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Tora-san's Matchmaker (1993)

Tora-san's Matchmaker poster
Original title
男はつらいよ 寅次郎の縁談
Directed by
Yōji Yamada
Genre
comedy film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A traveling salesman named Tora-san returns to his family home and gets involved in helping a woman find a husband. He tries to play matchmaker while dealing with his own romantic feelings for her.

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What happens

Tora-san's Matchmaker (男はつらいよ 寅次郎の縁談, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō no Endan) is a 1993 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 Matchmaker is the forty-sixth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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