peddler, returns to his family. He meets a woman and tries to win her heart. The film follows his comic and romantic mishaps.

lightheartedgentlewarmwhimsicalnostalgicplayfulcomedicdown-to-earth

What happens

Tora-san Goes Religious? (男はつらいよ 口笛を吹く寅次郎, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Kuchibue o Fuku Torajirō) aka Torasan Whistling is a 1983 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Keiko Takeshita as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san Goes Religious? is the thirty-second entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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