Yôji Yamada

Tora-san works hard to bring together his nephew, Mitsuo, and Mitsuo’s girlfriend who is engaged to someone else. Release: Otoko wa tsurai ...

After failing to find a job, Mitsuo becomes a fisherman on a small island, and develops a crush on a young nurse there. Tora-san, dispatched to ...

Tora-san leaves Shibamata once again after an argument with his family and finds himself at an inn where he meets Tomekichi, a young man who ...

After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man’s daughter, then takes her to Tokyo so she can study for a night school ...

In Shibamata, Tokyo, Tora-san’s family prepares for a wedding. Meanwhile, the traveling Tora-san meets an old acqaintance in Iwate ...

During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully comprehends his importance, the old man is a Living ...

Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi’s hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father. When the local temple priest becomes ...

During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man. He travels with the man to Vienna, but winds up homesick for Japan. ...

After a chance encounter with Hiroshi’s father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on the mortality of man. His plans are ...

When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged ...

Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased son’s wife who resides somewhere in Tokyo. ...

Tora-San returns to Shibamata just before his family leaves on a trip for Kyushu. Later, he encounters an old school chum and begins to have ...

Tora-san Makes Excuses is a 1992 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko ...

Tora-san becomes friends with Toraya’s newest tenant, a pachinko-playing electrician that goes by the nickname Watt. Tora attempts to match ...

Tora-san’s opinions about Americans get challenged when another wandering peddler Michael Jordan stops by Shibamata. Release: Otoko wa ...

Tora-san spends several days at the home of a hard-working salaryman (“salaried worker”), who abruptly disappears. When the ...

On the road again, Torajiro meets a kindred spirit in Lily, a lounge singer. Release: Otoko wa tsurai yo Torajiro wasurenagusa AKA Tora-sans ...

When Tora-san returns to visit his family, he is surprised to find an arrogant professor occupying his room. The professor and Tora-san become ...

During his travels, Tora-san comes across a traditional theater he used to visit, and discovers that one of his old friends has died. Tora-san ...

While Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house, Torajiro befriends three young women on vacation during his travels. Release: ...