• Otoko wa Tsurai yo (男はつらいよ, It's Tough Being a Man) is a Japanese film series starring Kiyoshi Atsumi as Tora-san (寅さん), a kind-hearted vagabond who is...
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  • It's Tough Being a Man (男はつらいよ, Otoko wa tsurai yo) (Am I Trying) (Tora-san Our Lovable Tramp) is a 1969 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada and...
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    13 September 1931) is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai Trilogy (The Twilight Samurai, The...
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    Dr. Coto's Clinic. He played the part of Tora-san's nephew in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo film series, and he appeared in Akira Kurosawa's Rhapsody in August...
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    active in the 1980s. As an actress, she is known for starring in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo films and the Jackie Chan film City Hunter. In 1995, she quit her...
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  • Tora-san, Wish You Were Here (category Otoko wa Tsurai yo films)
    Otoko wa Tsurai yo Okaeri Torasan) is a 2019 Japanese film directed by Yoji Yamada. It is the fiftieth entry in the popular and long-running Otoko wa...
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    We Were (1973) and in an installment of the Japanese movie series Otoko wa Tsurai yo in 1979. He remains best known for his three decades in television...
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    more than forty of the immensely popular It's Tough Being a Man (Otoko wa tsurai yo) series starring Kiyoshi Atsumi as the lovable pedlar/conman Tora-san...
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    Tora-san's Love Call (1971) as Hyouichiro Suwa (Hiroshi's father) Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro renka (1971) Gokuaku bozu - Nomu utsu kau (1971) Gokudo...
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  • Monsters (2019) – ¥2.84 billion Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) – ¥1.9 billion Otoko wa Tsurai yo (Tora-san) series: 1970s – ¥12,343,960,000 (rentals) 1980s to 1990s...
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    In Japan, she is well known for her performance as Sakura in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series from 1969 until 1995. In addition, she has acted in many films...
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    humanistic director of all time. In 2013, director Yoji Yamada of the Otoko wa Tsurai yo film series remade Tokyo Story in a modern setting as Tokyo Family...
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  • Late (1970) Otoko wa tsurai yo: Junjô hen (1971) - Torajirô Kuruma Otoko wa tsurai yo: Funto hen (1971) - Torajiro Kuruma Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro koiuta...
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  • (V) Otoko wa Tsurai yo Otoko wa Tsurai yo (1969) Zoku Otoko wa Tsurai yo (1969) Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Fuuten no Tora (1970) Shin Otoko wa Tsurai yo (1970)...
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    7 chome. The neighbourhood is the family home of Tora-san in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo film series. Attractions include the Shibamata Taishakuten Buddhist...
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    Japan in highly decorated trucks. The plot formula is similar to the Otoko wa Tsurai yo films. Each time Momojiro falls in love with a woman (the "Madonna")...
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  • 19, 1971) Shin Kamen Rider (March 17, 2023) 51 years, 7 months 95 Otoko wa Tsurai yo It's Tough Being a Man (August 27, 1969) Tora-san, Wish You Were Here...
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    1959 to 2004 and performed in several editions of the film series Otoko wa Tsurai yo. He graduated from Hosei University. He made his debut in movies with...
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    barely staying in business, Shochiku supported almost solely by the Otoko wa tsurai yo films, and Nikkatsu declining even further. Of the older generation...
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    franchises included James Bond, Friday the 13th, Rambo, Godzilla, Otoko wa Tsurai yo and Hong Kong action cinema, with Sean Connery and Elizabeth Taylor...
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  • Tora-san to the Rescue (category Otoko wa Tsurai yo films)
    Tora-san to the Rescue (男はつらいよ 寅次郎紅の花, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Kurenai no Hana) is a 1995 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi...
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  • role in the 1981 film Naniwa no Koi no Torajirō, the 27th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. The producers called on her again for that role in Torajirō...
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    in Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial (a 1988 movie in the long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series) as well as eight films in the Tsuribaka Nisshi series. Naraoka...
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  • the film's release as Tora-san's love-interest Lily in the popular Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. Over twenty years after the first release of the film, Japanese...
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  • Tora-san's Cherished Mother (category Otoko wa Tsurai yo films)
    Tora-san's Cherished Mother (続・男はつらいよ, Zoku Otoko wa Tsurai yo), aka Tora-san's Homeward Journey, Am I Trying? Part II, and Torasan Pt. 2, is a 1969 Japanese...
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  • Tora-san, the Expert (category Otoko wa Tsurai yo films)
    Tora-san, the Expert (男はつらいよ 花も嵐も寅次郎, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Hana mo Arashi mo Torajirō) is a 1982 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars...
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  • Tora-san Goes North (category Otoko wa Tsurai yo films)
    Tora-san Goes North (男はつらいよ 知床慕情, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Shiretoko Bojō) aka Torasan, Remind Shiretoke is a 1987 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada...
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  • Tora-san, His Tender Love (category Otoko wa Tsurai yo films)
    Tora-san, His Tender Love (男はつらいよ フーテンの寅, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Fūten no Tora) is a 1970 Japanese comedy film directed by Azuma Morisaki. It stars Kiyoshi...
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  • Tora-san's Tropical Fever (category Otoko wa Tsurai yo films)
    Tora-san's Tropical Fever (男はつらいよ 寅次郎ハイビスカスの花, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Haibisukasu no Hana) aka Torasan Goes to Hisbiscus Land is a 1980 Japanese...
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  • children's film Tora San, the main character in the Japanese film series Otoko wa Tsurai yo Tora, a character from the anime film Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The...
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