Tora-san Plays Daddy

Overview

A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly turns up in Shibamata. Searching for the boy’s mother, Tora-san meets a cosmetics saleslady and the three become a surrogate family, with Tora-san as “daddy”.

Directed by Yoji Yamada

Top cast

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Torajiro Kuruma

Chieko Baisho

Sakura

Kumiko Akiyoshi

Takako

Midori Satsuki

Fude

Masami Shimojō

Uncle

Chieko Misaki

Aunty

Gin Maeda

Hiroshi

Hisao Dazai

President

Gajirō Satō

Genko

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Mitsuo

Issey Ogata

Policeman

Takashi Sasano

H

Hiroshi Jin

K

Keiroku Seki

Kazuhiko Kasai

S

Seiji Shinohara

Eiko Hikari

Yoshino Tani

Rumiko Ishikawa

M

Midori Kawai

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